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Post by panzerman on Feb 9, 2020 12:30:12 GMT -8
My only question to Greta/ why are you not going to visit China/ Russia/ North Korea/ India/ and lecture their leaders on their envirnomental record. China takes the gold medal for polluting the air/ water/ soil. The Yangzte is now a dead River. Most of the garbage in the Oceans is from Asian Countries. However even Greta knows she would be barred from entering these Countries.
In past time periods, the planet was twice as hot as today, just go back 30 Million years ago. Even during the Medieval warm period it was warmer then today. Climatic changes are brought on by that yellow thing in the sky called the Sun. John
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Post by panzerman on Feb 20, 2017 8:16:02 GMT -8
Panzerman, Do you have any pillar dollars? If so I'd love to see a picture. Soory, I do not have any, just collect gold coinage.
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Post by panzerman on Feb 20, 2017 8:14:45 GMT -8
What are AV Coins? Once upon a time I collected US Coins. Sold them all but one set. The coins in your post look like anceint coins. Early AD? AV means GOLD coins #1 1931 Yugoslavia 4 Dukaten Belgrade Mint Alexander I/ Queen Maria #2 1677 K-B Hungary Dukat Kremnitz Mint Leopold I #3 1140-1345 Genoa Genovino ND Genoa Mint Republic Issue #4 640AD Byzantium Solidus ND Constantinople Mint Constans II #5 1805-FA Spain 8 Escudos Madrid Mint Carlos IV John
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Post by panzerman on Feb 9, 2017 15:08:34 GMT -8
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Post by panzerman on Jan 30, 2016 14:34:03 GMT -8
I wish Alex the best...
It is really a shame how the government, esp. the one running the USA are destroying a beautifull hobby. I guess, they would rather have kids playing with their computer games/ eating junk food/ addicted to their smartphones...then getting involved in collecting insects. The many benefits are learning Worldwide geography, classification, learning about all the insect genera, conservation, which means for Three World Countries to STOP destroying habitat/collecting does not hurt populations! Kinda glad I am into coins!
John
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Post by panzerman on Dec 16, 2015 14:08:54 GMT -8
Work hard, play hard!
Fantastic beetles!
I always wanted to get into those too, esp. lucanidae.
I always feel so sorry for people who have no hobbies...
John
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Post by panzerman on Dec 16, 2015 10:08:10 GMT -8
and some butterfly drawers... John
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Post by panzerman on Dec 16, 2015 9:13:02 GMT -8
I agree! I love Winter! Main reason is that I hate heat/humidity/insects....mosquitos/blackflies to be precise. Second, I am off all Winter, since I am in the lawncare business. During April-Dec I work 7 days a week , dusk to dawn. So, Winter is my time for fun, walking my Rottweiler "Loki" thru the woods on groomed snowmobile trails. Of course being out on the trails on a 195 HP "ThunderCat" snowmobile is great fun....no speed limit! Third, time to fool around with my fav. hobby...rare gold coins, and whats left of my butterfly/moth collection. I sold my papilionidae coll. from Neotropics to buy rare coins.
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Post by panzerman on Dec 16, 2015 9:00:45 GMT -8
I mistakenly sent 2 obverse images for Hushan Empire Kanishaka I AV Stater, here is reverse showing Moon Goddess Mao, also some other gems. Also Germany/ Brandenburg-Bayreuth AV Dukat 1642/over 1641 Margrave Christian I struck at an Imperial City Mint (Nuremburg)!!!! Even though Nuremburg was under control of The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, while Christian I was on the other side in the Thirty Years War! France (under English Rulers) AV Salut d'Or ND Henry VI circa 1430 Saint-Lo Mint John
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Post by panzerman on Dec 16, 2015 7:50:02 GMT -8
There are many treasures out there to be found. The recent shipwreck off the coast of Colombia (16+BILLION in gold coins/jewels/bars) South India, a hoard of gold coins/gems found in an ancient temple (10-30BILLION) Of course the Arras Roman hoard found in Belgium tops them all, perfectly preserved late Roman gold coins, all in FDC. They were collected by a Roman aristocrate who received most as gifts from Diocletianus/ Numerian/Maximanus. I won one of these "gems" in CNG Auction "TRITON 5" 1/2 Rome Diocletianus Aureus 286AD Rome Mint "Donative issue" from Arras Hoard FDC 3 India (Mughal Empire) Mohur 1630 Surat Mint Shah Jahan I (Built Taj Mahal) From Akola Hoard FDC 4/5 Chile 8 Escudos 1751-So (Santiago Mint) Fernando VI of Spain "Atocha Shipwreck" FDC (saltwater has no effect on gold!) Sadly, I have never been blessed with any luck, best I ever found was Canada 1900-H large cent, while weeding flowerbed(Iam in lawncare business) Canada, unfortunately is a bad place to live for finding gold/silver coins. In my home Country/ Germany there are still lots of hidden Roman/Barbarian/ Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque and such coins buried away in old homes, forests.... One US story, in 1900 the guy in charge of San Francisco Mint, made off with 25,000 1900-S Double Eagles (all freshly struck) They are still missing! John
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Post by panzerman on Dec 14, 2015 8:09:34 GMT -8
Actually, I STILL HAVE all my African collection (papilionidae) all parnassius, most of IndoAustralian/Oriental papilionidae! Yes, I must agree butterflies/moths are beautifull, also great hobby/investment. For coins/banknotes, the modern stuff (made after 1970) is boring and ugly! For example/ German States/Imperial Cities/Bishophorics/produced works of art before 1918. After that the Weimar Rep./Third Reich to present are bald modernistic designs. The engravers/ moneyers/ mintmasters back in 1200-1800 were masters at producing beautifull coins. Even Roman/Greek/Byzantine/Kushan gold is nicely made. Attachment Deleted
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Post by panzerman on Dec 14, 2015 8:06:58 GMT -8
Actually, I STILL HAVE all my African collection (papilionidae) all parnassius, most of IndoAustralian/Oriental papilionidae! Yes, I must agree butterflies/moths are beautifull, also great hobby/investment. For coins/banknotes, the modern stuff (made after 1970) is boring and ugly! For example/ German States/Imperial Cities/Bishophorics/produced works of art before 1918. After that the Weimar Rep./Third Reich to present are bald modernistic designs. The engravers/ moneyers/ mintmasters back in 1200-1800 were masters at producing beautifull coins. Even Roman/Greek/Byzantine/Kushan gold is nicely made.
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Post by panzerman on Dec 6, 2015 14:48:19 GMT -8
I would like to wish everyone a, "Happy St. Nicholas Day!" A second Christmas in Germany....
John
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Post by panzerman on Dec 3, 2015 12:21:03 GMT -8
Now we have another massacre in San Bernadino/California. Another common denominator, he just got back from Saudi Arabia/ the spouse came from there. Senator Cruz bluntly said the World is in a war with radical Islam, however Obama keeps his head in the sand on this issue. Up here we have a "new" Liberal PM who wants to bring home the warplanes bombing ISIS! French President Hollande has declared war, its about time that people wake up and face the truth.
John
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Post by panzerman on Nov 18, 2015 18:52:23 GMT -8
There are many reasons for this mess in the Middle East, it all started with the insanity of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Here the real culprits behind the First World War, Serbia and her ally Russia were never blamed for conpiring vs Austro/Hungarian Empire. At Versailles, the German/ Austro-Hungarian/ Ottoman Empires were made the scapegoats and severely punished by the victors. In the latter case, Ottoman Turkey was dismantled and new French/Anglo colonies created...Syria/Jordan/Bahrain/Lebanon/Iraq/etc. Also the Saudi Shiekhs had a hand in that. Once "Pandoras Box" was opened all the simmering old hatreds came out(under Ottoman Rulers) it was dormant. Now back to 2015, we have Saudi oil money financing ISIS, and their fanatical Sunni Islam. Today we have a new ISIS leader much like Tamlerlane of the 14th century, his henchmen kill, maim, rape, torture with delight. Airpower, will not win this war. Germany/ France/ USA other nations need to send ground forces into the ISIS Caliphate and wage "total war", in other words wipe them all out.
John
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