another puzzle

[Robert G. Wilson v]

Neil,

	I have a plausible guess. This comes from heraldery and denotes the rank or 
status of the bearer. Thus this is the number of holders of each rank.

Bob.

N. J. A. Sloane wrote:

> also waiting in the queue was this:
> 
> %S A000001 2 29 590 7011 60324
> %N A000001 "Gold, with six bars, or with the visor raised (in full face) for royalty"
> "Silver, with five bars, (in full face) for a duke or marquis"
> "Silver, with four bars, with visor raised (in profile) for an earl, viscount or baron"
> "Steel, without bars, and with visor open (in full face) for a knight or a baronet"
> "Steel, with visor closed (in profile) for a squire or a gentleman"
> 
> riddle me this
> 
> 
> My guess is that the numbers    2 29 590 7011 60324  are meaningless,
> and were just used as a tag to get the
> riddle into the OEIS
> 
> If you do a google on "Gold, with six bars", you will find
> a bunch of links to the riddle, but no sequence.
> 
> So I'm going to delete the sequence, unless some seq fan can come
> up with an explanation.
> 
> The "author" line said:
> 
> %A A000001 +orc (homegrownenergy at home.com), Jan 12 2004
> 
> but that email address is a dud.
> 
> Neil
>