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Coin set featuring CLOWNS ???

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Gordj

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Aug 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/15/96
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Does Anyone know of a set that features Clowns... ???

if so where is it?
How Much ??


The reason being is that I have a relitive that Collects Coins
as well as Different Clowns... Ceramic or any other types...

But Must have a RED Nose and HAPPY Face !!

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Andrew Tumber

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Aug 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/15/96
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Gordj (go...@alink.islandnet.com) writes:
> Does Anyone know of a set that features Clowns... ???

Well there is the current US set.....
Andrew
(It had to be said)

Andrew Tumber

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Aug 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/15/96
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Andrew Tumber (bi...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) writes:
> Gordj (go...@alink.islandnet.com) writes:
>> Does Anyone know of a set that features Clowns... ???
>

Well there is the current US set.....:-)

TomA48

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Aug 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/16/96
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In article <9608150...@alink.islandnet.com>, go...@alink.islandnet.com
(Gordj) writes:

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>The reason being is that I have a relitive that Collects Coins
>as well as Different Clowns... Ceramic or any other types...
>
>But Must have a RED Nose and HAPPY Face !!
>
>

OH! boy, watch the fun with one ! this is going to blow my mind!" guys"
don't let me down :>} did they make a nixon coin. NO, he had a happy
nose and a red face. lol just a little humor haha

All I lack in life is "common cent"<G>
"wheatie tom"

Brian Koller

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Aug 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/16/96
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> > Gordj (go...@alink.islandnet.com) writes:
> >> Does Anyone know of a set that features Clowns... ???
> >
> Well there is the current US set.....:-)
>
> Andrew
> (It had to be said)

Wait 'till King Charles gets his mug on a coin.
With those ears and his scandals there'll be a clown for ya.
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Andrew Tumber

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Aug 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/17/96
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But that's only one clown and the guy wanted a set...

I was going to mention the clown troop on Canadian paper money but there
are a couple in this group who see red at the mere mention of paper money
in r.c.coins. It's too bad as they are a good clown act with lots of colour
and birds.

Andrew


Figleaf

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Aug 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/17/96
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Gordj wrote:
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> Does Anyone know of a set that features Clowns... ???
>
> But Must have a RED Nose and HAPPY Face !!
>

Official coins are propaganda items, so you will have a hard time
finding real clowns on coins. I can think of a few people on coins who
have at least one attribute of a clown, though:

1) the Roman emperor Elegabalus started life as an entertaining dancer
in a temple. He is known for extreme debaucheries;
2) Henry VIII, king of England. He debased the silver coins to the
point where the copper shone through the silver on the highest points,
hence Henry's popular nickname: "old coppernose" (Henry's portrait is
"en face", not "en profil", which is the norm nowadays). Use your
fantasy and it's a red nose;
3) George III, king of England. During the Napoleonic wars the Bank of
England re-issued captured Spanish Eight reales pieces counterstamped
with a small portrait of George III for somewhat less then 5 shillings
(a crown). The comment of John Q. Public:

"two King's heads not worth a Crown".

To counter imitations, the bank improved on its trick by overstamping
the whole Spanish coin with a portrait of George III, which lead to
the comment:

"The Bank, to make its Spanish Dollars pass,
Stamped the head of a fool on the head of an ass".

Well, isn't a fool a clown?

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