Photography, History and Whatever Else Strikes my Fancy.
My last post with the American "golden dollar" has turned into a discussion a old and odd-ball money. In it I mention my "gypsy chest" that I was working on. For those that haven't seen it, this is it. he front is covered in coins from all over the world, from Finland to South Africa, from Spain to New Zealand. The oldest coin on the chest is from 1851 (although there is reproduction of a 1st century Roman coin, the oldest coin I own is a 5th century Byzantine coin).
It's also interesting that, noting the handle on the right which is still the camouflage-green this chest was when I originally got it, a previous owner of the is chest was a Canadian Forces Signaller stationed in Alert, on Ellesmere Island in the Arctic Ocean- the most northern continually occupied community on Earth. This chest has done some travelling in its time. |
An American 1976 bicentennial dollar coin and a Susan B. Anthony dollar. Other coins in the photo are a (top left) 1973 "Mountie" quarter, (bottom left and centre) the centre piece and outer rim of a broken toonie, and (bottom right) a 1952 steel nickel.
An ordinary American dollar coin and an ordinary pre-loonie Canadian dollar from 1983. The token just right of centre is from an arcade in Victoria "Johnny Zee's" that I used to go to in the mid 1980's.
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The last of the voyageur dollars. This one (in a protective case) is the very last circulation minting of the old-style voyageur dollars. 1987 is the year the loonie came out. Like the transition year (1921) from the old silver 5¢ coins to the nickel, a few of the old coins were minted as well. 1921 silver 5¢ coins are worth a ton so I figured it was worth holding on to. To date this dollar coin is only worth about $10.
That's an American 50¢ coin in the bottom right. Top right is the same toonie centre piece as in the previous picture. |
Some old "big pennies" on the back of the chest along side more current pennies.
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Oringinal post: http://mbarrick.livejournal.com/526244.html