Sir Sisu

I did not find these myself, but my co-worker did. His band had a gig in Luxembourg over the weekend, so I asked him to pick me up whatever he comes across.

Got these lovely coins in the mail today in addition to a Portuguese 1 Escudo. Sorry D, I like them too!

Kiitos Harri,  hienot sentit mukana - juuri ne puuttuivat    Tosin nyt tuli hieman orpo olo kun en itse ole ketään foorumilaista muistanut

Ole hyvä! Mukava että kelpasivat. Muuten, sen takia kortti oli lähetetty ettei tarvitse tuntee orvoksi.

A cool card & coin from the Doc! (I like the theme of the card! ) A nice piece of silver from jtryka (many thanks ) , and a slip to pick up a registered package that I will try and get today. (I am expecting something from Jose )

EXCELLENT mail day yesterday!! My "secret" santa package arrived! It could not have been more perfect!! 2 Awesome coins to check off my "Wantlist"!!! Many Many Kiitokset!

I also received another coin towards my type set: the coin was in pristine condition -finally a real winner from eBay- except that the package and everything in it reeked of cigerette smoke; even the 2x2 plastic flip was pungent!

Constantly changing.  Now I'm done with my type set, I've chosen another new path.  World Mint/Proof sets from 1974 and 1992.  We'll see how that goes.  I have 1 so far. 

Finland should not be too difficult : only Mint sets were issued in those years, and they are not extremely pricey.

Yesterday: the secret santa coin that made a quick stop at my home before continuing its journey to its new owner.

Some nice small shiny silvers from 28P.

Am I the only one that got chocolates from Tiff that were not busted up?

 

...

Perhaps because they were frozen solid for the whole trip?

Finn 2004 commem €2. It seems like there are some still out there.

2 more coins to check off of my want list!

3 silver Mexicans that are going towards my type set!

Received an auction win from 28plain today. Very nice coin!

Here are some notes that I got in the mail a few days ago. Notice the pictures don't have the same number of notes, a few had a blank reverse *shrugs*.

 

First batch:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/burks/german34.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/burks/german3.jpg

 

Second batch:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/burks/german2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/burks/german.jpg

Have you checked out banknotebank.com? It is Omnicoin's sister site and you can post notes there.

Some cool looking Coinbucks plus a couple of nice items from Art!

My Daughter is getting good at this. Today she brought me a 1934 Buffalo nickel with full date and 1/4 Balboa, Panama that she pulled from her cash drawer at ChuckE's. I got a Canadian Tombac out of the CoinStar this morning.

Those are pretty nice finds from circulation! Especially that tombac. The color alone makes that very different than circulating pieces.

Oh yeah, real nice!

The most recent Finnish commem and a bunch or great coins from Jose- some of which are going towards my silver crown/dollar-like type set.

Got my first christmas card of 2005 : a nice UNC banknote signed by Art

 

Thanks Art!!

Ditto on both accounts!

(and ditto on the thanks! )

And the V has been found! I am sure it is awaiting a good sauna and beer.

It has been found! That in itself is worthy of a sauna and a beer!

Looking at when I come up on the schedule, it appears it will most likely still be winter here so a sauna will definitely be in order, especially coming over from the GWN!

Received a Canadian dollar from Franz!

There have been many reports by individuals stating that their Marine commem was an excellent strike, great luster, etc. What do you think of the one you received?

It would feel strange to call it luster because of the strong matte surface, but yes it does have a nice appearance. Mine unfortunatley has a single small (0.5-1mm) spot on the obverse where the surface is more smooth and "shiney". So I am guessing it is wera or a defect on the die surface. As I only have one I cannot compare the sharpness of my strike to another. Besides the one blemish, I think it is a very nice coin.

I just got mine today.  Definitely a subtle difference but there nonetheless.  I had thought that they would be much like the SAE or Marshall dollar, but no way.  The finish is in that direction, but much less pronounced. 

I finally received mine yesterday. I agree that the difference is very subtle, at least with the coins in the set I received. Had I not known about this before hand, I do not think I would have noticed the difference very easily.

To me it is most distinguishable on the Kennedy.  ...

The 2 Kennedy's in my set look like they were pulled out of a cash register!

I am still waiting too.

Me too.

Not anymore. Whew! It took so long, I thought it might not make the journey.

I finally got my 2005 US Marines BU commem and US mint set!