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1895 2.5 Dollar Gold Piece
Photo by Brian M.
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See anything wrong with the coin shown above? There is something that you might be able to see.
Here is the other side. Maybe you can see it now.
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Other Side of Same 2.5 Dollar Gold Piece.
Photo by Brian M.
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Look at the top center part of the coin above Liberty's head. On the obverse you'll see an odd spot just to the left of the center star. And on the reverse, you'll see that part of the denomination is missing.
Here is what Brian M. said about the coin.
… many years ago I was in a coin store and a guy came in wanting to sell his 1895 2 1/2 dollar gold coin. The shop owner did not want it because it had been holed and then repaired. I thought it was cool and bought it off the guy for $65. It has been in my wallet since then. The repair is a real nice job. The hole had been at the top and just nipped the star. On the obverse side you can see the 2 1/2 D is missing the 2 on the lower part of the fraction . I imagine this coin was drilled to put it on a bracelet and make it jewelry to keep it from confiscation* . Whoever fixed it did a great job.
So there you have it , another holed coin story.
Thanks Brian. Interesting to see a coin that was "holed" and then filled.
* April 5th, 1933, FDR confiscated every gold coin, bar, or certificate and people had to turn in their gold to the Federal Government or else they would face a fine of $10,000 or 10 years in jail. That is about $179,000 in today’s money. You were able to keep a small amount or some rare coins and those that did give up their gold received about $20/oz.
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At a time when it might seem that the political situation in our country couldn't sink any lower, it is little consolation to realize that over-boiling hate and rancor is nothing new in this country.
Abraham Lincoln, after winning the election of 1860, had to avoid Baltimore, or Mobtown as it was called, and sneak into Washington D.C. under disguise to avoid assassination by the pro-slavery secessionists that planned to derail the Lincoln Special and put an end to the Lincoln administration before it began.
Here is a brief excerpt quoting the Baltimore Sun of 1861 as presented in Jack Myers' book, Knight's Gold.
… Had we any respect for Mr. Lincoln, official or personal, as a man or as a President-elect of the United States, his career and speeches on his way to the seat of government would have cruelly impaired it... As it is, no sentiment of respect of whatever sort with regard to the man suffers violence on our part, at anything he may do. We do not believe the Presidency can ever be more degraded by any of his successors, than it has been by him, even before his inauguration; and so, for aught we care, he may go to the full extent of his wretched comicalities. We have only too much cause to fear that such a man, and such advisers as he has, may prove more capable of infinitely more mischief than folly when invested with power. A lunatic is only dangerous when armed and turned loose; but only imagine a lunatic invested with authority over a sane people and armed with weapons of offense and defense...
That sounds a lot like what we hear today from some politicians and urinalists (Did I forget the J?).
I wonder if those who expressed such hateful sentiments towards the Republican President-elect Lincoln would express the same feelings about him if they were alive today.
I'm half way through the book and have found Knights' Gold to be more than an interesting treasure book. Knights's Gold is a book about a cache of 3508 gold coins discovered by a couple teen-aged boys in a Baltimore basement in the 1930s, but it provides a lot of history and insight into the politics leading up to the Civil War, including secret societies and covert activities of the Confederacy. It also helps put what is taking place today into perspective.
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Ventusky.com has proved to be a very useful tool. It can be used to help you time your visits to the beach. If you watch the wind changes, along with the tides, you'll be able to pick the best time for going.
For the past several months, if not longer, when the fronts have been coming through we've been getting some cutting right after the wind shifts from west to north.
If you check Ventusky, the model shows the wind on Thursday coming from the west.
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| Ventusky Wind Prediction for 8/15/18 As Shown on Monday Afternoon. |
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| Ventusky Wind Model for 11/16/18 1 PM. |
As I said, we've been getting some erosion the first day when the fronts come through and the wind shifts to the north.
You can move the map forward hour by hour, if you want.
I've found Ventusky very accurate and helpful for determining when cuts are most likely.
If you are deciding when to go out, you might also want to take into account the tides.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
