Sir Sisu

Not all of them. I have a cheapy 10 markkaa (1990's type) watch that I received as a gift from a summer job I had a few years back.

Part of me likes the idea of free listing for sellers. I would be more likely to list on a free site rather than a charge site. The main auction site here offers free listing. However, as a buyer I dislike it because I end up seeing the same overpriced stuff week after week because no one buys the stuff and they are constanly relisted.

It would probably have been here much sooner (and in more threads) if bakeded had made the crossover.

My primary focus is Finnish (proper) coinage, which begins after the mid 19th century. Of course I am not limited to that. However, I have finicky tastes regarding the coins I collect- meaning I prefer the full rounded forms of struck milled coinage. I find hammered/pressed/etc coins interesting on their historical merits, but they do not appeal to me so much as a collecting item (except for those examples that have a nice rounded, full, struck appearence). So as a generalization, I would be a modern/early modern collector.

Keep the note for now. It is lighter for me to send in the mail. The dollar note will eventually go as will the cent, but I do not think it will be mandated. It will happen with time and inflation. My guess is that it will eventually happen, but business will lead and government will follow. Large retail chains (where margins are small and are always looking to squeeze some more profit) will slowly began to price more items at $0.05 intervals. With each transaction, this will reduce the transaction time (more customers through a line, less cashiers needed), reduce banking costs of dealing with large amounts of 1 cent coins, etc. I think that this process would already have been underway more vigorously if electronic payment methods were not so widely used. That is the cent's lifeline IMO. Stores/restaurants/etc get all the benefits of added cents (think $29.99 instead of $29.95) without the downsides of dealing with physical coins. Take all cards out of the equation, and I would guess that businesses would have already begun the switch to a 5-cent rounding. I guarantee big companies have made the calculations. When those calculations turn and weigh against using the cent, it does not matter what the zinc unions say. Companies will not order cents from commercial banks and they in turn will not order them from the Reserve Banks, and soon they will not be made.

That and the nickel 3-cent. Beautiful coins!!

Yup. The Mint of Finland has swallowed its neighbors and is the dominant mint in Scandinavia. And it is no coincidence that when the Mint of Finland became an incorporated company, commems went from costing face value to having a significant premium.

The intrepid Geraldo finally discovers where Perot's "giant sucking sound" really comes from.

Vinnie on the look out, while Leo and Vito are collecting some info.

You learned of one the major tenants already. You are off to a good start! If you are new to the hobby than this is probably a good thing. Searching through a mix of uncirculated coins from bank rolls and circulated coins from rolls and change machines and such will help you gain the hands on experience to see how coins wear, what date and mintmark combinations are more uncommon, etc. This way you will be paying face value for your practice. When you get a better feel of what to look for, then when you do find a coin shop/dealer you will not have to pay a premium for your lessons. I would also add that while it is good to know what factors will affect value, just remember to also look at what appeals to you. A scratch on the device (the design on the coin) is more annoying to some as opposed to a scratch on the field (the flat part where there is no design), and vice versa. And welcome to the boards!

This one best fits me. I am a part hoarder in that I keep one of everything, but not a lot of the same. I am mostly a generalist as I have broad interests geographically and historically. If I have any specialization in me, than it leans towards my Finnish collection.

A very simplified example would be a US cent -type set. One would not look at the year of the coin, but the different types or designs of 1 cent coins: Lincoln w/memorial on reverse, Lincoln w/wheat ears on reverse, Indian head cent, Flying eagle cent, etc. Some people also consider different metal content as differing types. Thus a pre-1982 and post 1982 would be two differnt types. The steel cents from 1943 would be another and so on.... No need to apologize for a question. That is what this is all about.

As a history student, I have been inculcated to look at the past in neatly defined eras. Consequently I (rightly or wrongly) place coinage as being one aspect of modernity or pre-modernity, regardless of method. One school of thought is that 1789 marks the coming of the modern era. Of course this is debatable. And this view of course is Euro-centric. One can find milestones in different eras and locations that differ vastly in how modernity is perceived to arrive. For me personally, I see modern coinage as milled coinage and would subdivide the issuance of base coinage (i.e. that of moderate/higher valued coinage away from intrinsic value) as a present era of coinage.

I am an absolute Squirrel! If I get a coin with a date/mintmark/error/etc that I do not have, I keep it. (I plan on moving into a storage warehouse eventually. ) Yes, that evil pentagram formed by the current 5 mints in Germany is already taking over my euro collection!

A similar thing happened to me less than two years ago when we moved to our current home. Just after 12 midnight when €uros became available here, my wife and I walked to an ATM. I withdrew a €20 note and saved the receipt that showed the time and date. I lost both in the move. Other than that I cannot recall losing any other coin or note.

Hmmmm......I wonder what Patrick's avatar will look like?

Glad you joined Dojo. It is nice to get more people in the same time zone as I!

WOW! Those are really sweet! What term would one use when searching for such items? I am very tempted if they are reasonably priced.

Ahh, so you are one of the new-namers too! Good to know.

I think there should be a roll of TP instead of the cap on the end of that stick.

1. My first and only album was a 1913 to present (1979) nickel album that I filled as a child. 2. Go for the nickels!

The Finnish 1 markka (1964 type) and 5 markkaa (1972 nad 1979 types) also had incuse edge inscriptions: Suomi Finland and Suomen Tasavalta respectively. I had always liked that feature and was disappointed when it was lost with the redesign in the early 1990's. I found this very interesting myself. The first time I saw this in Germany I thought I had either an error or a coin that had two sides glued together!

I am just guessing from your photo, but it almost appears as if a ring of metal was added to the coin. It might just be the photo, but it looks a bit as though there is some soldering around the edges.

No, I do not. However, I am waiting for when the big V will come for a visit. The sauna will be heated the same night as its arrival!

I was able to get one for each of those that asked. If you are still interested please let me know. I will try to send PMs also.