Know the feeling Doug - I recently received a gift from a friend in the states - an 1821 one penny coin from the Island of St. Helena. Some of you may recall that this was the year and the place where Napoleon Bonaparte died, and I once lived there too. It felt really weird to know that that coin was probably in circulation in the very shops where the company I worked for had been, and still was, trading.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Franklin Sent: Saturday, 13 September 2008 3:49 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Completely OT: money [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I saved all of them until I started needing money to fund my teenage > adventures. I sold them to a local coin store. I reall that I got over > twenty bucks for about 100 Indian Head pennies. Wow, I'll bet. I don't what they'd be worth in cash these days, but they'd be invaluable regardless. Maybe I'm strange, but being able to hold an artifact like that in my hand, I feel much more of a connection with the time. There's something about physical artifacts, especially ones made of precious or heavy metals, that just speaks to me. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
