Frank Gasparro silver round

[HaydenTubbs]

I don't collect silver rounds,and I've never even looked under that category on eBay,but I happended to see this round when I was looking through a seller's items.I've always been a fan of Mr. Gasparro's 1977 pattern dollar,and I couldn't resist bidding on this:

 

 

 

Hayden

[WinstonWare]

That is a pretty coin. What is that on the reverse? A Gryphon?

[HaydenTubbs]

That is a pretty coin. What is that on the reverse? A Gryphon?

 

I honestly don't know,but it's Bowers and Merina's....er,can't think of the term

[midwest]

I honestly don't know,but it's Bowers and Merina's....er,can't think of the term

 

Mascot or corporate logo?

 

If that isn't it buy yourself a dictonaire

[HaydenTubbs]

I honestly don't know,but it's Bowers and Merina's....er,can't think of the term

 

Mascot or corporate logo?

 

If that isn't it buy yourself a dictonaire

 

logo,that was what I was looking for.

[midwest]

I honestly don't know,but it's Bowers and Merina's....er,can't think of the term

 

Mascot or corporate logo?

 

If that isn't it buy yourself a dictonaire

 

logo,that was what I was looking for.

 

Looks like dense is the word I am looking for

[EZ_E]

That is a pretty coin. What is that on the reverse? A Gryphon?

THE GRIFFIN, OR GRYPHON

 

THE Griffin is a monster with the body of a lion, the head and

wings of an eagle, and back covered with feathers. Like birds it

builds its nest, and instead of an egg lays an agate therein. It

has long claws and talons of such a size that the people of that

country make them into drinking-cups. India was assigned as the

native country of the Griffins. They found gold in the mountains

and built their nests of it, for which reason their nests were

very tempting to the hunters, and they were forced to keep

vigilant guard over them. Their instinct led them to know where

buried treasures lay, and they did their best to keep plunderers

at a distance. The Arimaspians, among whom the Griffins

flourished, were a one-eyed people of Scythia.

 

Milton borrows a simile from the Griffins, Paradise Lost, Book

II.:

 

"As when a Gryphon through the wilderness,

With winged course, o'er hill and moory dale,

Pursues the Arimaspian who by stealth

Hath from his wakeful custody purloined

His guarded gold."

[HaydenTubbs]

 

Looks like dense is the word I am looking for

 

 

One slip of my mind,and the vultures descend

[WinstonWare]

Hum...I guess Griffon. I was thinking of those flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz. Those are "Gryphons"...right? Your description of "Griffon" sounds more like the picture though.

[HaydenTubbs]

Hum...I guess Griffon. I was thinking of those flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz. Those are "Gryphons"...right? Your description of "Griffon" sounds more like the picture though.

 

Hey,they sound the same,who give a darn

[midwest]

 

Looks like dense is the word I am looking for

 

 

One slip of my mind,and the vultures descend

 

I'm actually refering to the fact you didn't notice I misspelled dictionary

 

If that isn't it buy yourself a dictonaire

 

Looks like you still suffer from incurable denseness

[WinstonWare]

Very very important distinction

 

Griffon - Eagle/Lion mix

Gryphon - Monkey with wings

 

It is critical, as numismatists, that we understand this!