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A bit of British just in time for St. Patricks Day... I'll post a decent 1723 British (Hibernia) Half Penny when the time comes. Major thanks to okrecer03 for keeping this thread alive...

How do the goats get down from the trees?

I've never been happier to see Russians, and I'm sure the Dutch will return eventually. In fact I can guarantee it... So we are now looking for a 1733.

A round of applause for Tane please. The man is single handedly keeping this thread alive. I still have nothing until 1727, so someone else is going to have to dig up a 1736. I do have a nice Hibernia Half Penny from 1723 when that date rolls around.

I owned two or three of these, including an AU+ star note, but none were as nice as this one Scottishmoney. A real find.

I got all excited there for a moment. "Someone asking half a million with no previous feedback on an uncertified coin, yikes." Yikes indeed. Still no 1737?

A real beauty Tane.

Perhaps she was an obsessive helmet buyer, and sold a few to the Swiss in exchange for chocolates... Seriously, we need a 1738. Let's go people, somebody must have one!

Fantastic link Marianne, and of course I know who Marianne is, as I am a major fan of the obverse of the 1899-1914 French 20F "rooster" gold coin. Though the "extraordinary headgear" on the medals does take her to a new level. Is this Marianne on my Swiss shooting medal?. Or merely her helmet?... Unfortunately now that you have alerted me to these beautiful medals I may bid against you on eBay for them. Proof that no good deed goes unpunished. Oh, and thanks for the stringbeans. Boil them with a splash of olive oil in the water and they are delicious!

An actual carrot museum!

While we wait for a '38 to appear I would like to continue with the botany theme. Did you know that carrots come in both the common orange variety and also in white? In fact all carrots were white until the Dutch bred them to match their national color back in the 1600's. I read this in the local free newspaper so it must be true, right? Marianne, please tell us about your new avatar, the woman (man?) with the rooster helmet. Beautiful! Is it Swiss or French? Wanna trade it for a 1739 West Friesland duit?

So that's what that is, a Dutch turnip. Always looked like the rear end of a mouse with a 1980's perm to me... I wonder who will produce a 1738?

I may be wrong but to the best of my knowledge duits were pretty much the equivalent of pennies and were used daily to buy food and other pedestrian needs. Which is why most are found circulated and well worn. Why these were put away immediately after they were minted is the mystery. I think that someone at the Dutch mint helped themselves to a few dozen in the interest of quality control.

My scans are positively terrible, as time permits I'll replace them with better photos so you can really see how nice these are. Please explain "jaunty taproot" to me. I'm not as smart as I seem...

Merely semi-awful Vfox, I have owned worse. And in this thread it's the date that counts, nothing more. PLEASE no one post a 1738 until I get home from work and scan my 1739's. I'm not independently wealthy like the rest of you, I have to work 50 hours a week to afford my hobby... Besides, I want to see Marianne turn green when she sees my West Friesland. (It's 10F outside!) Two nice Netherlands duits dated 1739, one from West Friesland and another from Holland. And two more even nicer ones. That does it for me until 1727. But I'll be watching this thread... (Better photos of four Holland duits.) (Still looking for better pics of the West Frieslands...)

Yes Marianne, I am a terrible influence. Just ask my wife. And no, guilt doesn't really work on me, despite being raised Catholic. Just ask my wife. I have bought about 12 coins from Ola and none have disappointed. I met him in 2006 at the International Show in NYC. Quite charming and his English was better than my Swedish. When I post photos of the two 1739's later you will want one of my West Frieslands. Resistance is futile. (Rest assured though that I now have enough 1739 mint state duits. I promise I won't impede your future bidding.)

I'll show you my 1739 if you show me yours... Seriously, I only have three coins from the 1600's, and after my 1739's I only have a 1727, 1723, 1712 and 1707.

You have to be old to own gold. You are still much too young...

I wasn't aware that the Dutch were using Swedish copper. I learned something new today. Same hoard, same seller, a wonderful older gentleman named Ola. Sorry, I was probably the person who outbid you. I have three of his West Friesland duits, two came back from NGC as MS65RB, the third graded MS63RB. I would part with that one if an interesting trade were offered. I'll post photos of a 1739 Holland and a 1739 West Friesland duit tomorrow that look like they were minted yesterday. In the meantime I took out my camera and here is my 1740, a quarter taler from Basel Switzerland.

You are up late Marianne. Put that file down and step away from the duit please... Now that you have seen my worst duit be prepared to see my best. One from Holland, one from West Friesland. Ten 1739's to choose from, I found a small hoard in Sweden last year. And I forgot, I do have a 1740 to show off. I may even photograph it because my scanner just doesn't do it justice. The things I do for coins...

And here's an oddball duit from Holland. Just goes to show what you can do with a circulated Dutch coin, a jewelers file, two bottles of strong red wine and unlimited free time. NO, it wasn't me. Really... I'm out until 1739.

That was fast. Thank you ElleKitty for keeping with the Netherlands theme. Here is a 1743 Netherlands ducat, I own several of these but only two in MS condition... And my nicest Swiss Quarter Ducat, surely better than ANACS rates it...

I like those new Scottish notes. My son may be going to the University Of Edinburgh next year, if he does I'll have a "direct connection" to Scottish coins and notes. And he'll probably have the time of his life! Here's a lucky number from the United States:

Thanks Frank. I found a Swiss coin dealer recently with a pretty amazing inventory, most of his really nice stuff is out of my price range, but this one wasn't.