The mailman was good to me this weekend! First I received a nice 1952-D quarter on Friday that I bought from a guy on the NGC forums:




Then yesterday I got my prize from Blackhawk for the Wright Brothers contest:




Finally, this one didn't come in the US mail, but ironically came in the interoffice mail at work! It's a medal commemorating the first trading of the NYSE after their merger with Archipelago. It's about the size of a silver dollar, not sure of the composition, but I thought it was neat anyway.

Nice "mail" items Jeff!

Big items:

1lb Potassium Nitrate
1lb Potassium Phosphate
1lb Calcium Carbonate
1lb Magnesium Sulfate
1lb Plantex CSM+B
500mL of CO2 replacement





Settle down. It's for a fish tank

Also got a package of 18 GB Pennies from jtryka

I thought you were going to do some weird experiements!

Just the normal stack of bills.

Got my 2006 FDC (BU) Vatican set today.

http://www.honscha.de/bilder/va06.jpg
(Not my picture, but that is what mine looks like. Surprise. )

In my opinion the portrait of the Pope is not very well done. But I suppose that is what Benedict approved ...

Christian

More plants for my tanks.
CoinWorld
Bills
Parking Permit for school

Got mail from Romania and the Netherlands today. (Well, either today or yesterday.) The Rembrandt Vijfje from Erik, and my contest prize from Mircea! Very nice pieces - more in the "topical" discussions.

Christian

I received my first Barber dime (in a decent grade) to start my new series.

Just arrived today from a Heritage Auction.

1914 AU 58. Handsome coin.

I can't figure out how to upload the pics nicely, so here is the link for you Heritage members out there: http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/v...dNo=6010&zoom=1

Very nice coin and a decent price, I believe.

Well, I was busy last week so I didn't have time to post all of these that I received from Marvin in a trade:

Here are the rest, I guess I ran into the image posting limit!

The 2 Franc is stunning!

Ooh Swiss and German. Mmmmm

Got two commems yesterday - one from Belgium, one from Liechtenstein. The Belgian coin is the one that I mentioned in this discussion http://www.coinpeople.com/BE-10-Bois-du-Cazier-t10836.html ... That one I like; interesting occasion for a commem, and the design is OK too.

The other one http://www.coinpeople.com/Liechtenstein-to...oins-t7524.html well, I don't really want to say I regret the purchase, but that is because this is my very first LI coin. The design - örks.

Christian

No pics but got a box (20 lbs or so) of coins from Mexico. It will probably take until the end of the year to sort through it.

Received it over the weekend but just saw it for the first time:

1916 MS-62 Barber dime

won it sight-unseen on a heritage auction. was worried because they usually have fantastic pictures and sometimes they don't list in text if the coin is cleaned/damaged.

Luckily, she is beautiful, retains most luster, and not damaged/cleaned!

The 'forgotten' one...nice XF.

That's a nice 09-S.

I picked this one up today at a local show, it was cheap!

Very nice Jeff!

The mailman was good to me yesterday (picking up where the Fedex guy couldn't seem to accomplish):

Very nice Jeff, is that gold or base metal? (because it's you I'll assume gold lol)

This is the new San Francisco Old Mint commemorative, so this is a legitimate half eagle (0.24187 oz. pure gold), same composition as from 1840-1929. The reverse is taken from the Longacre design in use when the earthquake struck in 1906. The silver dollar commem has the reverse of the Morgan dollar (last used in 1904). I am still waiting for the proof half eagle and the two silver dollars (scheduled on 12/15).

Nice Granite Lady.
I heard some of the capsules from the mint were loose and have come apart in shipping or rattling.

That's a beauty.

Nice half eagle. Would be more interesting if the finish was also old-school!

Just remember those old school finishes were meant to circulate, but not this one! I hope the proof one looks nice too. As for the capsules, this one was the same, the top was loose when it arrived, but the coin was still in place, the only harm was the mess of little blue fibers from the velvet case getting in the capsule which detracted from the look of the coin (in fact I thought it was all scratched up until I cleaned out the fibers!). Now I can't wait to see what they did with Morgan's dollar reverse.

A Grand Canyon medal courtesy of Tiffany (Thanks!). I really want to escape to there now.

Two very nice 2001 halves. Besides proofs, easily the nicest Kennedies in my collection. Thanks, Mark!

Both arrived today.

Thanks again guys!

The mailman was good to me yesterday:

I see the mailman misdelivered my mail yet again. How the world did my Saints end up in Oregon?

It's a common mistake really, but don't worry I'll take very good care of them!

Well it wasn't the mailman, but the fedex guy brought this yesterday:

Ha, I already have my first 2007 pieces!

* The UK set with next year's commemorative 50p, £1 and £2 coins.
* The euro set from Slovenia, featuring the new common sides of the € coins.

Christian

A few very interesting items.

From ccg a Christmas greeting with a signed Canadian Tire Note. Very nice.

Second interesting item -- an extremely touching gift from Alfonso. He sent me the first roman coin that he had found. What a wonderfu and moving gift. It will hold a treasured place in my collection forever.

My ankle biters got a Hong Kong 1¢ note from a certain British Columbian!

This puppy came from a Teletrade auction.



They do some decent pictures.

Oh, very nice! I love nice nickels

My first AAFES pogs, wanted these for a while, even got extras for the kiddies. These bring back fond memories of my Air Force Brat days and PX chits!

Heh... look at the bush one.

those are *much* cooler than i expected them to be. i guess i expected them to look kinda like casino chips . . .

Wait 'til you see the Clinton one in the 8th printing. It is a duzy!

I picked this up at a local show today, the toning looks a lot nicer than my pictures!

MMMMmmmmm! Very nice.

Got back from a trip today, and had some neat stuff in my mail. From our Anton, the 10 rubles prize (see http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=286247) plus a coin from Thailand which (I think) is a 5 baht piece issued in 1996 for the 50th anniversary of king Bhumibol's coronation, all wrapped in a Canadian Currency Museum folder.

Also, some euro coins from Austria (€5 Mozart, EU Presidency) and the Vatican (€2 Swiss Guard, €5 Peace Day, €10 Bernini's Piazza San Pietro Colonnades). These are not my pictures but nice ones.


(Mozart - Obverse - Presidency)


(Swiss Guard; reverse is the €2 default)


(Peace Day - Colonnades)

Christian

Got a beautiful 1958 Proof Set from Labmom today.

A really nice package of coins from Elverno -- thank you very much.

A 1972 Mint Set and a 1988 Mint Set -- both with nice clear primo coins.

Also go a nice 1999P Connecticut Quarter MS63 for my Anniversary Signature Set. (The set is a lot of fun. I encourage you to give your own special set a try.)

The Fedex man brought this one yesterday, finally a keeper after 3 coins that arrived loose and damaged. The marks in the photo are on the plastic lens, not on the coin.

Very nice coin, Jeff!