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| Gold Coin Find from the Past. |
Yesterday while I was using my microscope system to take photos of my mystery object, I noticed the many photos that I took with the microscope that I still have. Some of them are pretty old, but I kept them.
I noticed some that I really liked. I thought some were very pretty - almost art. I didn't take them with the intent of making something pretty, but some turned out very nice. And there were some that weren't pretty in quite the same way but they were interesting and with just a little work could have been turned into works of art. And there were some I just liked for some other reason, maybe they were especially good photos and showed the object or something about it especially well.
The bottom line is that I went through about half of them and picked out some that I especially liked for one reason or another. The photo of the coin shown above is one of those. I think it is a pretty coin and could with a little work be made even prettier, perhaps adjusting the background color and cropping.
The Coinage Act of 1792 stated that all circulating coins have an “impression emblematic of liberty” and the inscription “Liberty.” For more than 100 years of American coinage, that emblem would be the mythical goddess Liberty.
The U.S. Mint’s first coins were portraits of Liberty with free, flowing hair, such as the 1793 Flowing Hair cent. As the Mint refined its process, more detailed versions appeared... Designs featured classical symbols such as the liberty cap and pole, used frequently when representing Liberty during the Revolution. In ancient Rome, the cap was given to freed slaves and the pole was used in the ceremony to free them.
Starting in the mid-19th century... designs incorporated American symbols into the classical style. The Seated Liberty coins feature the Union Shield...
Coins then started to draw on Native American themes for an even more American identity...
The Evolution of Liberty on Coins | U.S. Mint
Looking at the figure on the 1914 shown above, I noticed what I thought looked like the face of Liberty used on Peace Dollars. The designers of the two coins were different, and while AI tell me the faces are different and the version shown on the gold coin represents a Native American, that might be so, but the two faces are very similar, especially from the nose down.
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Here is a good little series on the evolution of coin minting technology from the earliest days up to something like the 1800s.
The Evolution of Minting Technology–Part I - Numismatic News
The Evolution of Minting Technology–Part 2 - Numismatic News
The Evolution of Minting Technology–Part 3 - Numismatic News
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Yesterday I told about how completely I was fooled by the mystery object I posted the day before and about another, which was a coin. I got the following email from Mark G. after I did yesterday's post, even though he sent it before. Below is his input on both objects. I haven't really looked into the coin yet, but Mark identified it as a Kingdom of Sardinia coin. Below is his email.
- Wreathed head
- Latin legends
- Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched
- Eagle holding a ribbon/scroll (looks like pearls)
- Circular lettering on both sides
Thanks much Mark.
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The metal doesn't seem to me to be silver, but I don't know what it is. It seems harder, but that is just an impression at this point.
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| Jensen Beach Cam. |
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| Fort Pierce Beach Cam. |
Tons of sand on the Treasure Coast beaches and in the shallow water. Kind of nasty and not very good for metal detecting.
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| Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com. |
Pretty calm surf all week.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net