BEAUTIFUL BRONZE returns!

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On our previous site (ForumCo), I started a thread called Beautiful Bronze. I enjoyed it, and it seems there may have been one or two others who did, too. Of course, I put a lot of work into it too, as did several others. So to make my 5000th post something of lasting worth (I hope), I have decided to revive that thread, and - depending on how well this works out - retool it a little. More on that in a bit. But first, an explanation, quoted from the original thread:

"I have been thinking about this for a little while now, and thought it would be a fun collaboration project. Here's the idea: SHOW US YOUR BEAUTIFUL BRONZE. Every day or so, someone step up and post a picture of a nice-looking copper or bronze coin. Any country. Any size. Any coin that, when you see it, you say THAT'S what copper is SUPPOSED to look like. And if you want to tell a bit of the history of the coin, or the subject, or how you got it, that would only make it better."

So. There is a lot of potential under that one idea. More so than even what the original thread amounted to. So I want - no, need - help from the crew to make this thing epic. Put pics up, tell us about them, add whatever you can. The intended result is that there will be a lot of pages of fun stuff to check out, AND that the photos will all be "filed" on the first page.

As I said when I originally posted this, I recently surpassed Ardent Listener's post count, and it was probably with something of little value, like a fart joke or something. That made me feel kinda stupid. I wanted this to be something of more worth to the RealCent community.

This thread is just my way of saying, "Hey, I love this site, and I wanna give something back." Hope it speaks that message clearly to you.
Aaron

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ALGERIA
This coin has a lot going on...


ARGENTINA
A little two-gram bronze number, from 1993-2000.

And a peso... with an aluminum-bronze center.


AUSTRALIA


AUSTRIA
Remembered I had this on a different flickr page.

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BRAZIL
I just posted this in the year by year project... so I thought I would share it here too. 1869 twenty reis.


Also Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Honduras...

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GERMAN STATES: PRUSSIA

Image courtesy of SpacemanX

GREAT BRITAIN

Image courtesy of Verbane



Images courtesy of Rodebaugh

plus GAMBIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GUERNSEY...

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PAPAL STATES
A fun addition to my "religious coins" collection. Pius IX. Some interesting info out there about his views and proclamations on slavery and other issues, since he was pope during the US Civil War...


plus Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal...

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SOUTH AFRICA

Image courtesy of Rodebaugh

plus SAUDI ARABIA, SENEGAL, SINGAPORE, SOMALIA, SPAIN, SUDAN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND...

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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Image courtesy of Rodebaugh

plus TANZANIA, TONGA, TURKEY...

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VATICAN CITY
The coin which was the catalyst for starting the ORIGINAL beautiful bronze thread, and still one of my all-time favorite coins.

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