Art1.2

That Anne Maundy set is quite nice. Why is it your favorite? Is there something special about it besides the age and design. Are there any hammered Maundy sets?

Here's a Jefferson War Nickel in an old ANACs slab. I liked the old ANACs slabs and have quite a few of my Indian Head Cents in them. I was not pleased when they switched to their newer format as they no longer fit the Intercept Shield boxes that I use to house my IHCs that are ANACs.

MS64 with 5 full steps. It's a pretty nice nickel.

That's a nice medal. The trial piece at the auction was beautiful as well. I'm quite surprised at the estimated price and even more so at the final price.

Well, not from the mail man, but I got all my Christmas and Birthday presents for myself at the coin show today!

 

This one is a die marriage I already had (and before you ask, I had my book with me and attributed it before I bought it, but these early dates don't show up too often, so I jumped on it while I had the chance!):

 

 

This second one is an overdate, 1817/13 and the more common of the two die marriages (actually, it's the same marriage, just a later die state with the die crack on the reverse going through the ME in American and down towards the wing, I really like this one!):

 

 

And here is the last, this one has some cool die cracks and it's an R-4 die marriage!

 

They're beautiful Jeff.

Great coins. I could fall in love with all of them. (Especially that Maundy set! WOW!)

And a few more:

And a few more.

Still having a bit of trouble getting the white balance right on these. The slabs really are white white not this tanish color.

Added a bunch to Omnicoin today. A few examples.

added a bunch of Jeffersons to Omnicoin today. Here are a few examples.

Nice notes everyone. While I'm a big Ghana fan, I do think the colors are a little overdone. I'll probably be looking for that set after the New Year.

Nice medal and interesting detective work.

My December purchases arrived today.

Roosevelt Dimes:

•NGC

••2002S Clad PF69UC

••1994S Clad PF69UC

••1981P MS66FT

••1981D MS66FT

•PCGS

••1973S PR68CAM

••1971S PR68CAM

I'll post pics and add them to omnicoin when I get to the photography thing.

Canada

25 cents - 2 1972,1979

 

Euro

5 cents Germany

 

Greece - Regency - Georgios Zoitakis

2 Drachma 1971

 

Italy

50 lira 1967

 

Russian Federation

5 kopek 2002

I love it when big oddly shaped coins get stuck.

 

Australia

1970 50 cent - James Cook Discovery of Australia

 

Croatia

1999 20 lipa

 

Norway - King Olav V

19961 50 ore

 

And Finally

Belgium - King Leopold III

1861 10 centimes

It's not surprising that there's nothing left for me. You're getting all the great stuff.

That is correct. The same goes in Hong Kong for their banknotes from different banks, Scotland for their different banks, Ireland for theirs, etc.

 

The UK has some different notes issued for places such as Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Mann, Gibraltar, as well as Scotland and Ireland, that all have seperate notes. While these are pegged to the GBP, I've read in forum threads that the notes are not accepted in other locals, except where they are close by, ports, etc. where exchanges are readily made for their local flavor of currency. I believe this is due mainly to the familiarity of notes and fear of fakes floating about from too many different types.

 

Different notes from different banks, or issued in different locales makes for neat collecting though! More expensive, sure, but more fun as well.

I can see where it adds to the challenge of putting a set of notes together. That's fun.

Yes. They are similar to Hong Kong and the Hong Kong-Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSCB) and Standard Charter Bank (SCB)issuing notes there. In Macau, there is no governmental banknote issuer, but two commercial banks are granted the authority to do so. They are the Banco Da China (Bank of China) and the Banco Nacional Ultramrino (the Portuguese bank with branches throughout the world and it's old possessions). Being an old Portuguese posession, the notes are printed in Chinese and Portuguese. As in other places, older notes may have been from other issuers besides these two. I have one small denomination note I posted earlier this month issued by the Kee Kwan Motor Road COmpany. That company is still in business providing transport between mainland China and Macau.

Thanks Dave. I did not know any of this. So the banks issue the notes under government authority. Value and trade-wise they are completely interchangeable - is that correct?

I like the architectural contrast on those notes Dave. Please why two different banks? Do they have a central banking establishment with subsidiaries or some such thing?

Is that the "best" known example? Do you have the Provenance for the coin? If so how far back can it be traced?

This was sort of a crazy find, a dime that had been rotated in a dryer drum for several months and had upset rims, and three Jordanian coins - I could only identify them from the picture of King Hussein, they are dated 1991(2) and 1994. After looking at them more closely I can identify them as 5 Qirsh coins - they are larger than a quarter and worth about 8 cents each. First time I have ever seen coins from Jordan, and I wonder how they got here.

Interesting find. Any local coin shows recently?

A high post count makes a CoinPeep happy. (At least this CoinPeep). I probably check these machines 4 or 5 times a month. I only post something when in the mood because all of you lucky folks are talking about your great finds. Sure pick on the guy with the low post count. 10108 vs 309.

My post count would be much higher if I posted "nothing" every time I found nothing.

A high post count makes a CoinPeep happy. (At least this CoinPeep). I probably check these machines 4 or 5 times a month. I only post something when in the mood because all of you lucky folks are talking about your great finds. Sure pick on the guy with the low post count.

Thanks to everyone for their help in choosing a new id. I have mailed the prizes to the winners this afternoon. So when my new id (now Art2) gets to 56789 or maybe 45678 posts they'll be another contest like this.

They are a departure from the brighly colored notes we see from many places lately. Of the three the 5 Piasters is the nicest for my tastes.

I like the size of dimes. They make great piggybank coins. Gosh you can get so much money in a big pile of them. BUT I've never cared for the design of the Roos. Even in DCAM Proof, I find it unattractive.

 

I have most certainly changed my mind on this. I really enjoy the Roosevelts and especially find the PRDCAM coins attractive. Over time things can change, even me.

Don't think it was acid. Maybe electricity? Used as a fuse?

I think you're correct on that one.

Many lost images. I'll see about recovering what I can.