SHAWNEE NATION COIN

[Templar]

BACK IN 2002 THE SHAWNEE INDIAN NATION ISSUED A ONE OUNCE SILVER DOLLAR....THIS QUICKLY STARTED A COURT BATTLE AS TO WHO COULD MINT MONEY......WELL MANY OF OUR NATIVE INDIAN TRIBES HAVE GAINED MANY RIGHTS BY DIGGING UP OLD TREATIES WITH THE U,S, AND THE COURTS ARE BACKING THEM UP...THE 2010 SHAWNEE NATION 1 OZ. SILVER COINS ARE AVAILABLE NOW FOR$29  0R $39 FOR SILVER PROOFS----YOU CAN GET THESE COINS THROUGH "PANDA AMERICA"(www.panda america.com)---OR CALL TOLL FREE AT 1-800-472-6327.....THE THEME THIS YEAR IS THE "TRAIL OF TEARS" HONORING THE FORCED MOVEMENT OF THOUSANDS OF NATIVE AMERICANS FROM THE EASTERN UNITED STATES TO PLACES LIKE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA........I REALIZE THIS MAKES LITTLE SENSE TO NON AMERICANS.....BUT I URGE YOU TO READ ABOUT IT AS IT IS SURELY A LOW POINT IN OUR HISTORYTHESE COINS ARE BEAUTIFULLY STRUCK AND WORTH OWNING--------THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

YOUR SERVANT AND FRIEND.............THE TEMPLAR

[Erik]

Yes, there are really very nice coins  I like Liberia 2010 Presidential Series too - they are fantastics. http://www.pandaamerica.com/sresult.asp?keyword=Liberia%202010%20Presidential
But why is everything such expensive ?? 

[Templar]

WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD.......DEMAND DRIVES THE PRICES UP AS WELL AS THE COST OF METALS USES IN THE COINS

[TwoShadows]

So does GREED! I can't help but notice a small bunch of international coin collectors can have silver medallions made (usually about 32 members) and their purchase price is far below many mints and numismatic institutions around the world. Huh? Wonder why? And, I might mention, the mintage levels are far far lower in ALL cases.

[scottishmoney]

The Trail of Tears was exactly why my American ancestors ended up in Texas - having gotten most of the way from where they came - their friend President Sam Houston invited them into the Republic of Texas where they settled in the Red River valley and had a plantation there until the early 20th century.  The next president of Texas, Mirabeau Lamar tried unsuccessfully to send the Americans packing into the then created Indian Territory, but by then bigger issues for Texas were on the horizon, Mexicans invading and then the absorption into the USA.

[OldDan]

Templar.......sorry to bust your bubble, but 'Ten Bears' isn't a Shawnee, but rather a great chief of the Northern Cheyenne tribe of Montana, Rosebud County. He looks nothing like a Shawnee.

Here are some pictures of the Shawnee people:

[Pocketcoins]

The Shawnee liked to use Kentucky for there hunting ground, but I think the Cherokee were the only ones who really called the hills around here home. There is still some living here.

[Templar]

THE PICTURE I USED WAS OF THE GREAT PLAINS CHIEF AND NOT OF A SHAWNEE OR ANY TRIBE THAT MADE THE WALK ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS.......MY LOVE OF HISTORY IS BETTER THAN THAT........THE COLUMBUS OHIO PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY TEAM ARE CALLED THE "BLUE JACKETS"......BLUE JACKET WAS A WHITE MAN CAPTURED AS A CHILD AND ADOPTED INTO THE SHAWNEE TRIBE WHERE HE ROSE TO BE A GREAT WAR CHIEF--HIS REAL NAME WAS MARMADUKE VAN SWEARINGEN............SOME SHAWNEE CHIEFS WERE CORNSTALK.....TECUMSEH...AND HIS BROTHER TENSKWATAWA...(THE PROPHET)---------THEY LIVED IN THE OHIO/KENTUCKY AREA ALONG WITH THE MIAMI TRIBES......THE BOOK "THE FRONTIERSMEN" BY ALLAN W. ECKERT GIVES A GREAT VIEW OF LIFE ON THE MIDWESTERN FRONTIER BEFORE THE TRAIL OF TEARS

       YOUR SERVANT AND FRIEND-------------THE TEMPLAR

[OldDan]

.......MY LOVE OF HISTORY IS BETTER THAN THAT........
       YOUR SERVANT AND FRIEND-------------THE TEMPLAR

Brother Templar; My intention was nothing more than an attempt to correct your presentation of the topic (period)

Example; If I were to post a topic on a medal that Kia Automotive was about to strike, and these were to be available to anyone who purchased one of their cars. I might go on to talk about the great price and how little gasoline they use. All of which would be true....
So far so good, but then I post the following photo. Mind you they are both foreign and they are both autos.

[Templar]

PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND----I MEANT NO OFFENSE NOR DID I TAKE ANY OFFENSE----WHEN I MADE THE FIRST STATEMENT I DID NOT HAVE A PICTURE OF AN INDIAN TO REPRESENT THE INDIANS FROM THE SOUTHEAST SO I JUST PUT UP ONE I HAD AND IT WAS A PLAINS INDIAN---MANY TIME I ATTACH A PICTURE TO MY COMMENTS GOING MORE FOR THE ARTWORK THAN THE CORRECTNESS----MY FAULT---I SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHO IS READING THE POSTS AND MAYBE THEY WOULD NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE...........I THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE COMMENTS AND I REMAIN YOUR SERVANT AND FRIEND-------THE TEMPLAR