Scottishmoney

When I lived out there in the Beast Bay I got the journals from the PCNS and really enjoyed them. Never made the meetings, but did a couple of shows once.

I collect only the 17th century farthings and halves myself. I have a few dozen, but my favourite is from a rat catcher in Wiltshire: Of the 20.000 or so token issuers during that time, this is the only known token issued by a rat catcher. Seems like a pretty pedestrian trade, but was fairly important during that era - rats of course spread the plagues.

Technically speaking I don't believe that the modern communist era pesos are legal to own in the USA - but a lot of people have them of course. I believe the importation of Cuban financial obligations and selling of them violate those ludicrous embargo laws implemented from the 1960's on up through the 1990's. I have a few Cubans myself, of course lots of oldies but goodies that were printed in London during the 19th century. As for anything more modern, I guess I just say 'nuf said!

These were still circulating when I was there in 2006, but quickly being replaced by the Mao notes: I have the whole typeset up to the 100 Yuan, one of the most attractive issues ever in China. Too bad they were replaced with that pickled former premier.

The title of the note reads Ukrainian People's Republic, but while that sounds somewhat communistic, it really wasn't. They were their own country largely in the west of the country that opposed the Poles and the Russians and had the lousy distinction of being surrounded by both. They eventually settled their scores with Poland so they could align and fight the common enemy - Russia, but by then it was too late for them.

I don't like the Euro notes, nor their kissing cousins like the new Danish notes with you guessed it - bridges. The new Azerbaijani notes have the same Euro look to them. Very uninspired.

It appears good, but these are a very commonly forged coin that come from workshops in Bulgaria. It is obviously silver and has been hand struck with hand made dies which is a good diagnostic.

Nice notes, like Pablo, the Portugal and the Providence Plantations. I guess I have made little note purchases, but I have been busy with other stuff, family, other hobbies so haven't bothered to image them. In fact they just go to the SDB and will be forgotten until maybe some kids are in college and I need the money. Actually my model train has been majorly horking time lately. Little electric lights, new brass bridges and lighted passenger cars take lots of time and money.

Hope you still have your little Canadian gold coin - wasn't like a little gold dollar or something? Gosh, I haven't had a cointest in a long time. Maybe it would spice things up a bit. About the job/move/selloff - we have all been there. Now we sit back and reflect on how bored we must have been back in those "fun" days when we could just literally drop everything on a pin and book a trip to Paris without a second thought. My life changed after 2008 - lot busier with family and also a project overseas that takes up a lot of energy and patience.

Talk about digging up an old thread. Shortly after posting I did buy a 1799 bust dollar. I guess I don't really care for the shield nickels or 20 cent pieces because I still don't have them. I got in trouble with my boss for buying the dollar back then, in fact I was in the doghouse for about a month afterwards. I moved back into the house after agreeing to sell off Anne - but somehow now seven years later I still have my silver Anne and my boss sort of forgot about her.

"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"

I have a bunch of them in a junk box somewhere, they are made for tourists in the middle east and Greece. Not legal to take the real coins out of a lot of those countries.

It is a cast fake of an Alexander III tetradrachm - it just has the look of a fake, the metal is NOT silver - it is some pewter with a high lead content that is soft and the result is the damage.

Sadly Mavrodi is still scamming people out of their money.

The lettering is not contemporary to the time that this piece purports to be from, ie it is more of a modern form.

These were actually made during the USSR years - I remember seeing them from time to time, they had them in museums but stated clearly they were fakes of original coinage.

I have bought from them many times in the past few years - I just haven't been doing a lot of collecting lately. I sort of lost interests in their website when they did away with the discount Monday feature. I have seen complaints on other forums about them as well. Definitely seems out of character, because I have always had great experiences with buying from them. It is nice when they communicate through the whole buying process, ie acknowledging the purchase, advising it is is shipped, providing tracking and checking up later to make sure you are satisfied. Recently it seems like part of this expectation has fallen apart. Hopefully they can fix the problem.

The first one is a beater, and not sure. But the second one looks like a cast, notice the area above the a in "goda".

Wouldn't be a dealer in Massachusetts? One I am thinking of had some health matters awhile back and underlings were running the show there.

Probably from a much smaller bank(we're talking they now have 3 branches since they were opened in 1895!) but finds none the less- Australia 5 cents 1993 Honduras 20 centavos 1994 Honduras 20 centavos 1994 Honduras 50 centavos 1978 Kuwait 20 Mils 2009 Kuwait 20 Mils 2009 Kuwait 50 Mils 1974 Syria 2 pounds 1992 A note on these, I know that the depositor of most of the change that goes into my bank is a transit authority so that these coins must have come into the fare boxes. I have to imagine the Kuwaiti coins could have come from a serviceman, the Honduran coins from a visitor there or a migrant worker from there - but the Syrian coin?

Hus, last night I tried to find it - by going onto the CoinsGB site where I usually do - no linkage yet.

Been married a lot longer than you but I make time for searching nickels. Lately I have been bringing my minder/bodyguard/17 year old daughter with me because she is good luck. 8 Silver halves, and 19 silver 1942-5 nickels over a couple of days last week. I search anywhere from $300-$1000 a week.

If you are in the UK I would recommend Pam West at www.britishnotes.co.uk, she regularly purchases and resells much of this materiel. I have bought many a Scot and Irish note from her, even an occasional Anglish note.

The chances of finding one of the original Higley coppers is infinitesimaly small. There are some copies from the 19th century that are known as electrotypes and even they have decent value. But there are also modern copies that have practically no value. If indeed it can be verified to be one of the 19th century electrotypes they go in the low $100s in value at auction.

11 cents.