Old coins and produce

[altivo]

Promised photos, here they are.

First the obverse of some coins. The Canadian silver "fish scale" is the tiny one at the bottom.



Now the reverse, showing the buffalo (actually a bison) and the Bluenose sailing schooner. The "fish scale" really should have a fish, it's kinda boring.



And for a bonus, yummy stuff from the garden. Perennials are lovely, they just come back every year and need only water and some compost. Rhubarb and asparagus here.



Our lovely sunny morning is clouding over this afternoon, and a tornado watch has been sounded for all of Illinois though I'm doubtful anything serious will occur. Now to make a rhubarb pie, in case the power cuts out later.

Comments

[doco.livejournal.com]

Green asparagus – interesting, over here we tend to stick with the white variety. I wonder what the difference in taste is like.

[altivo]

Isn't white asparagus just regular asparagus that was covered to keep the sun off while it sprouted? I thought that was all there was to it.

Here we see white occasionally, green most of the year, and occasionally a reddish-purple variety. They all taste the same to me, though the white one is a bit less strong flavored. Since I really like the taste of asparagus, especially freshly cut when it's slightly sweet, I choose green over white given the choice.

[avon_deer]

Do you have an album to keep them in?

[altivo]

LOL! The rhubarbs? Oh you mean the coins. No, They're just tossed into a drawer. I'm not really a coin collector, I just find old things fascinating.

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

The fish scale is quite a nice little coin. All in all, though, I'm kinda glad the U.S. (and Canada) went to the nickel instead of the little half-dimes. It would be too easy to lose a tiny coin, I think.

[altivo]

I think a high loss rate, combined with the desire to reduce the silver content of coins, was behind the decision in both the US and Canada to eliminate the half-dime in favor of the nickel. I should have put a Canadian nickel in the photo instead of the Indian head, really. I just have a fondness for the Indian head nickel as well as the old silver "walking Liberty" quarter that went with it, and the Mercury head dime. We used to get those in our change occasionally as kids, but you never see them any more. Gone the way of the half-dollar coin, and now even the Susan B. Anthony dollars are scarce.