[meteorite-list] interesting ebay auction

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi,

    While the squid isn't a comet, there are classical coins with meteorites and comets on them.  Here is a page in the web site of a List member
with a listing, with photos, descriptions and histories, of coins and stamps with comets and meteorites ancient and modern:
    <http://www.pibburns.com/catastro/metstamp.htm>
    Very well done and worth a perusal.
    Here is web site with an exhaustive description of all astronomical events depicted on ancient coins:  <http://tjbuggey.ancients.info/astro.html>



Sterling K. Webb
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star-bits at comcast.net wrote:

> Thought everyone would find this interesting/humorous.   First here is a link to the auction.
>
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&?ViewItem&item=3968503940>
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> I thought not so much a meteorite, but maybe a comet.   Here is a URL to a sold coin with a description of what the symbol really is.  Enjoy ;-))
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> <http://cngcoins.com/coin.asp?ITEM_ID=56172>
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> Eric Olson    Being positively verbose, 3rd post in 24 hours.
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