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steveoc | 08-21-2009 12:30 PM
Lydian Lion - fractional silver coin The worlds first coin - the Lydian Lion, 600BC made of Gold + Silver alloy. Features a lion's head on the front and a paw print on the reverse : http://rg.ancients.info/lion/Lydian_trite_15_o.jpg http://rg.ancients.info/lion/Lydian_trite_15_r.jpg There is a new kid on the block making gold and silver coins (including fractional silver down to 1/4 oz) using the same design : http://www.dgcmagazine.com/blog/wp-c...02/lion220.jpg http://lydianmint.com/slr.jpg Cute having the date as 600BC - 2009AD ... just shows that Gold (and Silver) really is Money after all. More info here : http://www.dgcmagazine.com/blog/inde...l-silver-coin/ Particularly interesting is this part : Quote:
“This is the first fractional silver coin to arrive in modern times . . . and what a beauty! This 0.25 troy ounce anticipates a dramatic increase in the price of silver as myself and others have predicted over the ensuing years."
Be interesting to see how it goes. Its a nice coin anyway in 1 Oz, with a great theme ... but I wonder what the real demand is like for fractional silver coins.

Heads_Up | 08-21-2009 01:14 PM
Re: Lydian Lion - fractional silver coin A nice thread for fractional silver is: http://goldismoney.info/forums/showt...ctional+silver :coolbeer:

gunDriller | 08-21-2009 03:41 PM
Re: Lydian Lion - fractional silver coin Quote:
Originally Posted by steveoc (Post 1879413) The worlds first coin - the Lydian Lion, 600BC made of Gold + Silver alloy. Features a lion's head on the front and a paw print on the reverse : http://rg.ancients.info/lion/Lydian_trite_15_o.jpg http://rg.ancients.info/lion/Lydian_trite_15_r.jpg
that's an interesting color. i experimented a little and took it into Photoshop and sampled the color of the brighter part of the image. e.g. above the lion's eye. R 235 G 246 B 232 slightly green ! of course that might have been reflected light. a little further up the head image, where it's darker but not as dark as in the mouth, the color is R 206 G 182 B 146 which is typical of a tan color - lots of red, a little less green, a lot less blue. i'm an engineer, i'm paid to be anal-retentive ! :23_30_104:

11S11ver | 08-21-2009 04:33 PM
Re: Lydian Lion - fractional silver coin been discussed here before: http://goldismoney.info/forums/showthread.php?t=353114 http://goldismoney.info/forums/showthread.php?t=355315 I have a few, they're nice and based out of Ann Arbor MI not too far from me. If you want to order just a couple and don't mind the premiums you can get em from joyce.

HistoryStudent | 08-21-2009 09:17 PM
Re: Lydian Lion - fractional silver coin Mixture of GOLD and SILVER in one metal... :36_3_12:

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