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Sir Sisu

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  1. 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. :)

     

  2. Thanks!

     

    I've been away for a while. I've been living in the "traffic years" of life. (Finnish saying for those busy years working, raising kids, chores, responsibilities, etc) Anyway, kids are getting older and I'm starting to get a little more free time to pursue my hobbies again -a little at a time. Anyway, just wanted to give a quick hello to you all and hopefully I'll be able to pop in a little more often -maybe even more than once a year :pardon: )

  3. 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.

     

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  4. Very nice design. When they issue these at "face value" are the supplies plentiful?

     

    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'.

  5. How did they put the coin into context?

     

    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)

  6. That pic with BiggAndyy did come to mind when I made the post but she also got down and dirty when I took her detecting and I recall a few other pics where she really "got into" some things.

     

     

    You mean Libby still is among us?!?!?!

  7. Sir Sisu - Haiti 1895 gourde - group 5

     

     

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    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.)

  8. I'd be in if I had anything new since the last 2 or 3 PCIs. I am sure I will vote some, though.

     

     

    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! :ninja:

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