Costumer, not coin collector w/ question...
Hello There
I saw this coin: http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=4131443
and thought it would make a nice pendant for my pirate costume. I was
unsure of its real value and was outbid. Can anyone tell me the
approximate value of a similar coin and where I might find another one?
Thanks & feel free to e-me.
Terry
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By this time the classical pirates were long gone.
TerryS
Hello There
Yes they would have been....but...when were these coins first
circulated? It just looked like a good coin for the job. Can you
recommend any other coin that would not be cost prohibitive for boring a
hole in to make a crude looking "pirate pendant"? Any help appreciated.
Terry
This is really the wrong group to talk about boring a hole in a coin ! You
need a coin or replica about 150 years older. A piece of eight reals or a
gold doubloon. Kind of pricey. But I see replicas in some of the
dressing-up-as-a-pirate catalogs I get. (www.museumreplicas.com.)
TerryS
Hello There
As to this being the "wrong group to be talking about boring a hole in a
coin"... Don't coin collectors sometimes melt down "junk coins" for the
precious metal value? So what harm is there in wearing an old coin as a
pendant? Plus, its not even an AMERICAN coin, so I'm not breaking any
American laws by "defacing" the coin.
Lastly, as to the coin I inquired about being of the wrong period, my
costume won't be worn to any coin club events, so the "average Joe" that
sees me at Pirate Events would likely be more impressed than offended at
my defacing the coin OR wearing the wrong date.
Bruce Remick
Why not just buy one of those pretty gold foil chocolate "coins" -- design
doesn't matter since few likely will pay that close attention to it
anyway -- and attach it to your chain or cord. Should be no big deal.
Pirate costumes are just so.....yesterday, anyway. Especially on adults.
Thankfully, Halloween only lasts one day.
Hello There
Hmmmm...did I ruffle a few snobby feathers?!?!
Oh, and if you can figure out how to use Google®, you might discover
just how many pirate festivals and events there are in the country. And
for the record, PIRATE magazine is a hell of a lot more interesting than
a dry old coin magazine!
A last jab at ya, nerd, try going out as a coin collector on Halloween
and I'll go as a pirate and we'll see who gets LAID first!!! ROFLMAO...
PC
>
> Lastly, as to the coin I inquired about being of the wrong period, my
> costume won't be worn to any coin club events, so the "average Joe" that
> sees me at Pirate Events would likely be more impressed than offended at
> my defacing the coin OR wearing the wrong date.
>
Your Halloween costume is what you put into it. If you don't care about
accuracy then, well, don't.
PC
Hmmmm...did I ruffle a few snobby feathers?!?!
Oh, and if you can figure out how to use Google®, you might discover
just how many pirate festivals and events there are in the country.
>>>>>
That reminds me of that movie Dodgeball
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364725/). In that movie one of the members of
the dodgeball team was dressed as a pirate. Hilarious movie.
Bruce Remick
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My bad. I presumed you were an adult. Pirate festivals, eh? Pirate
magazines, too? O-kaaay.......
So you have to go out in the streets once a year dressed up as a pirate in
order to get laid? Boy, you're something!
Peter Irwin
>
> Lastly, as to the coin I inquired about being of the wrong period, my
> costume won't be worn to any coin club events, so the "average Joe" that
> sees me at Pirate Events would likely be more impressed than offended at
> my defacing the coin OR wearing the wrong date.
I would suggest using a replica of the correct coin. The most typical
"pirate coins" would be Spanish-american 8-reales of the 16th to 18th
centuries. Looking for "replica 8-reales OR 8-reals" in Google finds
quite a bit.
Peter.
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mazorj
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He now has equated posturing as a swashbuckling pirate with getting
laid. He's been watching too many Pirates of the Caribbean movies,
but for the sake of argument let's take his comments at face value.
Since he's such a stickler for accuracy, presumably he already
conforms to the relevant requirements in that area: many or most
pirates had at least one STD; and since women were considered bad luck
at sea, the average pirate's love object on long voyages wasn't a
member of the opposite sex.
note.boy
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Buy a "genuine" piece of eight from an ebay seller in China and it's a
certainty that it will be a recent replica. Billy
Michael Benveniste
Here's one place which sells inexpensive replica "pirate" coins. I
have no idea if the replicas are plastic or base metal, but either way
they should be fine for customing.
http://www.greatamericancoincompany.com/Pirate-Coins-and-Doubloons-c5.html
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Cogito erg sum -- "I think, just not with a lot of energy."
Reid Goldsborough
I don't know the connection between this coin and pirates. A better
choice would be a coin used by pirates, the Piece of Eight,
particularly the Cob variety (eight reales is the largest
denomination). Do an eBay search and you'll find lots. Be careful as
these are easy to fake. But since this is for a costume, a replica
would work and be much less expensive, less than $10. You can also
find them on eBay. Piece of Eight replicas are also sold in the gift
shops of historical sites. A quick eBay search uncovered one auction
of this and other colonial coin reproductions:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110302390306
The pentagon-shaped piece is the Cob.
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Peter
It is a good suggestion as a shilling is a rather small coin to show
well on a costume. My guess is that a pirate wearing a coin would
select a large one. The silver in a shilling is worth a few dollars,
alone. In nice condition the 1887 shillings can be much more
expensive than the one you selected, so if you don't care about the
condition, but just want something that looks like a coin, replicas
are cheap.
Mike Marotta
> ... Don't coin collectors sometimes melt down "junk coins" for the
I was surprised that we let that go by.
.. but there was so much to address...
At least we got to see ourselves as others see us... a true gift in
the words of Robert Burns.
MIchael
(At the smelter)