Thank you for your sympathy . At least the problems of the past few days has made me forget about that silly error in the contest.

Whoops Eric I erased my pics and in doing so I "bleeped " your pictures.

I noticed that too.... oh well....

there's worse things

Ya...like bumping your head on a tree

didn't someone film it with a cell phone or camcorder??????

WOW

After church service this afternoon, when the money was counted, a 1878 1 cent was found in VG-F condition. I'm trading it with the church for te appropriate amount of current money, which is a lot more than 1 cent....

That's a neat gift to the church. Everyone wins.

Gees, I might have to start going back to church

Austria
2005 €2 commem "50 Jahre Staatsvertrag"

South Africa
1968 1 Rand, english legend, proof
1972 1 Rand, bilingual, proof

Hope you did not have to contact any tourist offices in order to get those.

Christian

(borrowed pic from Mortyr2012)


and a note from the mail man that he tried to deliver something that I have to sign for reception, while I was not at home. the item is sent from within NL, I haven't got a clue what it might be . I can pick it up at the post office tomorrow

Nice

i haven't seen one of those on ebay in a while. i have a nightly search that runs ... and nothing. last one i saw was a few weeks ago--it sold with another for something like USD140!

I'm bidding on one right now. Price is still rather low but it has some time to go. Take a look. Don't be shy about bidding on it. I'm just "bargain hunting" at the moment.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1

I'm sorry, but that is just ridiculous for a 2 Euro coin.

I do have to agree with Tiffi that these are quite pricey and I'm not particularly happy about the idea that the Vatican and San Marino issue their coins with the intent of making them pricey and "rare".

Here's one with a Best Offer/Buy it now!

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-2-EURO-VATICAN-200...1QQcmdZViewItem

I've dealt with this fellow before. He's very reliable.

Thank goodness I don't collect 2 Euros.

Well, you know that the three non-EU countries cannot have as many coins made as they want. Their volume issue is limited; San Marino, for example, has an annual contingent of about 2 million euro max, for all the coins it issues. Now of course MC/SM/VA could give all their coins away at face value, but why should they? The issuing country would make less money while the majority of the "end customers" would still have to pay much more than face. Just not to a numismatic office but to some third party vendor.

By the way, €100 for that World Youth Day coin, I don't know. http://www.silvas.de/Vatikan2.htm (based on ended eBay auctions). But who knows, there may be people who actually pay such prices. Others, even many euro collectors, simply do not collect them.

Christian

I think that I will leave the spot for the San Marino and Vatican euros when I create my 2€ Commemorative album. I may someday decide that it will be worth the price to have a "complete" set.

1966, 1980 and 1982 mint sets from Greece

South Africa
1985 50 cents


Nederlandse Antillen
1965 5 cent
not this one, borrowd image from Ikaros


1989 50 cent


After looking up all the info on the square 5 cent design that was used in the Netherlands before WW2, in the Netherlands Antilles after WW2, I discovered there was also a 50 cents coin with similar design, but larger size and different composition (steel). I simply had to have one

Nice purchases

Okay going to have to find one of those 50 cent ones also. I agree about being a real nice looking coin design.

That 50 cent is really neat. I think I have to have one of those.

Art, to give you an idea of the size of it: it's exactly the same size as the hole in the 2x2 in which I sent you the 5 cent, it's a real tight fit.

And unlike the 5 cent coin, the 50 cent coin does have the mint mark and privy mark that are common on coins struck by the KNM, you can see them in the ring that says "NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN" at either side of the stem of the orange branche.

Thanks. I'll keep an eye out for one. We have a few dealers who bring a lot of world stuff to the meetings. I also have a friend who has an extensive world collection and quite a few dupes.

Kiitos!!!!!

I see you've added another spinning keychain to the collection. Very nice.

A very nice Vicki. 1891. I don't think I have anything that in my 6d.

it looks like she's wearing glasses.....

today's haul:

Canada
1888 large cent
1900-H large cent
2006 "pink ribbon" quarter

United States
2006-S nickel

South Africa
1964 proof set (2x)
1966 proof set (2x)
1968 proof set (2x)

some stamps from South Africa and Bulgaria

WOW! A very nice haul. Canadian Large Cents have long been one of my favorite series.

hehe... nice!

some great stuff, description and pics follow later, have an appointment now

1853 III cent


1928-S quarter


2006-D Nebraska quarter


2006-P Nebraska quarter


And this, a 2006 Nebraska "P" with a die crack at the bottom of the neck:

That last one I actully pulled out of circulation, but I couldn't resist a nice die crack like that! Glad you like them.


Btw what do you use to get nice closeup shots like that?

My camera : Canon Powershot A95, 5MPixels, with macro setting, can focus at 4 cm (approx 1.5")
That part I uploaded to OmniCoin is only a small part of the whole photograph, so it got almost unscaled in OmniCoin

What I scored at the "Day of the Mint" last saturday:















The latter two are what we call "wafeled coins".
When the euro was introduced, the gulden was fased out, we had to hand all the gulden money in at the banks and we would get the corresponding amount of euro money.

The notes were all feed through shredders, the coins through "wafel machines" that converted nice coins into these wobbely things. Then they could be sold to scrap metal dealers without fear that they would be handed in again.

The Royal Dutch Mint keps a few bags of this stuff and gave them away as souvenirs

Those are cool!

Maybe I should make a picture from another angle too, so one can see the relief better. I will try that tomorrow

Cool indeed! I have a few coins from DE that went through a decoiner. Here is a 5 DM piece for example:



(And here http://www.coinpeople.com/uploads/11298488...5_74_108775.jpg is a bag of notes that went through a shredder.) But if one wants to get any decoined pieces from DE these days ... I don't know any place where they can be had as free giveaways.

The portrait of the young Wilhelmina is nice. Better than that of Beatrix methinks.

Christian

Very nice coins Trantor_3

You're tempting me man, you're tempting me...