IbnSheba's Introduction.

[IbnSheba]

        I am IbnSheba.  I use this moniker all over the internet.  I chose it for reasons that don't relate well to this site: it is deliberately racially ambiguous.  Still it's a name I commonly go by and one I will use here.

I don't really mind dialysis.  What I mind is that it is about the only time I reach out to (actually) be with other people.  Still I am working to change that.  I'd like to teach History at the high school (or better yet) college level.  My real passion is for combining History and Art History.  If  I had the resources I would be collecting coins.  But I don't, so I just like to see what's available and at what prices.

I would like to take some time to point out how distinctive USA coins are.  Roman and to a lesser extent British coins put the ruler on their coin's obverse and some symbol of the state on it's reverse.

By contrast American coins began by displaying a personification of Miss Liberty on their coin's obverse and an eagle (or a wreath) on its reverse.  Indeed America's coins would feature a personification of Liberty , either a woman or an Indian well into the twentieth century. The last coins of this type were introduced in 1916 (dime, quarter, & half dollar) and in 1921(dollar coin).  This odd practice of personifying Liberty as a woman ended around the time women got the vote (1920).  Indians disappeared in 1909 (cent) in 1939 (nickel) and in 1933 (various gold coins).

Some more modern US coins depict an actual Indian woman on their obverse.  Sadly however it is far closer to a personification than one might like: for the image is based on what women of her tribe looked like.  No known contemporary image of this renowned Indian woman exists. Still other coins display an image of a statue, which itself personifies liberty: the Statue of Liberty.

This move toward replacing imagined personifications of Liberty seems to be a marked moral improvement  Thus we now have Lincoln (penny) Jefferson (nickel) FDR (dime) Washington (quarter)  and Frankliin or Kennedy (half dollar).  All these men made a life commitment to Liberty.  They personify Liberty not just in our imagination but in our history as well.

[Paul]

 

Welcome to the site IbnSheba.

Interesting facts about US money that you posted. I don't collect country money, but I do collect Great Yarmouth money. A few centuries back the British mint was not producing enough coins, so many towns and cities produced their own. Great Yarmouth was one such town, and I have an interest in the history of that town, so along with other historical items (mostly documents) I have a small collection of Yarmouth coins. Because very few people collect these (many coin collectors are unaware of their existence) they are cheap. A poor quality example costs only the equivalent of a couple of dollars. A good example ten to twenty dollars, so within my price range if I shop carefully.

[cassandra]

Welcome to the site IbnSheba


   


Never before did I read interesting trivia about coins. Thanx IbnSheba, thanx Paul 


Take care, Cas

[tinajones]

Welcome here!

[Charlie B53]

Welcome to our IHD Family!

Very interesting trivia about the coins that I am sure to forget before tomorrow.  Oh small bits of it will stick, but I don't retain many details.  Still, I will remember the fact how coins used to personify Women PRIOR to them obtaining the Vote.  Strange how that changed things, it shouldn't have so much.

I too don't mind Hemo so much.  It would be much better if I was to still have my cath and not need those pesky needles.  Dialysis is a great means of staying alive and functioning when the obvious alternative is a hole in the ground.

So did you opt for PD or Hemo?  How did you learn that Dialysis was in your future and how well was your transition getting into treatment?

Oh, and I too am a 'Collector', of shiny chrome tools.  Retired Mechanic I have a great big red box full.  More stacked on top and on the bench as I need an even BIGGER Big Red Box.

Take Care,

Charlie B53

[kristina]

Hello IbnSheba and welcome to IHD,
I don't really know much about coins, but I have always been interested in history and all its variations within different interpretations ...
Welcome again and I send you my best wishes from Kristina.