1975 Cook Islands Proof set with "Weenie Man" Dollar
1947 Panama Balboa
1978 Finland 25 Markkaa Skier
1964 Norway 10 Kronur
A huge Swiss medallion

Balboas are way cool!

My Jtryka auction winnings. Very nice stuff.

1865 - 2 cent piece
1907-O half dollar
China notes - 2 one with truck, one with airplane -- smaller than Monopoly money these are really cool
500, 1000, 5000 Pesos notes from Argentina

Thanks for the neat auctions.

hahaha! that's tangaroa, the fertility god.

Part of my Jtryka Pullman Ed. Foundation auction winnings, the 24-S Peace Dollar, and a nice card from Erik. Thank you gentlemen

it's kitty-approved:



what it is (kinda hard to see because chelsea is in the way): a san francisco mint medal (which shows a staircase i've never seen and am not sure still exists), and a california fifty state quarters spoon!

thanks, secret santa partner person!

Got a really nice Christmas card along with a beautiful Euro coin from Sir Sisu. Thank you. It's wonderful.

Forgot to mention that I did actually get that Italian €10 coin ...
http://coinpeople.com/index.php?showtopic=...ndpost&p=139098

The piece shows a Roman sestertius coin from the year 69 (Emperor Vitellius). The woman with the olive branch and the cornucopia refers to the "Pax Augusti" (see the inscription) ... Not the best way, in my opinion, of visualizing the "60 Years of Peace" theme - but the design by itself I like.

Christian

I received this Mexico 1898 Peso on December 22.
It took 10 days to get from New Mexico to California.
I bought it as part of my research into the 1949 San Francisco restrike of the 1898 Peso.
This one is an original strike.
It has a die crack on the reverse (the cap and rays side).

Bosporus Kingdom(client state of the Roman Empire) King Sauromates I 93-124 AD. This coin was issued in what is now the Crimean Peninsula in modern day Ukraine.

Good day today

Canada
1965 dollar small beads, blunt 5, PL (in ICCS holder)
1965 dollar small beads, pointed 5, PL (in ICCS holder)

Dominican Republic
1978 series 1 Peso Oro note

United States
1865 III cents
1907 "D" half dollar (Barber)
1981 Susan B. Anthony dollar proof


Thanks Tiff, Thanks Jeff!!!

Got this yesterday.

1829 Half Dime

What's the deal with that toning? Is that common and original or did you have to pay extra?

A silver 20 kopek


A bi-met 100 dinar


And a silver Ike dollar!

The toning is completely original and looks great in hand. Its somewhat common to find toned coins in this series, sometimes nice and sometimes ugly. And no, I did not pay any extra for the toning - that was a bonus.

Now that "horse coin" looks interesting! Is it a commem or a normal circulation piece?

Christian

It is a normal circulation piece. It is one of the many coins that I have first seen posted here and have subsequently purchased for myself.

There is a commem version with a different reverse issued in 2002.

I'm pretty sure all the mail people here have quit work!

A surprise coffee delivery from The Netherlands and a Bolsward token. THANKS! I'll make some of this tonight.

correction: Dominican Republic coffee, Santo Domingo. OK, shipped via the Netherlands....

Today I got a beautiful card from the Netherlands, thanks Erik, and a big package of 3-pocket currency pages from San Miguel, thanks Mike!!

1936 Gettysburg Half, somewhere in the high AU to BU range.

Whoaaa $5 - that's below melt - was there a big S&H or something because that's a great deal!

d r o o l

Cool! That is one of my favorite dimes...and my only W mint mark!

Well, not in the mail, but at the coin shop... This vacation and not having to go to work stuff is a pretty good concept. Got some work done, browsed a used book store for a few hours and, of course, hit one of the local coin shops where I picked these up...

A nice $1 Australian silver bullion coin - I know these are common as dirt, but boy they look nice to me.
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Next, I scored this 2005 SAE, just because of the cool toning. I know, it's a 2005, so how could it have natural toning? Well, this is a very well-established and reliable dealer and the coin was sitting in the sunny display area in an open, fancy red fir, box and it toned on the obverse - I've seen them like this before. It was exactly the same price as any other 2005 they had, so what the heck. (OMG I bought a toned coin!).
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Finally, this 1966, 500L... I have a circulated example that I previously posted here link but this one is MS and *loaded* with luster - I really like this type - and, it was only $10!
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All-in-all, not a bad haul.

All beauties!

They are nice looking. I just recently picked up a 2oz, 2005 - Year of the Rooster one.

That 500L is beautiful, is it silver? When I was in Italy all the 500L coins were bimetallic nickel bronze, and not all that pretty. nice haul!

An upgrade on my well worn Canadian Edward VII dime. It's cleaned, so it probably won't stay with me long.

Yup, it's silver. And that one you picked up, syzygy, is gorgeous!!

And it has an interesting feature ( I think): the date is located in the edge lettering, which is raised.

I have the same one and I bought mine in Italy in a small stamps shop that also sells coins. I read on the 2x2 that it was a 1966, so I bought it. Back in the hotel I couldn't find any date on it. Only back at home, when I removed it from the 2x2, I discovered the edge lettering with the date.

Yes! here is the edge from the 1959 that I posted previously - the MS piece that I just bought is also a 1966 like yours.

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Okay, stop posting these 500 Lire things, otherwise I am going to have to take the plunge and buy one.

Tell me about it!

First there was the Netherlands minors thing, with the 5 ¢ Stuiver, then the Italy thing, then Portugal. My Gawd where does it end ???

Isle of Man?

(duck)

Christian

Handbook of Ancient Greek & Roman Coins that was a prize from jlueke. Really nice book and arrived in perfect condition (surprising with these mail people).

Thank you very much!

Santa package included.......

It was $5 with shipping. Guy didnt know what he had. Sold it as a Chrysler Dollar because he had recieved it from chrysler for something. I think I was the only one to bid on it. Kinda a sketchy looking auction IIRC (it was 6 months ago) so I took a chance and it worked out good... And it spawned this thread

-Bobby

It never ends. I've wanted one of these since AF posted his.

what year????

Watch out, then the disease gets raging when you get into ancients, and now I don't like cheapie ancients but only the pricey ones

That kitty approval means a lot!

My two excellent auction wins (francs)--thanks, Jeff!!!

Thanks to Anton, a daily winner--1929 10 Centesimi and another beautiful piece I'm still looking for online for more information on. Thanks!!!

it's funny ... usually she's interested in the boxes that stuff comes in and not the stuff inside those boxes!

1903H

A couple of Tiffi coins via AuctionMonster!!!

Card from Erik!

A beautiful card from Eric along with a very nice 1956 1 Guilden coin. Thanks very much.