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Castle Courtyard => General Discussion / Questions => Topic started by: ElleKitty on February 23, 2009, 09:31:42 AM
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Today my subscription copy of Worldwide Coins came in. I was very surprised to find this article and photo on Pg. 30.
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Tracy Thompson of San Antonio, Texas, started collecting world coins nearly 30 years ago when her parents bought envelopes of world coins in a book store at a local shopping mall.
"As I grew up, I kept those coins and enjoyed playing with them," Thompson said. "They were wonderful for imagining far-away places and what might have been happening over there. I still have all those coins and although they are common, cherish them."
Although select world coins are the focus of her current collection, Thompson is also "fond of [U.S.] Flying Eagle cents, Franklin halves and Mercury dimes."
But her real passion makes her purr with delight. "I have a weakness for any coin or token that features a feline on it. So far, I've been able to pick up coins from Biafra and Uruguay, among others, and have a total of 62 coins that show felines, ranging from house cats to the endangered snow leopard."
The oldest coin in Thompson's collection is a Spanish copper cob from 1622. "I am also partial to world silver crown-size coins,"she said, and she is particularly interested in collecting world crown-size silver with "chop marks or counter-stamps on them.
"Coins from the 19th century or earlier also catch my attention." said [tracy Thompson.]
The coinage of Australia, Japan and imperial Russia also are part of her collecting focus. She recently joined a global coin collectors club that meets exclusively on the Internet, the World Internet Numismatiac Society. She hopes the worldwide organization will help expand her knowledge of collecting. She is also a member of the Knights of the Coin Table collectors group, an online coin forum.
(http://membersforum.knightsofthecointable.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2335.0;attach=1462;image)
While world coins with cats on them are Tracy Thompson's passion, the Texas-based collector also enjoys collecting world coins that help her visualize life in other countries.
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Congrats Miss Kitty on the magazine interview! What's next? A made for T.V. movie? A late-night talk show? LOL! :) I'm proud to call you my friend! :)
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:) CONGRATULATIONS :)
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Congratulations Miss Kitty. Reckon you will replace Oprah? ;D
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Thats just toooo Cool!!!
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That is really cool.
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Hey, well done Ellekitty.
That's just purr-fect.
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Twas a nice article! A little notoriety eh Elle? Next stop....Hollywood!
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Well! Well! Well! Well done Miss Kitty! ;) Better put your shades on so you can get around incognito. 8)
You'll be hobnobbing with the rich & famous soon. ;D ;D
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Thank you everyone. This was really just a matter of being in the right place at the right time, as the author is a member of WINS, and when I wrote my introduction to the group he emailed me asking if it was alright if he used it in his next article. Of course I was pleased to tell him yes.
Just thought you should see the name of the group is getting out there too, though. :)
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Good job kitty......hope this gets you a lot of catnip...eerrr coins
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Super article elle :)