April 12, 2024
((WOW!)) 1 TROY OZ. FINE SILVER MOLON LABE/COME AND TAKE IT BULLION ROUND
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COOL!! THESE BEAUTIFUL 1 OZ. TROY .999 FINE SILVER (PATRIOT) ROUNDS ARE REALLY COOL. I CALL THEM PATRIOT ROUNDS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF THE SLOGAN/BATTLE CRY "MOLON LABE" WHICH IN ENGLISH MEANS "COME AND TAKE IT". THIS PHRASE WAS FIRST USED IN THE BATTLE OF THERMOPLYAE IN 480 BC BETWEEN THE SPARTAN KING LEONIDAS THE 1st AND THE PERSIAN KING XERXES THE 1st. THIS BATTLE WAS DEPICTED IN THE MOVIE "300" A FEW YEARS BACK. WHEN XERXES DEMANDED THAT THE SPARTANS SURRENDER TO HIM LEONIDAS SAID "COME AND TAKE IT". THOUGH IMMENSELY OUTNUMBERED, THE SPARTANS FOUGHT TO THE DEATH AND INFLICTED MANY MORE CASUALTIES ON XERXES' ARMY. THEY WERE EVENTUALLY DEFEATED. THAT BATTLE CRY WAS USED BY KINGS AND ARMIES OVER THE CENTURIES. FRONT SIDE SHOWS A SPARTAN HELMET WITH CROSSED SWORDS AND FIVE ARROWS BEHIND IT. A BANNER ABOVE THE HELMET IS INSCRIBED "MOLON LABE". A BANNER BELOW THE HELMET IS INSCRIBED IN GREEK LETTERING. THE REVERSE SIDE IS INSCRIBED "COME AND TAKE IT" ABOVE CROSSED ASSAULT RIFLES WITH A STAR AND CANNON. THIS PHRASE ALONG WITH THE CANNON AND STAR APPEARED ON THE "GONZALES FLAG" USED BY THE TEXANS AT THE BATTLE OF GONZALES WHICH INITIATED THE TEXAS REVOLUTION. THAT'S WHY I CALL THEM PATRIOT ROUNDS. **THESE MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. SILVER BULLION IS ALSO GOOD HEDGE AGAINST THE FLUCTUATION OF THE DOLLAR. SEE ACTUAL PHOTOS FOR DETAILED
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