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Sir Sisu

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  • Birthday 01/05/1972

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  1. As for the Bernardo O'Higgins medal, this is the only page of substance that I have been able to find: http://medallaschile.blogspot.fi/2011/08/bernardo-ohiggins-riquelme.html It is shown as medal #5, but besides the name of the artist, it doesn't offer that much more. I do know it was struck at the Santiago mint as the medal has the "o" over "S" mintmark.
  2. Thanks for this. I guess no strike figures are kept (or publicized) for such items? As for the value, I'm realistic. Anyhow, I paid €28 for the entire lot of about 20 medals. The value of two of the Finn medals alone already 'covered' the cost, so if it is worth only $10 I'm ahead.
  3. BTW: the Chile medal is 2 and 3/4 inches in diameter, whereas the World Fair is 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
  4. I recently purchased a random lot of medals relatively cheaply (majority were Finnish). There were two that were from elsewhere: one from Chile and one from the US? Just curious if anyone would have more detailed info about either of these: year struck, amount made, occasion, what org commisioned, etc. (Of course the latter was for the World Fair.) They are not my area of collecting, but when I can get medals on the cheap, it's a neat distraction from my normal collecting.
  5. Wow, I've missed some big changes! Any chance for a belated honorable mention?
  6. At 180 000 mintage is relatively plentiful for Finland. However, the last 5€ hockey coin was issued at face value and now carries a fair premium. Not sure if the coins got 'lost' in the hands of visitors to the games or what happened to make them a bit more valuable. And of course there are the Euro collectors at large. 100 000 will be sold in 'booklets'.
  7. The Championship tournament is being held in Helsinki and Stockholm (with the semifinal and final to be played in Helsinki) this year, and a 5€ coin is being released both as Unc and Proof. The Unc piece will be issued at face value.
  8. The coin itself was put primarily into its own historical context. Samlerhuset (the company that now owns the mint of Finland) sponsored this tour (of course in cooperation with the Smithsonian) to increase the publicity of coin collecting and such - a subtle marketing. ;-) It seems that Samlerhuset has done similar tours in the past. (see "Exhibitions" under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samlerhuset)
  9. Or just a great marketing event. I went to see this coin (and some other US gold coins) at the Finnish National Museum today. It's here for only three days before moving on. http://www.doubleeagle.fi/
  10. You mean Libby still is among us?!?!?!
  11. 2000 Finland €0.20! Haven't come across one of these for at least 2 years if not more.
  12. Not today, but the other day. From a fellow CP member from the UK: some great 1£ coins that I've loooooong been wanting to get. Now I have a complete bridge set as well as some nice individual pieces. Good stuff!
  13. This one is just sooooo difficult! Two from one of my favorites. Had to go with the quarter real.
  14. Yes it is nice, too bad it's just so prohibitively expensive.
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