January 29, 2005
Centuries' Old UFO Coin Remains Mystery

Colorado Springs, CO (PRWEB) January 28, 2005 -- After decades of seeking possible answers about a mysterious UFO-like design on a 17th century French copper coin, a prominent numismatic expert says it remains just that: an unidentified flying object. After a half-century of research, the design has defied positive identification by the numismatic community.

"It was made in the 1680s in France and the design on one side certainly looks like it could be a flying saucer in the clouds over the countryside," said Kenneth E. Bressett of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a former President of the 32,000-member American Numismatic Association and owner of the curious coin.

"Is it supposed to be a UFO of some sort, or a symbolic representation of the Biblical Ezekiel's wheel? After 50 years of searching, I've heard of only one other example of it, and nothing to explain the unusual design."

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Posted by Ellen at January 29, 2005 10:44 AM

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It's a cheese wheel. A giant, flying cheese wheel, but a cheese wheel nonetheless.

Posted by: ron on January 29, 2005 11:02 AM

It looked more like a curl of a leaf hanging down from a bower of grapes, but I would have to hold it in my hands to be certain.

Posted by: Rachel Ann on January 29, 2005 03:24 PM
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