An oddity
John Mazor
It appears to be copper, roughly an inch in diameter (don't have it
handy for measuring), there's an outlined 5-point star on the front,
the reverse side is blank. It's not a coin, and may just have been
worn on a necklace. If it rings a bell with anyone, let me know.
Some of her coins were European WW2 era pieces collected from
returning military around that time, if that suggests any possible
origins as a type of ersatz ID tag.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/mazorj/Coins/StarmedalD.jpg
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"John Mazor" <maz...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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It may be a token from an amusement park. Something like this
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm37/prudden_2008/token2.jpg
Roger Hunt
<maz...@verizon.net> writes
which makes me start to wonder if it's perhaps something to do with the
Mormons.
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Roger Hunt
John Mazor
"Roger Hunt" <nos...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't know that the inverted pentagram
had any special significance for Mormons. There are absolutely no
other identifying marks on it so anything is possible.
Hmmm... now that you've raised the subject, what if it's a witch's
pentagram charm? I'd rub it to see what might pop up from the
netherworld, but that would violate the basic rules for handling coins
and medals. :-\
Roger Hunt
writes
>"Roger Hunt" <nos...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> In article <Z%Cyk.23$MN3...@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>, John Mazor
>> <maz...@verizon.net> writes
>>>This is an oddity I inherited with my mother's coins.
>>>
>>>It appears to be copper, roughly an inch in diameter (don't have it
>>>handy for measuring), there's an outlined 5-point star on the front,
>>>the reverse side is blank. It's not a coin, and may just have been
>>>worn on a necklace. If it rings a bell with anyone, let me know.
>>>Some of her coins were European WW2 era pieces collected from
>>>returning military around that time, if that suggests any possible
>>>origins as a type of ersatz ID tag.
>>>
>>>http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/mazorj/Coins/StarmedalD.jpg
>>>
>> That's a pentagram, and the way it's pierced it's an inverted
>> pentagram,
>> which makes me start to wonder if it's perhaps something to do with
>> the
>> Mormons.
>
>Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't know that the inverted pentagram
>had any special significance for Mormons. There are absolutely no
>other identifying marks on it so anything is possible.
>
There was Mormon money, but I have not tracked down any info about old
Copper.
>Hmmm... now that you've raised the subject, what if it's a witch's
>pentagram charm? I'd rub it to see what might pop up from the
>netherworld, but that would violate the basic rules for handling coins
>and medals. :-\
>
1893-S Morgan.
But then again, there may be a catch - the spell might also turn every
common coin into a Morgan, so they would be common as dirt and
effectively worthless.
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Roger Hunt
John Mazor
Mmmm... I'd settle for a limited "Midas touch" spell specific to one
kind of coin. Anyone for gold state quarters made entirely out of
.999999 real gold?
But then the schlockmeisters would be offering us sets of gold state
quarters "richly layered in a generous 1-mil copper/nickel plating."
Roger Hunt
"a whisper away" from real Gold.
>But then the schlockmeisters would be offering us sets of gold state
>quarters "richly layered in a generous 1-mil copper/nickel plating."
>
isotopes of the precious metals.
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Roger Hunt
MJKolodziej
It would depend on the rating system.
<G>
mk
only 5s
John Mazor
"MJKolodziej" <mjmwcsREMOV...@htcomp.net> wrote in message
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They're guaranteed to:
1. Be round.
2. Be made out of metal.
3. Have an obverse side.
4. Have a reverse side.
5. Have an image of someone or something somewhere on them.
Voila! A perfect "5 out of 5".
Roger Hunt
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>"MJKolodziej" <mjmwcsREMOV...@htcomp.net> wrote in message
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>> "John Mazor" <maz...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>Anyone for gold state quarters made entirely out
>>> of .999999 real gold?
>>>
>>> But then the schlockmeisters would be offering us sets of gold
>>> state quarters "richly layered in a generous 1-mil copper/nickel
>>> plating."
>>
>> It would depend on the rating system.
>> <G>
>> mk
>> only 5s
>
>They're guaranteed to:
>
>1. Be round.
>2. Be made out of metal.
>3. Have an obverse side.
>4. Have a reverse side.
>5. Have an image of someone or something somewhere on them.
>
>Voila! A perfect "5 out of 5".
>
So an edge inscription would make it 6 out of 5?
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Roger Hunt
John Mazor
Nah, the inventor of the 5 out of 5 system stopped there because he's
not ambidextrous in his finger counting and he can't see his toes.
Roger Hunt
>not ambidextrous in his finger counting and he can't see his toes.
>
I suppose he could if he could see his [deleted], but it's clear he
can't see that either.
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Roger Hunt
John Mazor
He doesn't need to see his <bleep>. He is one.