lots o' lats

A very nice 1858 SL Flying Eagle Cent. It's been graded as net G4. I'm not sure that I'd agree with the grade. The "ONE CENT" is only visible if you know where it's supposed to be and what it says. The obv is probably a G6+. Poor strike on the reverse. I like it.

1936 San Diego Pan Pacific Commem Half, MS-ish (dealer said MS-60, could be).
1853 Seated Lib. Half Dime, XFish
1871 Seated Lib. Half dime, AUish

Half dimes are done in the type set, drew first blood on the Commem halves.

This came today, I got it for the reverse.
It's made of nickel but the lighting makes it look otherwise

Beautiful.

Yes! I love coins based on old pattern designs!

My Favorite also. I purchased several from the mint back in '86. One went to my son that was born that year.

Avery nice Canadian LArge Cent from one of 28_Plain's Katrina auctions.

My favorites: some nice big shiny silver stuff!

Bermuda crown, Mexican 1 and 5 pesos. That 5 pesos is one LARGE coin!



The coin is not yellow but actually a nice bright silver. I still need to practice using my new camera. It is not as easy as I had hoped.

Anyway, does anyone recognize the holder that this coin is in? (The coin came within this holder when I purchased it.) It is an airtite and the coin is kept centered within a black foam-like ring. Does anyone know this product and whether is poses a danger to the coin? And if not, where can one order such items? I really like the look of these and would like to get more for my other silver crowns.

I've used them before, they are a snap type holder. I used to buy them from my local coin shop in Portland, but I don't know the name of the company that makes them.

Today I recieved a surprise package from Banivechi containing some 2005 Romanian coins! Thank You

I received the Westward Journey Nickel set, the business stricks & the satins are pretty baggie
I'm thinking about sending them back.

Not the mailman, but I have my friends who travel internationally totally trained to bring me back some samples of the circulating issues. Received some nice issues from Croatia including this Bad-Intentioned Bear.

http://coinpeople.com/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=4373&st=0

A beautiful crown from 28P's Katrina auction!

My credit card bill. Boring? No, non noioso affatto, a causa di questa linea ...
FILATELICO NUMISMATICA CITTA' DEL VA

Christian

Coin World

No coins. No coins for quite awhile.

Same here. More coins going out than coming in.

1872 Seated Liberty DOLLAR!


Just one more for my type set!

Sweet coin! Ca Only 1 left. That is awesome!

Well I would of had a package today but arrived home later than normal. So I have at least one package at the PO, maybe more (have four headed my way).

Congrats Tiffi. That's a lovely $

I got my new medicare guide. Looks like I may save a few bucks for purchasing coins.

Not the mailman, but the UPS man brought a...



for a certain member.

Don't you already have a phone?

Christian

Woo-hoo! Got my package from Bill today. It was filled with newer coin magazines, auctions catalogs (Long Beach!), and 1982 Krause for reference.

John Marshall $1 Commem Proof.

2005 Silver proof set
2005 clad proof set.

These proof sets seem better than the first two i purchased, dunno what I'll do with the lower quality ones.

Recently arrived:

1971, 1972, 1973, 1974S Ike Unc Blue Packs
These were lovely, not a mark on them.

1971 1972S Ike Blue packs
Good, but not nearly as good as the other four

On the way:

John Marhsall $1 Unc Commem
2005 U.S. Mint set
Mess of supplies fron Brent-Kreuger.

Roll of Buffalo nickels & IHC from jtryka

oh, during my absence of two weeks I got a lot:

South Africa
1 Rand 1967 (Afr)
50 cent 1977 proof
20 cent 1966 (Afr) Proof
20 cent 1977
10 cent 1977 proof
10 cent 1965 (Afr) proof
5 cent 1965 (Eng) proof

USA
2005 statehood quearters silver proof

Canada
5 cents 1918

Brought home from my trip:

Dominican Republic
1961 5 centavos
1981 5 centavos
1973 10 centavos
1986 10 centavos
1987 10 centavos
1988 10 centavos
1989 10 centavos (4x)
1991 10 centavos
2002 1 peso
1997 5 peso (3x)
2002 5 peso (2x, 1 x UNC)
2003 10 peso note UNC
2003 20 peso note UNC
2004 50 peso note UNC
2004 100 peso note UNC
2003 500 peso note UNC

Haiti
3004 50 GOUD note UNC

USA (bought from Dom.Rep. person)
1972 1 dollar "plain" VF

Cuba (stopped there on our way back)
(convertible money, equals dollar/euo, only available for foreigners)
2005 1 centavo (2x)
2000 5 centavos
2000 10 centavos
2002 25 centavos
1994 50 centavos
1998 1 peso
2004 3 peso note
(non-convertible, only available to locals)
2003 5 centavos
1962 20 centavos
1972 20 centavos
1988 1 peso
1994 1 peso
2003 1 peso note
2002 5 pesos note
2003 10 pesos note

My check for editing the MichMatist arrived today. As the editor, I handle the payments to authors and that includes my own. I do not issue the checks, though. The president and treasurer do that. I just prepare invoices and envelopes and such. Well, getting paid was a big deal for me. I live in Ann Arbor, zipcode 481xx and I addressed my own envelope zipcode 418xx and sent my money to Kentucky. I was happy to see it today, I assure, you.

Repro ancient Greek made out of tin.

Pretty nice and not too $$$

Welcome back trantor_3! I see you've also taken a trip to the future with that Haitian note!

1892 columbian exposition half BU
1893 columbian exposition half BU
1966 canada dollar BU

Got an African coin today - a new 200 escudos commem from Cabo Verde. African pieces are usually not among what I collect "actively" but, well, I will keep this one :-)



The coin commemorates the anniversary of the country's independence ("30 years of independence - 30 years of education for development"). The side with the face value is quite sober; the other side shows people, figures, characters, and even Einstein's famous relativity theory formula ...

Christian

In two ways, ccg....

We had a visitor from Haiti one day in our project (a US guy who works there for a similar organisation as I worked for) and he gave me that note. WE planned to go to Haiti for a few hours and have a look there, guided by him, so he could tell about his work there. Unfortunately Alpha kicked in and cancelled that plan. So some day I have to return there, since I only collect stuff from countries that I've visited or will certainly visit. Now only hope I don't have to wait 998 years....



During my vacation, a colleague was on vacation too, to Greece. He brought back for me:

Greece 1 cent 2003
Greece 1 cent 2004 (3x)
Greece 2 cent 2005
Greece 5 cent 2002
Greece 5 cent 2002 F

This may seem like a dumb question, but considering us Yanks aren't allowed to have post-1959 Cuban currency, is the modern stuff of clad/base metal composition?

I don't have one handy, but I think they're nickel-plated-steel.

OK, a bit more info then...

Cuba
(convertible money, equals dollar/euo, only available for foreigners)
KM# 733, 1 centavo, 2005, aluminum
KM# 575.2, 5 centavos, 2000, stainless steel
KM# 576.2, 10 centavos, 2000, stainless steel
KM# 577.2, 25 centavos, 2002, stainless steel
KM# 578, 50 centavos, 1994, stainless steel
KM# 579, 1 peso, 1998, stainless steel

(non-convertible, only available to locals)
KM# 34, 5 centavos, 2003, aluminum
KM# 31, 20 centavos 1962, aluminum
KM# 35, 20 centavos, 1972, aluminum
KM# 105, 1 peso, 1988, brass
KM# 347, 1 peso, 1994, brass plated steel


btw, iirc, it's allowed for you to have them, as long as you don't get them from Cuba. If I give/trade/sell them to you, now I'm back in The Netherlands, it's OK I think....
I remember I've heard something like that...

Limited amounts of Cuban goods are permitted in the US provided that they were not directly imported from Cuba. (e.g. via a third country)

The following came from Stujoe today:

US Mint Peace Medal James Monroe
2005 Bufferson D
2005 Bufferson P
1943 Half Dollar
1957 Half Dollar
2002 Half Dollar D
2005 ASE Prize for the PCI-4 Copper 1st place.

Thanks Stujoe;

Aleksey will enjoy them very much

The proof Marine commem -- BU version came last week.

Yesterday: a new €5 commem and a contest prize from Jose.

No stapler yet?

No, not yet.

Today I was received a surprise big pack from Stujoe. Not only the prize for PCI 4 , but also well assorted with some silver halves and 2005 nickels and one token/medal...
Thank you Stujoe!

Got it!

Not just any stapler either, this thing is a Cadillac: assisted-power for effortless stapling, large contoured design, fits a whole row of staples (do not need to snap them in half), and best of all FLAT CLINCHES!!

Yay!