Nice bucks man!

Those old notes are great. If we could make coins and currency half as nice nowadays, I'd be happy.

Got some stuff from Bill a little bit ago, and I've been super lazy updating this and my omnicoin lol. I got a 1910 & 1911 lincolns, and the 1&5 cent canadian animal coins but too lazy to scan lol.

I've added some new things to my omnicoin, and I got lots of things but never really had time to put any of it up. Here are a few highlights though.

This ones a counterfiet, all three I own have a distinctive die crack in the sun, under the horse. These are very muddy looking fakes, but still neat to have.

And now for stuff I've been doing in school.

I've always been saying I've wanted to make my own coins, well now I have. And quite a few. In my ceramics class I made 1,150 single sided press molds in the style of the Thaler above from 1780(or whenever it was made, since it's a bullion coin now). And last year I made a set of dies and started stamping coins in copper, silver, brass, and 3 in gold for my metals class, to honor my hometown of Adamsville. I made just under 80 metals ones, and 20 have been sold to various people, the rest I still own.

Anyway, some pics:




Some that have been glazed: I placed 500 glazed ones all over my campus, the rest are going to be glazed and messed with over the summer.

And my metal coins, all hand stamped, all hand made in a 17th century Spanish/English style:






New reverse pattern for 2007:


Triple struck to be goofy.

And I've gotten into buying old checks lately, so I got these as well:

Vfox what can I say those are great the triple struck one makes my eyes go funny LOL & I like the cheques mainly for the designes on them or are they called cachets

Very cool! The metal coins, are they hammer struck? If so, how many blows? I've only seen modern ones in silver, but I imagine harder metals like copper or brass might be a challenge. How do you make the planchets? I've seen some that are cut our of a band of metal which were thin, like some of yours appear to be. Very cool stuff!

These are not hammer struck, they are actually roll pressed. It's a similar method to how the Spanish pillar 8 reales were made. As for the planchets, a heavy duty sheet metal slicer, and 12-18 gauge metals. I normally use 14-16 for them, but I've used lots of scraps to make some, so they are really thin, some almost 22 gauge. The silver ones are actually struck over Engelhard rounds that were rolled smooth. The edges are either clipped, or clipped and hammered to give them a more traditional look. As for copper and brass being harder than silver? When it's annealed you can bend 16-18 gauge copper and brass in your hand like it's a hunk of thick wax. 14 Gauge and below you may need to use 2 hands lol. If you think I'm kidding, take an old english penny and get it red hot, quench it in water, and have at it.

I've had a lot of fun using these dies to make these coins, they are distorted, and nearly twice as big as what I started with because of the pressure, but still usable. I am trying to use them until they break, and make some with the broken dies just for kicks.

And I got some new additions today!




This ones two heads of 18th century (late 1760's-1780's ish) soldered together. I don't know why they used two different heads....or why they did it in the first place.






And I finally got a REAL 1910 Mexican peso, and for a great price, plus, check out that color!

A nice Xf-Au 8 reale.



A little 5 centavo.



A small German Hamburg 1 dreiling.



And some provisional Mexican currency.

Wicked stuff man! I'd love to make my own coins someday, sounds (And looks!) like fun!

Thats a great looking Peso (1910) that you got there & same goes for the Provisional Gov notes, I have seen Provisional Gov stamps before but not the notes so many thanks for that

That 1910 peso is simply superb!!! I am extremely jealous!

You would be even moreso if you knew what I paid.

Well, you have a ready buyer if you ever decide to sell!

Got a few more today. Some of the coppers where from the $0.25 bin, love cheap colonials.




This one was a little more, lol.

colonials for a quarter?! wow! I really really need to get myself into a coin store sometime soon.

More great stuff!

Got some German bonds and a nice broken banknote with a gutter fold error on the right. Cheap and great looking, I am really getting into broken banknotes. I have about 20 different ones, and never paid more than $30 for a single one. For currency from the 1850's how can you go wrong at those prices?!

Anyway:

Nice note

I picked this stuff up off ebay recently, I got this $5 note at a rediculously low price, put it this way, it was cheaper than a fill up at the pump.




And my first 2 and 4 cap and ray reales from Mexico. Now all I need is a 1 reale, and a half reale, and I'll be set because I already have a few quartillas, well....I guess I do need a copper octavo too though.







Another cheap colonial, not the $0.25 bin this time, but pretty cheap regardless.



And finally, I had a customer come into work and sell me this. It's funny, I had no clue what it was worth, and just told them the rough silver value, well I ended up buying it for a dollar over silver. I think I may have paid a little high, but that's okay, it's the first one I've ever owned.

I also picked up some old newspapers at fairgrounds yardsale. The guy said he literally had a large room full of 300 year old - current newspapers. He wouldn't give me a name though because he was selling them for someone else and didn't want him bothered. Which is a bummer because I wanted some of the ones from the 1600's. Oh well, I got these anyway.

First one is 1810


1811


1812


1815


1822


1824

Nice finds.

Cool stuff!
Quick look through the Libraries Krause, and that 5 Franc is worth $4 in VF, $7.50 in XF $15 in UNC

I hope you have a small gas tank from the looks of that FRN! Nice reales, I have a 2-reales but it is not the cap and rays design, but the piller design dated 1776, not bad for a dollar, but that was a long time ago!

Funny thing about newspapers up to the time of the civil war is that they will last a long time, they were printed on rag paper with a lot of cotton in it. Immediately prior to civil war wood pulp based newsprint took over, because it was a lot cheaper to manufacture. And the paper itself is much more fragile. At one time I myself collected newspapers occasionally, the earliest I have is one from 1743, but my favourite is one from Philadelphia printed in 1791 that recounts the flight of the French royals from Paris.

I paid $11 and some odd change

And the 2 and 4 reale, I also only paid $11 for the pair. A few months ago I also picked up 2 half reales, one was the pillar type, and the other was the (I forget his name) guys head. The pillar type was holed, but I still got it because it was only $3 for each.

On occasion I do get some good deals, off ebay or from dealers, it kinda all depends how patient I am.

$11 is definitely a good price for that note!

Only is all my large sized notes could be purchased for 2-3 times face, in that condition, lol.

Got few new things today, some currency as well, but I'll have to image that later.

First off:
I think this is a half penny, not really sure, never owned one of this type before.



A brilliant Unc 1 Kreuzer, it may be brown, but it still shimmers bright!



A pretty nice 1860 large penny, best one I've owned so far.



And finally another Funf mark, 1914.

Nice pieces, the British coin from 1724 the denomination depends on the size, but I think it looks more farthingish in my opin. These coins were struck, but they appear to have been cast, they are referred to as "dump" farthings because of the small thick size of the coin.

Did you notice the little die crack at 8 o'clock on this one? Some people don't like them, but I do, particularly since they are testament to the die being used until it was either on the verge of shattering, or already did.

I didn't until I took the photos, and I completely agree, I love seeing die cracks.

nice im just starting into english pennies an ur 1860 large penny is really awesome i'm tryin to get 1 penny from each king/queen so far i got Elizabeth, George VI, George V (only 3 x< hard to find some in gr8 condition x<) the George VI 1 has a slight toning . anyway again nice find

dude i would only say a few words x< UR THE KING OF FINDING COIN'S AT BARGIN PRICES XD

Haha, well, I do get lucky sometimes, I do my best to give more than a dealer would if I buy from an individual, but from ebay, I am a low-balling king, lol.

xD

Nice Stuff....

I got a few hundred world notes over the last month. All crisp uncs, all great notes, brilliant colors and just awesome! Also some pics of the couple polymer notes I have aquired.

I got some stuff today, I'll post pics tonight.

*EDIT*
Ok here is what I got recently.

First is Marvins half of a trade I did with him:
A nice 2007 Euro set


And also a gift from him, a set of 5 pfennig's from German 1915-1922! Very cool!

Next up is a version of a German coin I've wanted for a long time. I paid a Vf pricetag for this, and the pic online looked like a Vf-Xf, when I got it though, it was a great Unc, a little toning aside a great gem.



Next is a Canadian bank token:



Next is a pair of 2003A $1 FRN's with a matching repeater and radar serial number.


Finally keeping in line with all the colonial junkers I've been buying lately, a George II half penny, and a rather nice George III half penny.

And finally a few coins my dad gave me which he found in a creek bank by an old burned out covered bridge in the Maryland area. He was digging for Native American artifacts when he came across these three, oddly enough he didn't find anything else. Not like he needs more arrow heads, lol, he has so many I'm surprised his house didn't start to sink into the ground, haha. I guess that's what happens when you are a novice archeologist for 40 years, lol.

First was a farthing, I think it's a 1821:



Next was a George III half penny from 1773:



And finally a 1723 "dump" half penny:

Nice pick ups vfox.
Hate to be the berear of bad news, but the George III halfpenny is a counterfeit. Probably a contemporary counterfeit. These are often refered to as evasion pieces coin. Still interesting in its own right though.

I was refering to the "rather nice George III half penny" second coin after the $1 bill. The rest look original.

Ya think so? It's 6.99g, so it's a little heavier than the two Machin Mills I have, both at 4.5-5g, but a little lighter than most other half pennies in the 7.5-8.5g range....so I don't know really. I don't think it's a new fake though, I've had plenty of those, and this doesn't look a thing like them. Do you have any other information on these kind of things Hussulo? I didn't pay much for it, and I honestly like owning old counterfiets, so if it is, no prob, at least I know for sure then.

With these, the counterfeits are more interesting than the real coins. We all know who made the real ones, but not the counterfeits and they might have even been made in N. America.

Cool finds by your dad, V.

I did a little research on what Hussulo said, and that matches with what I figured it is, if it wasn't a real half penny. Which is cool because the real ones are, well, somewhat boring, so I completely agree with Scottishmoney on this. The fakes, either made here or in England are some of the more interesting coins in the colonial era, mainly because most people just accepted them without even caring. It wasn't until the 1780's when a huge flood of these came to America that people really started to take a second look. The Machin Mills varieties are interesting because they were 100% made in the US, but I can't seem to find good information to check if this one is one. The only reason I don't consider two of mine English counterfeits that I mentioned earlier is because of the weight, date, and lack of detail both have. This one on the otherhand is probably an English counterfeit if it isn't real, because it is only .5g-1g under-weight, while the other two I mentioned are 3g-3.5g under-weight.