I bought more than 1.

Yesterday I received a Rouble of 1898 ** and some old swedish coins.

One of the swedes...

1/2 Skilling Riksgälds 1802

...and the rouble:

Everyday My mailman told me that 98% of mail they deliver is junk mail.

Just got the Finnish €5 Athletics World Championship coin. Nice ...

http://www.honscha.de/bilder/5fi05g.jpg
(not my picture)

... except that in this case I would have put the twelve European stars on the ring of the side featuring the runners legs. Simply because with such bimetallic pieces I prefer designs that in some way take the two different "color zones" into account. Other than that, a fine piece.

Christian

Well, it wasn't the mail, but today I went to the local coin show and saw my dealer friend with the box of foreign silver coins that he sells for silver melt value and I found a few interesting coins. I found a 1903 B and 1914 B Swiss 1 Franc coins, and a 1923-S Peace Dollar, and a 1934 Columbian 50 centavos. The Columbian coin is interesting because at that time they pegged the peso to the dollar, so this coin has 12.5g of .900 silver which is the exact metal content of a US half dollar. I never knew about the Columbian peg before today. In the past I usually pick up all the Panamanian Balboas as they are identical to US silver content. All four coins were only $9.70!

Waiting for New Jersey medal. Waiting....waiting....

Me, too!!! I LOVE MY NEW SPARKLEY!!! Thanks so much for the hook-up, Erik!!!

A silver 5 euro from Erik. Thanks, pal.

You're welcome

Meanwhile, I got nothing

Got one old romanian beer token from Israel, Saarland 20 Franken and one Genovese transportation token from Italy and three tokens from Bucharest. Very good day!

I received the new Finnish € 5 today.

A pack of various foreign coins I won off Ebay for $1.50. Not bad for 15 coins that I've never seen before.

Some 2005 Canadian Coins and a token/medal from one of our favorite cats. Also a cool note from McDoo.

I got prize winnings from Tiff's contest. Thanks Tiff! Love them!

Got my first titanium coin: Austria 100 shilling 2001 Im very happy with it:

An assortment of coins includign one with a turtle

Wow what a day! Received the nude on the shark note from Ben, the Lbertad, Spainish countermarked coin, and "ocean view" nickels from Tiff, I didn't have these so they went right into the album and a very nice gift from Erik, a very interesting Dutch 5 Euro coin. Thanks to all

I got my prize from Tiff today!! a couple old German silver coins and a couple of wheat cents and an OIV nickel.

Thanks!!

Shipping on Fridays makes Mondays nicer.

My mailman must be holdin out.

Mailman hasn't arrived yet, but I bought two nice coins from a club meeting yesterday.

EDIT: Mailman arrived and brought me my first 5 Franc coin

wow. i have yet to be dinged for customs charges for anything (and that's with everything properly declared except for one item from the monnaie de paris ... which they declared as a gift for some reason!)

that's a very attractive coin! what's the material inside the ring?

Coins have to be declared as either gifts or alternative, like medals - you can't just send coins as numisatic items or it's very likely that they get confiscated. I got two packages that got confisated by the customs and I never get to see the light of them :'( All I got to see are the photos provided by the sellers...

The ring, with the value and country name, is silver (Ag900). The pill in the middle is pure titanium. A similar one was issued the year before, featuring a microchip, a map, and "telecommunication" devices.

The 2001 coin: http://www.muenze-oesterreich.at/e/mobilitaet.html
The 2000 coin: http://www.muenze-oesterreich.at/e/millennium.html

(English language version; click on the coins to get further info.)

Interesting pieces indeed. What is also neat is that you can consider the collection complete if you have those two - or you may say that the niobium pieces continue the series :-)

Christian

again nothing

A lovely assortment of coins from Tiff--thanks!!! I'm REALLY likin' the German coin. Not sure about it so I'll be doing research here later to check out details. It's an oldie! Bunny, you is A #1 !!!

My '05 mint set came....WooHoo. Only took about 10 weeks.

A 2001 US Proof set and 5 Unc consecutive serial number 2 dolla bills as a payment.

Oh, can you say....

CRRRRAACK?

Been a good week for me. Since Friday, I have gotten:

1994 UK £1 in Specimen folder
1995 UK £1 in Specimen folder
1996 UK £1 in Specimen folder
1988 UK BU Mint set
2000 UK £5 Queen Mother's Centenary Birthday Commemorative Crown in Specimen folder
1990 UK silver proof pair of 5p (old large size, new small size)
1997 UK £2 in Specimen folder (first year of bi-metallic)
1998 UK 50p in Specimen folder (25th Anniversary of UK's entry into EU)

some of these are already uploaded to my website, while the rest are sitting here next to the scanner, and should be done over the next day or two.

still awaiting one more package, which contains the 2003 and 2005 Bank of Serbia Mint sets. (coming from Germany)

ÄÄÄäääääääck! That is the only set I am still missing with the SQs.

I hear you it didn't come cheap either. Or is it the cracking part that makes you scream?

The combination of both.

Got mail from Minnesota today Wow, that was really nice, Tiff! Some US coins, between 0 and 70 years old, a German Reich piece, and a neat US Mint token Thanks a lot!

Christian

Recieved a packet from The Bunny yesterday (Came in the mail on Monday but I was on my deathbed) 5 awesome coins! Im going to assume that it is the prize from the Av contest and the everyone wins contest.... that way if it is not, bonus suprise for me!

I also recieved a wonderful star note from MMD! lots of 00s

-Bobby

Two Dutch 5 Euro coins from Trantor_3, one for the daughterly one, and another for our Adoption Fund Auction.

Tiff sent me some nice coins, '56 proof cent with some beautiful toning, a mint token and some nice foreign coins.

lemme try....



CRRRRAACK



yes, I can

wel.... a note from the post person that I was not at home.... well, I knew that.

He'll try again tomorrow, but then I'll be not home either....

But then I can collect it at the post office.

looking at the sender's name, it's a 1966 SMS

The coins I won off Jtryka but sadly I cannot view them until late Friday when I go home from college for the weekend :*(

I GOT A T-1 1917 SLQ!!!



Also, some much needed Lincolns from a member here.

And...


Well, I normally stay away from those shady fantasy mints like Isle of Man... but... I broke down and bought the King Arthur 5 Crown Set. Medieval Dudes! Medieval Dudes!

Wow, that SLQ has just the right "look" doesn't it? Congrats!

three packages

1) as already expected, a 1966 Special Mint Set

2)


3) payment in cash from a member here for the Dutch silver Commem I sent him. Hey payed with a 5 euro note and two coin rolls, one of 2 cent coins and one of 1 cent coins, both from the Rahapaja Oy Mint in Finland

5 Francs 1848A and 1849A (after 2 weeks of delay)

Yes, I waited and looked and waited and looked until I found one I really liked. My patience paid off.

Well I got a nice set of Bani from Romania. Thanks, my Romanian friend. A 92 proof Jeff, a 79 proof Lincoln T2, LD 60-D Lincoln, 82 LD Copper Lincoln, 1960 SD Lincoln. Yay.

Yesterday, a care packege from Tiff. I got a Churchill!

Today a nice 83D Washer from the Metalman. Another page filled. I owe you one Mm.