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Bicentennial Kennedy Half Dollar.
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| 1889 Henry Muhler, N. Y. Blob Top Bottle |
This is still my favorite bottle find. There is only one that comes in at a close second.
I just like blob tops, and of those that I've found this one has the most information embossed on it. It is in very good shape too.
I put additional pictures of this bottle in TGbottlebarn.blogspot.com.
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At the top of this post is a Kennedy half dollar. It looks pretty normal from the front, but here is a picture of the edge.
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| Edge of Kennedy Half Dollar |
Much of the edge is missing.
If you've found many coins, you've probably found clad coins including dimes, quarters or halves that have the missing edge. You can see the copper core and the clad layers very well. I don't know how this happens and would like to hear what you think about that.
The edge feels sharp. You'll often feel it before you see it, especially on dimes.
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An item exactly like the glass mystery item that has recently been discussed much in this blog was being sold on eBay and described as a Common Sense Inkwell. That might be what it is. I just don't understand what the tube that has a compartment has to do with how the item functions as an ink well and why it would be open on the bottom or how it would be corked or whatever.
Thanks to Mark S.
The State of Florida filed in a United States court in Orlando to gain a summary action against Global Marine Exploration who was awarded a limited permit to search and identify an "unidentified" shipwreck just off of the Cape Canaveral Air Force base. The State claimed that GME had violated the conditions of the permit, even though they admit that the permit, as amended, allowed for the use of blowers and suction dredges. The bulk of the State's argument seems to me to be that the items recovered were "embedded" because they could have only been uncovered by using tools of excavation, such as the equipment they allowed. To me their argument is very weak and depends entirely upon their definition of "embedded."
As I said about a year ago, I do not think Florida will give any new salvage leases. They'll issue exploratory leases and then take what is learned and take over the shipwreck. They'd rather give it to a foreign country than allow it to be salvaged.
I recommend reading the filing. You will learn something about how shipwrecks in Florida waters will be treated. You'll also find the coordinates of the exploratory area.
Here is the link.
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Let me know how you think coins lose the rims.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
