Hey, I have one of those. Purchased from a fellow on ebay named mishkap.

One of my favorite sets.

That is a nice piece, not a particularly common variety either. Curiously the pellet in the upper right quadrant looks like it is over something else. It looks as though the die was modified at some late date and they just put a pellet there instead of whatever is under it.

For an interesting look at the varieties of these coins look here:

Barry Murphy's Page on Cheronessos Hemidrachms

I got these in the mail yesterday from eBay:






They are supposed to be two different types (Type II and Type IV) but for the life of me I can't tell the difference.

Neat! The only difference I noticed is that the mintmark-or-whatever-that-is can be found right below the A (of "gramos") on one coin, and below the AM (ie. further right) on the other. Similarly, the O's (in "peso") are positioned slightly differently. Oh well - nice (and heavy) pieces they are ...

Christian

Cool, like the screw operated coin press design.

Did you buy the set from this man?

Germany 2006 €10 "Mozart" commem, in silver
Czech Republic 1993 50 Kc "MATER URBIUM PRAGA" bimet coin

Vielen Dank, Christian!!


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One nice romanian token.

I see the difference now, thanks for pointing that out! And yes, these are big coins. I compared one to a silver eagle last night and they are slightly larger in diameter and weight since they are only 0.925 fine, they weigh more than an ounce. These were produced right before the fat onzas of the early 1980s which are my favorite due to their thickness and lettered edge.

My first 2 cents coin!

Thank you Dave!


Jose

I am now the proud owner of a one-of-a-kind piece of craftsmanship, compliments of billzach! Got my slip in the mail yesterday and went and picked it up (my hobo nickel contest prize) this morning. I've showed it off all day at work and have already had several offers. I told them !!! It is a beautiful piece which will probably travel in my purse for a while so I can show it off. I AM SO THRILLED!!! THANK YOU!!!

No coins. I hate waiting for loads of packages to arrive.

I cannot imagine a coinless day at the Bunny house, must be awful

1967 Finland 10 Markkaa and a nice 1954-D Wheatie for my set that I wasn't expecting.

A fantastic envelope full of coins and notes from Daggit's auctions. Thanks Daggit, they're great.

from my cousin in Calgary, as chrismas present :

Canada 2005 V-nickel


Canada 2005 50 cents proof silver with butterfly hologram (Great Spangled Fritillary)



The coin is not coloured, but the holographic image makes it appear to be coloured. If you tilt the coin a little, the colours change completely

Well looks like the mailman came back again. I just found another package in my mailbox containing...

1994 Lithuania 10 Litu Proof
1995 Andorra 10 Diners Proof Ecu
1998 Austria 10 Ecu Haydn Proof
1990 Hungary 100 Forint Proof Theater
2005 Hungary 500 Forint Proof Car Square coin

Two shipments arrived today

One containing:

South Africa
1960 5 shilling "50th aniversary South African Union"

The other containing:

Canada
1953 1 dollar
1983 1 dollar
1984 1 dollar "Jacques Cartier"
1943 50 cents
1957 50 cents
1965 50 cents
1940 25 cents
1950 25 cents
1962 25 cents
1966 25 cents
1968 25 cents
2004 25 cents "poppy"
2004 25 cents "ship"
2005 25 cents "veterans"
1947 10 cents
1966 10 cents

Two complete sets of Portugal Euros dated 2005 for my nippers,

Then Austria
1 Schilling 1924
20 Heller 1916
2 Schilling 1924
5 Groschen 1931
2 Heller 1918
1 Schilling 1908
1 Schilling 1915
Half Schilling 1924

Then Portuguese beauties all Brilliant Uncirculated:
1 Centavo 1918
2 Centavos 1918
5 Centavos 1921
10 Centavos 1915
50 Centavos 1916

I will post pics of the Portuguese later tonight.

Thank you very much JoseMartins, wow, aside from the 2 Centavos the rest of the Portuguese coins were a surprise.

Bills -- nothing numismatic in any way.....boohooo...

Got my German Commem. Love it. It looks a lot better than I thought it would.

Oh the evil mailman left me another slip too! I swear, I'm not a violent person, but I really would like to smack this guy.

'79 US proof set.
'57 proof cent

and no slips from the postman!!

Nice coin Trantor I know where this is a nice 2004 butterfly for sale and would look awesome beside your 2005 butterfly!

2 more coins towards my crown-like set, and 2 Australian silver florins.

A 1981 Belgian Mint set.

The UPS man brought me some much needed supplies. 2 50mm airtites for those HUGE swiss medals. A 50 roll quarter box. 25 quarter tubes (Bicents anyone???) And my 8th 14" double 2x2 box. Things are getting a little out of hand here....

Long have I waited for my package from the Central Bank of Ireland.

The 1990 Proof Punt



Did someone say....Stag Party?

Scottish pound note

Contest coin from Anton plus a bunch of extras.
Thanks Anton.

Canada:

1980 Arctic Dolar BU
1986 Vancouver Centennial dollar BU
1990 Henrey Kelsey dollar BU
1996 Macintosh dollar BU
1998 125th anniv. of RCMP dollar Proof
2001 National Ballet dollar Proof
2002 50th anniv. Queen dollar BU
2003 Cobalt dollar BU
1939 Royal Visit dollar UNC
1981 silver train dollar BU
1989 Mackenzie dollar BU
1985 Moose dollar Proof
1992 stagecoach dollar Proof

1974 Singapore Mint Set
1974 Swiss Mint Set
1997 Slovakia 200 Korun
1985 Czechoslovakia 100 Korun
1992 Hungary 500 Forint Proof

WHOOPIE!

The 1970 FAO 2-coin set from Yugoslavia, with the German insert. I already have this set with the English insert. Next will be to find the third and final set, with the Serbo-Croat insert. Included in the bulk lot that had this set was also a Yugoslavia 1953-55 7-coin mint set, which I will be listing for auction later this evening, and a pair of other Yugoslavian sets, which are duplicates, and may become available, soon. Also included was a Russian set, seen in this thread.

This is most of it...

Got a terrific book all about Euros. Thanks Banivechi. Included a nice set of coins from Romania -- all brand spankin' new.

A great prize.

5 Kopeks 1794, made in Annensk (AM)

Dutch 2005 "Baby Set", with special medal, to give to my newborn niece, born in November 2005 . Medal has space to make inscription.

This arrived yesterday. You'll be seeing her again in the next PCI.

Anaconda coins had a silver proof version of this medal listed on Ebay not too long ago.

Your copper version looks better.

A Canadian 1969 Mint set and a 1992 Bulgaria 50 Leva note.

from Tiffibunny.

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a $0.31 Yahoo! auction snag. this fits well with my "B" token, now I need to find a "C" token to complete the set.

A new "Oldest coin in my collection". By about 700 years.

Thanks Jorg.

WOW!

I bought one of those $10 face lots of junk silver off eBay, paid about 6.3x face and it arrived yesterday. Here's what I got:

40 dimes:
25 1964 P/D Roosevelts
15 Mercuries:
1924, 1936, 1941, 1941-S, 1942, 1942-D (x2), 1943-D, 1943-S, 1944, 1944-D, 1944-S, 1945 (x2) and 1945-S

12 Halves:
7 Franklins:
1949-D, 1951-S, 1952 (x2), 1952-D, 1954-D, 1963-D
5 Walkers:
1935 (x2), 1939 (x2) and 1944

Nothing spectacular, but not a bad assortment for melt value!

One nice day again:

10 Kopeks 1916, Osaka

5 Roubles 1902 AR

Yippee

Plus it cost only 10% of what Anaconda wants for theirs.

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Sounds very interesting. Picture?

2 Israeli coins and my next PCI entry which will win. Nekkid lady... nekkid.... well practically nekkid...

of what?

The set or my niece?

I mean the set (which is neat looking, thanks) but I like baby pictures, too!

Some great coins from jtryka

BU 1964 Quarter
BU 1964-D Dime
1816 Large Cent in....well you decide

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/burks/1816p1crev.jpg
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