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Ah yes, that Polish coin Tiffy?

I *wish* that I could make my own folder...

My 2x2 coin folder looks too ugly. Or rather, there are some coins that don't even fit in a 2x2 any longer... due to the massive coins that I am collecting...

*darn @ russian massive silver rubles and 5 kopeks... >_< *

Something that just popped out of my mind while I was typing out for a reply in one of the forum topics.

What kind of exotic metals / alloys do you have for coins? The only exotic one that I have ever seen is clay, porcelain and fibreglass coins, well technically they aren't metal... Or I guess mine is platinum and palladium, but they aren't really THAT exotic... compared to the other rare metals out there.

Look at the bottom page <- Interesting clay and porcelain coins.

But yes, of course there are some coins that aren't struck in certain type of metals, such as nobium and titanium, although they both do exist If I am not wrong, I think Austria has released a coin that's purely titanium, or probably one of the British Islands, (I never get them right...). The nobium coin was released as a bimetal, produced by a Swiss mint... hopefully I am not horribly off...

Here is an interesting list of metals ever used in coins, although it might be slightly outdated, it's highly interesting.

Metals used in coinage

Not too bothered about Platinum, but Palladium always sounded like a good metal to have! Afterall Platinum whilst more expensive (if memory serves correct) is just a run of the mill noble metal. Palladium is more interesting.

 

Although zinc and tin are firm favourites also. The zinc as exemplified by this collection currently being worked on. Currently trying to get a full date run of these in UNC with lustre. (Lustre was hard to capture, but it is there).

 

Infact a whole Nazi Germany Berlin (A) mint date set in UNC is the ultimate goal eventually, but the 5 reichpfennigs are currently the only denomination being pursued.

Ah, most certainly interesting, tin and zinc. Japan used to have them during WWII, obviously because they were running out of raw materials. It is true that finding coins in good grades without corrosion are quite difficult, in fact, I think you have a better one that I do.

You know, palladium is a pretty odd metal. If you have a palladium uncirculated and proof coin put side by side, the difference in color is quite suprising, as palladium in uncirculated is really grey, and in proof, it's more silverish. I guess that's like an alunimum roll, where you have the brilliant shiny side and the dull side. But again, palladium coins are suprising as expensive or even more than gold, where palladium is supposed to be at least 40% cheaper than gold...!!! I guess the demand comes into play, as palladium is quite a rare metal used in coins...

Most certainly interesting...!!! Thanks for the picture!

Wow congradulations Bobbycoin! Didn't you win a whole coin set lot some time ago?

Grrr... well I don't know what to say, but it sounds like you are tempted to "invest" your money into coins. I really don't recommand it, especially if you really don't know how to handle coins.

Coins AREN'T just toys that you can just leave them somewhere in your house, dump them, neglate them, and then come back later to sell them. That is never the way to treat coins, unless you are really lazy, or you should be putting your money into precious metals coins, as in platinum, gold or palladium, or you will be wasting your money.

To let me give you an example of a copper coin that I knew, it had a value of 15,000USD but thanks to some retarded "collector" that I knew a while ago who assumed that he knew how to keep one; the value just plumped from 15,000USD down to a mere 1,000USD, and if he did keep it in right condition, it would have been worth at least 25k. Moral of the story? If you don't know what you are getting, you are going to get ripped off. Asking tips from friends wouldn't necessary be a good buy as you do have the responsiblity to handle it.

>>Not the dealers<<

Ah the Liberty $20... gorgeous coins. Must get another one, one day to replace the vacant spot left by the other that got sold.

 

US gold coinage is an interest of mine, amongst others.

May I introduce you to some world platinum or palladium coin, like the coin I got in my avatar? *lol @ cccp*

Two more coins added to my overstriked collection ^_^

I think another one should come in quite soon, thanks to Banivechi

2 5 kopeks overstriked on 10 kopeks.

1788 MM 5kopeks over 1762 Peter III 10 kopeks

1793 EM 5 kopeks over 1796 Cipher series 10 kopeks over previous strike...!!!

2x 5 kopeks overstriked on 10 kopeks

Will add in the outlines later

They are quite difficult to do

My parents pile of leftover coins from overseas trips fasinated me I guess that's how I started into world-coins.

But honestly, I started to collect Russian coins, after I have been there... so yea... I guess it's something that going there helped me spark an interest in it. Although they are QUITE expensive... I admit... >_<

Most definately an overdate. I am not too sure of the double strike there but yes, this is a quite a confusing coin too like the rest of my coins...

2 200+ year old monster coins, which you still can see the insane lusters.

But yes, there is a bit of corrosion there, but still... the red luster still suprises me... The grading would be fairly difficult, I guess. The reverse of the 1793 is sadly toned and corroded and probably worned on just that side only, but still, two fairly difficult coins to get hold of.

And yes... if you noticed carefully... they are the rare overstriked coins of 1762 and 1796 10 kopeks coins!!!!!!!!

I will post more pictures of them later.

What?! Yes, that's definately thicker than a normal penny. If you noticed the end of the date 2000, it seems that the die has cracked pretty bad and hence you can see the extra metal trace there.

Really interesting...

Something that you dont' see very often, Russian overdate coins are pretty hard to find, but who knows what this coin can be. It can be an overstrike as well, as the details are pretty wierd

And here are the extra details... including the overdate if you could not see it

I guess you can see the crown and the left plant crest on the reverse side, which I originally thought it was some overstrike, but, I have never heard of overstriked Paul I's coins...

Cracked? o_O That's new... I mean that rarely happens, unless the post office decided to screw it up. If I buy a mint set, I usually get it from the dealers...

Wow, I tried to read it, but I found hebrew numerals far too complex to my likings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_numerals

I only figured out a 30 and a 4 in the left side, but not anything more... how knows if that's referred to a hebrew calender date...

Wow, that's a nice writeup. Never knew anything about ancient coins.

Btw, lol @ stujoe's avatar.

OMG wow, that edge is fasinating.

*ouch*

LOL both of them are good, I mean "horrible" designs.

I just didn't like the Macedonian design, as it's too flat in some sense, or more like, too "tight", which gives you no room to see the proper design. What's worse is that the serial number is relatively similar to the color of the background, which makes it really hard to see what stands out.

Oh no. Hehehe. Yes, the miniature ballet coins are quite nice, but they are

a) too expensive

hard to find

c) harder to find when you want it in a proper gift case + certificate.

I think I have a 14k gold miniture 8mm 10 ruble 1899 coin somewhere... (obviously a copy)

Less than 1/3 of the price? O_O But the shipping would have killed!!!

Good point, but I guess Franklin mint has been pretty desperate somewhat. I mean, just type in Franklin mint at the eBay site, and you will be awed that Franklin mint has even went to the extent of making chess boards, which may seem odd. But yea, that is assuming that the sellers aren't lying...

Ah, that is certainly very interesting. It is true that coins were overstriked to reflect the value changes. A strong evidence that I have right now is that it seems like during the early Anna period (1730s), coins of her period overstriked coins of Peter's coinage, which means Peter's 1 kopek coins were overstriked to dengas or 1/2 kopeks. So far, those 3 Anna coins that I have are my earliest overstriked coins that I have.

I have no idea if there are any earlier overstriking examples, but I am quite sure countries such as France and Austria most certainly could have done it a lot earlier than Russia. I have heard rumors that there is a possiblity of Roman coins that overstriked over some other coins, but I have so far have no evidence of that.

Something interesting I came across:

I *was* almost tempted to get them but you know, these are copy coins, but it looks pretty real.

12 rubles Platinum (miniature)

1913 Romanov 300th Anniversary

1924 Worker Ruble