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To: Bobalu
And here's a rare coin...seriously.

Not seriously, I also have an ancient coin that's somewhat beat up. I know, because it's stamped "237 BC" or something similar. My dad was an officer of a local coin club, and one of the other members gave it to me as a souvenir gag gift. One of the best coins I own, even though it's worthless.

13 posted on 01/01/2018 4:17:17 PM PST by roadcat
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To: roadcat
I found the same coins at coin shop websites.

Some extremely similar, some a bit different.

But then they had to re-make the iron dies since they wore out quickly....not too many were exactly similar.

They would work the iron, then test it's impression in damp clay to see what it looked like.

Some looked even more like Trump.

Modern dies look like this and are made of extremely hard stainless steel.


18 posted on 01/01/2018 6:10:18 PM PST by Bobalu (12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
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To: roadcat

I have a Roman coin referencing Constantine.


19 posted on 01/01/2018 7:30:22 PM PST by onedoug
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