ikaros

Actually, Scott, that link is to the dime I'm putting into contention... glad you like it enough to want it as your submission!

ikaros; Copper; 1901-2000; 1952 South Africa farthing http://omnicoin.com/coins/1015036.jpg ikaros; Copper; 1901-2000; 1936 East Africa 10c http://omnicoin.com/coins/911020.jpg One of the few circulating Edward VIII issues ikaros; Copper; 1901-2000; 1927 Hungary 2 fillér http://omnicoin.com/coins/1018357.jpg

ikaros; Copper; 1801-1900; 1887 Reich pfennig http://omnicoin.com/coins/1015035.jpg ikaros; Copper; 1801-1900; 1825 farthing http://omnicoin.com/coins/908806.jpg

ikaros; Other Base Metals; 1801-1900; 1883 Liberty nickel, 'no cents' variety http://omnicoin.com/coins/983498.jpg

ikaros; Other Base Metals; 1901-2000;10 Centimes Ville de Besançon notgeld http://omnicoin.com/coins/1009150.jpg ikaros; Other Base Metals; 1901-2000; 1366AH/1947CE Morocco 10 Francs http://omnicoin.com/coins/995607.jpg ikaros; Other Base Metals; 1901-2000; 1965 SMS nickel, light cameo http://omnicoin.com/coins/995612.jpg

ikaros; Silver; 1901-2000; 1917 'Mercury' Dime http://omnicoin.com/coins/1017846.jpg ikaros; Silver; 1901-2000; 1963 Greek 30 drachmai 'Five Kings' http://omnicoin.com/coins/995606.jpg ikaros; Silver; 1901-2000; 1943P Jefferson silver nickel http://omnicoin.com/coins/1011496.jpg

Oh well. Someone has to go first. ikaros; Other Base Metals; Exonumia; 2001D Prooflike Astronaut Dollar Prototype http://omnicoin.com/coins/1018356.jpg Prototype 'Apollo Astronaut' dollar coin produced by Daniel Carr, designer of the New York and Rhode Island SHQs. Denominated 'One Roller' since private citizens may not mint their own dollars. Although dated 2001, they were produced in 2005, and the total mintage run for this version was 900 pieces. ikaros; Other Base Metals; Exonumia; Undated (2006) Homage to Ancient Coinage http://omnicoin.com/coins/910904.jpg Struck on-site by the Gallery Mint at the 2006 Central States Numismatic Society convention in Columbus, Ohio. ikaros; Other Base Metals; Exonumia; 2006 CSNS Token http://omnicoin.com/coins/910903.jpg Struck on-site by the Gallery Mint at the 2006 Central States Numismatic Society convention in Columbus, Ohio.

That is one beautiful piece of metal there. And I'll have to look up pictures of the Metro.

Jeez, I only just noticed how many pieces I have up on Omnicoin! I'll worry about the non-entrants later. The flashdamping technique is fussy, to say the least... sheesh.

I'm making sure my picures are as good as I can get them! I may have twigged onto something with heavily diffusing the flash so I can use it with the macro setting... which also means I'll probably have to reshoot *everything* eventually.

Twelve points out of ten for self-restraint. Even with kids present, I don't know that I could've limited myself to "There goes the freaking coin."

I wasn't here then either. And though that's a beauty, I'm hoping not to see it again! Well, not in competition anyway.

2009P Puerto Rico, and better yet, 2009D American Samoa which fills a gap! Only two holes left in the SHQ circulation set--both are territorial and Denver mint: Guam and Northern Marianas. Maybe tomorrow when I do laundry and will be getting a LOT of quarters.

I still want one of these!

More than that -- the ear on the first one is essentially straight down the back, while the second is more rounded. The first one's brow is more angled, and the second more rounded. And the first one's nose comes to a gentle peak, while again, the other is more rounded. Compare the first one to this pattern of an Edward VIII penny -- I really think they repurposed an Edward VIII design until they could make a proper George VI--it's known that Edward wanted his portrait facing left despite tradition (his should face right since his father's faced left), and since there were no portrait coins issued, it was decided to have George's face left because an Edward coin "should have" faced right. When you overlay them (1937 to the left, 1941 to the right), it seems pretty clear to me not that these are different portraits of the same man, but portraits of different men entirely, even taking into account scaling and rotation differences: I think I want to check my 1937 colonial issues now...

Is anyone other than me reading this thread thinking "I have to face THAT in PCI 2013?" Banivechi, I love those half crowns - am I hallucinating, or are those two different busts? I'd swear the 1937 bust looks more like a repurposed Edward VIII than it does George VI.

Silver proofs. I do not understand how someone can look at one of those and go, "Oh, that's just a quarter."

I think I voted for the cartwheel m'self; I wouldn't call it ugly, but it doesn't scratch any of my collecting itches. Aside from that, it's a fine piece and a worthy winner. It just wasn't my first choice.

It's the patina that makes this coin such a winner. There are plenty of mint state coins, but few have aged with the grace of this one.

Yeah, and Krause isn't clear on the separation between circulating and bullion issues. I've tried googling every way I can think to phrase the search, and I can't get a solid answer. The nearest I get are wishy-washy phrases like "Most nations quit minting gold coins for circulation by 1933" which doesn't tell me anything I don't already know...

What was the last circulating gold issue in the world, anyway?

When I lived closer to Canada, I'd see them in change periodically; more often than I'd see our own war nickels, actually -- but then, Canadian war nickels didn't have silver in them. Funny thing is, I found one in change in the last couple weeks. I twigged on to the idea that the person on the coin was the King... what took me a while to figure out was why were they using 'our' money (dollars, cents) rather than come up with their own kind? ...boy, come to think of it, it would've been a lot cooler to see half crowns, shillings, pence and all occasionally show up in change!

For a moment there, I thought you were posting this because you'd found one in circulation...

What great coins! I never knew that Puerto Rico ever had their own coins... ya learn something every day!

I'm only missing Arizona from 2010; from 2011, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. And everything after that, and everything from Denver.