Unfortunately, the coin is worth less with the engraving than it would have been worth unchanged. I have a two-and-an-half dollar gold piece which was smoothed on one side and engraved, and converted into a pin. It would be worth a respectable amount as a coin, but as a pin, it's only worth the gold it's made of.
Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [lace] expensive bobbin I like the way the seller assumes from the presence of the coin on which the "back has been smoothed down and engraved "L Battery, R.H.A. Nery, Sept. 1, 1914". Battery" implies that the bobbin was given by a survivor of the battle to his sweetheart. This is what separates the successful antique dealer from the rest of the pack. Now, I think I will go down to the thrift shop and root around the pile of medals, medallions and pennies with the Lord's Prayer on them, such as the one I had made at the 1964 World's fair, and spangle all my bobbins with them. I wonder what the value of the coin is without the bobbin? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
