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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 407279, member: 5833"]Finally figured out what gestalt I was getting from imperfect view. It is this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]141875[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/northern-irish-pounds/withdrawn-bank-of-ireland-banknotes/bank-of-ireland-1-pound-banknote-mercury/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/northern-irish-pounds/withdrawn-bank-of-ireland-banknotes/bank-of-ireland-1-pound-banknote-mercury/" rel="nofollow">https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/northern-irish-pounds/withdrawn-bank-of-ireland-banknotes/bank-of-ireland-1-pound-banknote-mercury/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Early on in my time here, got into a wrangle with one of the members who actually knows something about coins & currency over whether this is Medusa or Mercury. From the standpoint of conventions in the glyptics world, which has strong ties with numismatics, this figure has the two main attributes used to indicate Medusa & none belonging to Mercury. However, although not consistent across the board, you can see at the link above that the ID of Mercury has become accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, it was nagging at me; now it can stop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 407279, member: 5833"]Finally figured out what gestalt I was getting from imperfect view. It is this: [ATTACH=full]141875[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/northern-irish-pounds/withdrawn-bank-of-ireland-banknotes/bank-of-ireland-1-pound-banknote-mercury/[/URL] Early on in my time here, got into a wrangle with one of the members who actually knows something about coins & currency over whether this is Medusa or Mercury. From the standpoint of conventions in the glyptics world, which has strong ties with numismatics, this figure has the two main attributes used to indicate Medusa & none belonging to Mercury. However, although not consistent across the board, you can see at the link above that the ID of Mercury has become accepted. Anyway, it was nagging at me; now it can stop.[/QUOTE]
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