1948 Mexico Cuauhtemoc Cinco Pesos

I don't have that one yet.

Very nice. I like most of the Mexican designs.

Me too. I am a sucker for that snake eating eagle.

Nice.

That design does kick serious A$$. Very nice affordable coin.

You finally got, good for you! Now you just need to chisel 66 into there somewhere.

So who is that on the obverse?

The last Aztec leader, Cuauhtemoc, who was executed by Cortes during the conquest of Mexico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuauht%C3%A9moc

An intersting period in history.

I happen to have a 1966 1 peso, large, silver (0.1 only ) with the snake consuming eagle. And no chiseling required

I have that whole 1966 set myself.

It is, the fact they put him on a coin makes me wonder how Mexicans view the Spanish and Aztect past in the present day.

Now I know why my brother had a parrot named Cuauhtemoc.

beautiful coin!!

2005 Sierra Leone Wildlife $1

Don't know much about it but it had a croc on it and was just sitting there ready to be scooped up.

I like the croc. Interesting coin.

1921-D Morgan



With a few dies cracks on both sides...

Nice shootin'! And nice coin.

Thanks. Also got 3 Walkers, 3 Barber Quarters and a Buffalo nickel. Too lazy to image them all.

And everyone said I would dominate the new purchases forum. I haven't even gotten anything so I can't even start a thread yet.

This is unusual for me. I will hit a dry spot now. Of course, I have 2 Danscos coming in and transfering coins will keep me busy.

I really like this design.

2 Empty Dansco Albums, Cent pages, Dime pages and slip covers. No pics needed.

Got 4 Barber Dimes, 2 Frankies and a Jeff.

Why did you buy them this way versus the premade Dansco for cents and dimes? Just curious as I'm getting ready to order Danscos for nickels and cents.

I collect from 1900-present and only business strikes and no proofs. So a standard album, of course, wouldn't do it.

Now, I could have bought the a generic cents album, for instance, but it only has 144 ports which is not enough by almost a half for my needs. I needed 248 ports now and some room for expansion.

Now, I was also not sure what size the actual generic cents album size was and whether it would be able to hold the extra pages I needed if I just bought 4 more pages to add to it. So I took the safe route and bought the largest empty album Dansco offers and 8 pages (holding 288 coins) in order to leave room for expansion.

It would be cheaper to just get the cents album and add 4 more pages if possible (by like 8 bucks, I think) but I didn't want to take the chance on the cheaper solution not working since I can't get any of it locally and was dealing only thorugh the mail.

What are you adding to cents from 1900 to present that brings the slot requirement to 248? You've got the Indians from 1900 to 1909 including 08-S and 09-S. Are you heavily into Lincoln varieties?

Maybe I have to go the same route. I don't want my Indians in with my Lincolns but that's only 11 slots.

Nope. That is strict date and mint mark, 1900 to present. That is no varieties at all, not even the VDBs. Also, a 1909 IHC is the same as a 1909 Lincoln for this set as they are both 1909, same with the 1909-S IHC and Lincoln. They are both 1909-S's.

Unless my spread sheet is miscalculating, it is 248 for this set from 1900 to 2006. I haven't counted them individually but it seems about right. That is 10 IHC's and the rest Lincolns. The Lincoln has been around almost 100 years and there were 2 to 3 date/mint mark combinations almost each and every year (except for '22, 65, 66, 67?). So, off the top of my head, 248 seems about right.

All my denomination sets are like that. Like with nickels - it starts with V nicks (1900), goes all the way through the Buffs and then the regular Jeffs, then the westward journeys, and next the new 2006 (Thanks to the Bunny! ). I like it but that is the way I defined my set from the get go and the way I wanted it to be as I focus only on the date range. However, I can absolutely understand those that want the separate sets.

Just for illustration purposes of my sets:
<br><br>
<table border="1">
<col width="64" style="width:48pt">
<col width="78">
<col width="108">
<col width="82">
<col width="96">
<tr height="17" >
<td align="left">
<b>Denomination</b>
</td>
<td align="center"><b>Coins Total</b></td>
<td align="center"><b>Coins Complete</b></td>
<td align="center"><b>% Complete</b></td>
<td align="center"><b>Coins Needed</b></td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" >
<td >Cents</td>
<td x:num align="center">248</td>
<td x:num align="center">244</td>
<td x:num="0.9838709677419355" x:fmla="=1-E3/B3" align="center">98.39%</td>
<td x:num x:fmla="=B3-C3" align="center">4</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" >
<td >Nickels</td>
<td x:num align="center">232</td>
<td x:num align="center">229</td>
<td x:num="0.98706896551724133" x:fmla="=1-E4/B4" align="center">98.71%</td>
<td x:num x:fmla="=B4-C4" align="center">3</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" >
<td >Dimes</td>
<td x:num align="center">255</td>
<td x:num align="center">245</td>
<td x:num="0.96078431372549022" x:fmla="=1-E5/B5" align="center">96.08%</td>
<td x:num x:fmla="=B5-C5" align="center">10</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" >
<td >Quarters</td>
<td x:num align="center">310</td>
<td x:num align="center">236</td>
<td x:num="0.76129032258064511" x:fmla="=1-E6/B6" align="center">76.13%</td>
<td x:num x:fmla="=B6-C6" align="center">74</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" >
<td >Halves</td>
<td x:num align="center">226</td>
<td x:num align="center">136</td>
<td x:num="0.60176991150442483" x:fmla="=1-E7/B7" align="center">60.18%</td>
<td x:num x:fmla="=B7-C7" align="center">90</td>
</tr>
<tr height="18" style="height:13.5pt">
<td class="xl31" style="height: 13.5pt">Dollars</td>
<td class="xl32" x:num align="center">85</td>
<td class="xl32" x:num align="center">51</td>
<td class="xl34" x:num="0.6" x:fmla="=1-E8/B8" align="center">60.00%</td>
<td class="xl33" x:num x:fmla="=B8-C8" align="center">34</td>
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<td class="xl35" style="height: 13.5pt"><b>Totals</b></td>
<td class="xl36" x:num x:fmla="=SUM(B3:B8)" align="center"><b>1356</b></td>
<td class="xl36" x:num x:fmla="=SUM(C3:C8)" align="center"><b>1141</b></td>
<td class="xl37" x:num="0.84144542772861353" x:fmla="=C9/B9" align="center"><b>84.14%</b></td>
<td class="xl38" x:num x:fmla="=B9-C9" align="center"><b>215</b></td>
</tr>
</table>

Makes sense. Where do you find the count of pages/slots in the Dansco's. I've looked all over the place and haven't found them anywhere.

Nice chart. You're really doing well on the sets. It sounds like a fun way to assemble them.

At BK. No, not this BK...



This one...

http://www.brent-krueger.com/dansco.html



They don't have all of them listed for the standard albums but they do for the blank pages and the blank albums.

I am having fun with it. It has been my main collection since I started collecting seriously in '99. I love adding to it.



Just random trivia...

The 1900 was not picked because it was a round number. It was picked because it was my Grandfather's birth year and he is the one who started me down the collecting path when I was a wee young 'un some 30 plus (plus, plus ) years ago. That currently useless trivia may be useful to an author many years in the future when my heirs auction off The Stujoe Collection.

Stu what nickels do you need? I had some of Art's needs , maybe I can help you.

Actually, I need just one now that Tiff is sending me the 2006 Jeffs. Yaaay!

The other missing one is a 1912-S Lib Nick that I kick myself for not buying a year or two ago! I have tried to get one a couple of times since but it is currently on hold again. I just wish the prices on them would keep holding. But they aren't. .

Thanks for the offer, though!

Those will go out as soon as my stamp shipment comes in. Actually and I buy envelopes I'm out of those too.

No hurry and I know the feeling. I went to pack up all the PCI prizes and the CP dollar last Saturday to take to the post office and only then realized I didn't have enough envelopes and small boxes to put the stuff in! By the time I got everything, I had about 5 minutes left to pack them all and get to the PO. Didn't happen.

They will get out this Saturday.

So your wife only lets you out of the house on Saturdays eh?

I don't want to waste a kitchen pass on the PO!

It is hard for me to get to the PO on any other day. After work, I usually get home from the gym between a quarter to and 5. Not enough time to get to the PO even though it is relatively close.

Brand Spankin' New Nickels from Tiff! Thank you, Tiff! Going straight into the album.

Wooo Hoo! Thank you , Jose! I got a great package from Portugal today! Some beautiful coins and to top it off one from 1776! I have always wanted a coin from that year! Thank you!

Ok I hope you're going to do some pics.

Yep. I will after I get some eats.