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People used to have a very simple life around here, the Arabian Gulf was a place where people only have what they need and if they had an extra, they will share with neighbours and people in-need. Just opposite of today, where people are greedy and envious.

We all loved the past, sometime we want to create one, and that what we did.

Typical old setting room

We also collected old cars that used on that period and probably after, and this is only couple of what we found so far.

Finally, love the past live the present and think about the future, that’s the only way.

Sometime there are stuff might not worth much as in a price, but worth millions for its sentimental value. As an example of that, the golden coin that I have which have a picture of shikeh Zayed Bin Sultan on one side and on  the other side it says the fifth anniversary of the United Arab Emirates 1971-1976.

I wonder how many people still have this coin which went for sale by the central bank of UAE on year 1976 in a very limited edition.

I’m not a big fan of antique, but some are great to have for the historical value or a historical character who owned that antique long time ago.

I was kind off attached to the English history and wanted to own something special, such as an old British pound, but I found something even better. I went to auction for an old shilling 1697. this Shilling was in a box in a ship that was sailing from England to the English Colony on North America, but the ship was drawn. On 1700′s they recovered the treasure box from the ship and my coin was one of them.

Coin comes with certificate

Charles II face on the coin

After I got the coin,  I was received a very special gift from a special person. The gift was a model of the same ship type that sank with the coins on the 1700′s. That made my day