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Hum, thanks for the ideas. Well I am not too sure what to do with some of the giant copper coins that I have - they are just too big to have any standard size. For example: like this. As you can see, they have some red brilliance in them, (well they are a bit too contrasted, so the colors are a bit too wrong in there ) I think sending to a slabbing company might be a good idea, but the packing, and customs is a headache to deal with. I had many nasty experiences with the customs here so Also, I don't know if overstriked coins are even worth slabbing.

Hum... I started around the same time too... but I guess around 10 years for me. Although I have been more seriously active for the last 5 years or so

Here is something I thought about for quite some time but I have no idea if you are going to agree or more likely disagree with what I think. (I apologize in advance for the lengthy post) Most coin collectors would agree that a 2x2 holder is at least a must in catagorizing coins and most certainly one of the cheapest option to store coins. Next, you might as well get a large plastic container to hold all the folders and some silicas to keep the moisture out. But of course, you are more likely to have some rarer coins which you want to preserve in much better care, especially copper and silver coins. Assume that pricing is not a major factor here, as your coins might really be precious. The few options that I thought of was to either get some airtite plastic capsules or get them slabbed. But here are the disadvantages that I saw. Airtitle plastic capsules is probably one of the cheapest way to get the coins protected from knocking with other coins, like in a 2x2 folder. In fact, it might look good, supposely if you can find a nice case that goes along with it. However, as you know coins come in all various sizes, and so does the coin capsules, and you get them rolling all over your house. Of course you can always get some "standard" sized capsules, but often I found it quite "annoying" as you don't get to see the edges of the coins, well although recent mintage does not really care much about edge designs. Slabbing coins would probably solve a lot of problems, as you get the gradings, no air leakage issues, and most importantly, they are suppose to last quite long. You can even get prepared PCGS presentation boxes easily as the slabs are in one standard size (well excluding other lol slabbing companies for the moment). The only two slight problems that I have with slabs is that firstly the edges are almost, if not impossible to view! What good is it, if you cannot view the edges of the coin, as it may hold some historic importance. Afterall, a coin is a 3D object, not a 2D! The next thing that I have seen is that coins that got slabbed often get misaligned from time to time, and honestly, I just found that pretty distracting... of course, it shouldn't be, but to me, I just don't like how it is misaligned. (Well exclude the fact that I am not living in the US, so send coins to the US and back here is going to be quite difficult, and possibly a bunch of headaches) What do you think? (Oh slightly unrelated but does anyone know any major slabbing companies that deal with overstriked coins and dies? )

omg what is that O_O I need bigger pictures. Yes I can see it O_O Amazing O_O I have rarely seen any RSFSR silver strikethrough error coins, you might be the first O_O

Good question, I was actually looking for coin boxes, or presentation boxes as you would call it, but it seems that it would be better off if I get my coins slabbed and get a PCGS presentation box.

Here is a short brief coinage of the Canadian coins. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/incocoin/cannickel.html I believe that Chromium plating was only used as an alternative or more like an alloy coupled together with nickel, as nickel became too expensive in WWII. Chromium was origianlly thought to have strong lasting properties which was then used in coinage. I don't see how the Canadian mint would think of using chromium plating ever again, unless the price of nickel proves to be too expensive.

I think just the types for me... and the year would be nice if I have a somewhat complete set... I am not going into mint types or it's going to be too expensive for me

OMG NO. That is NOT TRUE. Arktikugol is indeed a Russian mining company but they didn't have enough power to mint their own coins. Instead coins were minted by the Leningrad mint or now known as the Saint Petersburg mint.

More about Belarusian ruble in here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_ruble.

Wow, that's neat. I think I remembered having a 100 swedish kroner and it was fasinating under the UV light. Does anyone know how to take them under such lighting conditions?

Well, I personally prefer them in brilliant uncirculated or proof if possible, especially if they are >1950s. I mean, they are pretty much affordable, unless they happened to be some rare coins. Other than that, I guess I only prefer circulated ones if the original circulated ones are too expensive, or sometimes as copies if the price tags are almost impossible...

500th anniversary of the Great Russian State - Peteropablo Fortress in Saint Petersburg and the Great Peter Navy. Sorry for the crap pictures

Very disappointed with the news I think Stujoe has posted a similar one in the news section. He's pretty fast http://coinpeople.com/index.php?showtopic=604

Oh wow, overstrike, or double strike, whatever you call it. Doesn't look fake at all to me... it would be interesting if he sent it for slabbing.

Well, Saint Petersburg has been minting it from 1768-1867 at a GRAND scale. That's quite evil. Hehehe. Appearently there are two different types with the Russian mintage.

Die Clash Colombia 50 Centavos .jpg 4 KB 22-Jun-2005 MDD Ike 1974 US .jpg 4 KB 22-Jun-2005 These two are the same files Pretty hard to tell from the small pictures, I guess you took them from your cellphone or something.

lol that's quite true. Well, lol @ modern technology

Mostly eBay and online stores... most of the coins that I am looking for are almost impossible to look at the stores around here. Although I did get some from the coin stores around here

Wow, fancy pictures. Yes, I have seen quite a fair bit of India and Phillipines banknotes that are like that. I guess they auction those off before they even reach the hands of the public... well at least, it's $$$ for the banks...

Pretty hard to find in mint issued folders: Limited issue of 5,000, whereas the total coinage was 25,000 each. Each coin is a tiny 1/4 oz silver.

The following is a link to the Bank of Russia, which archives all the modern commemorative coins minted after 1991. Modern Russian Coins That should be the ultimate link for all of the Russian Federation commemorative coins, as that is the official site.

Geez, Chernobyl. That's a sad story. It's not the distance that's important if you are concerned about radiation, but more likely, the food products that you eat, and the water supply. Those are a lot harder to control, especially ground water, and some babusikas who collect wild mushrooms to earn a living... farming areas around that areas, etc... pretty sad stories really.

1756 kopek over 5 kopeks 1723-1730 http://auction.conros.ru/auction.cgi?lotID=55839 Another example of 1793 5 kopeks over 1796 10 kopeks. http://auction.conros.ru/auction.cgi?lotID=54043 lol @ prices

wow, this is a hot topic. Nice banknotes O_O Does anyone know if there are countries that actually DO auction such fancy numbers off to the public before they even hit the banks for circulations? I know Singapore does that, as they auction off all the straight numbers and other reserved numbers. I don't know if other countries do that, but I honestly thought that is a brilliant way for the printing companies; not that I would like it, but at least I know that I can buy it if I wished to. Something off topic, but there was several cases in Japan this year as the banknotes changed, where bank employees were found to have exchanged such "fancy" numbers with their own. Well, hard to say what kind of crime that is, but yes, if I am remember right, they were charged under the law of pampering public properties or something.

OMG lol. What a pain >_<