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Sir Sisu

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  1. As for the Bernardo O'Higgins medal, this is the only page of substance that I have been able to find: http://medallaschile.blogspot.fi/2011/08/bernardo-ohiggins-riquelme.html It is shown as medal #5, but besides the name of the artist, it doesn't offer that much more. I do know it was struck at the Santiago mint as the medal has the "o" over "S" mintmark.
  2. Thanks for this. I guess no strike figures are kept (or publicized) for such items? As for the value, I'm realistic. Anyhow, I paid €28 for the entire lot of about 20 medals. The value of two of the Finn medals alone already 'covered' the cost, so if it is worth only $10 I'm ahead.
  3. BTW: the Chile medal is 2 and 3/4 inches in diameter, whereas the World Fair is 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
  4. I recently purchased a random lot of medals relatively cheaply (majority were Finnish). There were two that were from elsewhere: one from Chile and one from the US? Just curious if anyone would have more detailed info about either of these: year struck, amount made, occasion, what org commisioned, etc. (Of course the latter was for the World Fair.) They are not my area of collecting, but when I can get medals on the cheap, it's a neat distraction from my normal collecting.
  5. Wow, I've missed some big changes! Any chance for a belated honorable mention?
  6. At 180 000 mintage is relatively plentiful for Finland. However, the last 5€ hockey coin was issued at face value and now carries a fair premium. Not sure if the coins got 'lost' in the hands of visitors to the games or what happened to make them a bit more valuable. And of course there are the Euro collectors at large. 100 000 will be sold in 'booklets'.
  7. The Championship tournament is being held in Helsinki and Stockholm (with the semifinal and final to be played in Helsinki) this year, and a 5€ coin is being released both as Unc and Proof. The Unc piece will be issued at face value.
  8. The coin itself was put primarily into its own historical context. Samlerhuset (the company that now owns the mint of Finland) sponsored this tour (of course in cooperation with the Smithsonian) to increase the publicity of coin collecting and such - a subtle marketing. ;-) It seems that Samlerhuset has done similar tours in the past. (see "Exhibitions" under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samlerhuset)
  9. Or just a great marketing event. I went to see this coin (and some other US gold coins) at the Finnish National Museum today. It's here for only three days before moving on. http://www.doubleeagle.fi/
  10. You mean Libby still is among us?!?!?!
  11. 2000 Finland €0.20! Haven't come across one of these for at least 2 years if not more.
  12. Not today, but the other day. From a fellow CP member from the UK: some great 1£ coins that I've loooooong been wanting to get. Now I have a complete bridge set as well as some nice individual pieces. Good stuff!
  13. This one is just sooooo difficult! Two from one of my favorites. Had to go with the quarter real.
  14. Yes it is nice, too bad it's just so prohibitively expensive.
  15. The mint has revamped its website a bit. Here is a direct link to the english pages: Rahapaja
  16. Sir Sisu - Guatemala 1894 peso - group 5 http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/934523.jpg
  17. Sir Sisu - Haiti 1895 gourde - group 5 http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/978093.jpg Silver crown. The tone on this coin is recent. (When I acquired the coin, there was an unnatural sheen to it which made me conclude it had undergone some type of cleaning. I let it sit on my bookshelf uncovered for over a year -flipping it over once- hoping that the sheen would dull down a bit and this is the final result.)
  18. I'd say bring 'em back! It's been a while since the last one, and I'm sure there are a lot of new people that never voted on them before. I think that's what I'll do. BTW: Art, I think it' sgreat that you're making the effort on this. It really was a fun project every time it was up!
  19. Another trade with Mircea. Great as always!!
  20. Nice one! I absolutely love those kinds of relatives!
  21. Nice! That is one that I have wanted to get for quite some time. I was tempted when I came across them at some of the banks in Stein am Rhein. That was 2 years ago. Now I wish I had.
  22. I've never had much passion towards hammered coins (I'm more of a modernist -I like my coins milled ). I must say though, these are really nice coins you have there.
  23. First 2008 coin: Finland €0.20. In fact three of them.
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