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  1. ikaros; 1971 Lunar Commemorative; Group 10 http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=977402 Franklin Mint lunar commemorative metallion made from a melt that included silver sent to the moon on Apollo XIV -- hard to get a good scan of this because of its packaging.
  2. ikaros; 1963 Canadian 50c; Group 6 http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=910779 Proof-like with heavy frost. ikaros; 1963 Netherlands Antilles 5c; Group 6 http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=909575 Unusual lozenge shape and detailed scrollwork. ikaros; 1936 British West Africa 1/10 Penny; Group 6 http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=911019 One of the few Edward VIII issues. No, no portrait.
  3. My only interest was in their being one of the few circulation coins to get Edward VIII's name on it--I've been toying with building an Eddie set (there can't be too many issues with his name on them), with an eye towards setting up a competition display the next time the CSNS meets in Columbus. Yeah, that's why I ended up picking it up, even though it doesn't fall into any of my collection categories. Can you imagine what it must look like in AU/MS?
  4. Yeah, I fear that the beginnings of a non-circular/"donut" collection may be in my future... yeesh.
  5. More show goodies! These were a couple I wanted, even though I don't do colonial or African coinage, because they're some of the few that managed to mention Edward VIII before he abdicated. So here's a British West Africa 1/10th of a Penny from 1936: And an East Africa ten cents of the same year. I find the factor of 100 between the two denominations to be interesting. To the best of my knowledge, nothing actually made it to circulation with Edward's actual portrait, did it?
  6. The more I study them, the more I'm loving them. The Poles really did carry on the fight against Soviet domination with their coinage, covering them with national heroes rather than Marxist-Leninist themes. The few coins that celebrated Communist events are, well, uninspired. I think that was probably deliberate. Details in my CSNS Day 2 entry, which I'm off to write right now.
  7. Not really very big. Comparable to my balled fist, maybe. They're striking a fairly soft metal.
  8. I'm just getting ready to head out for CSNS Day 2, so here's some more of yesterday's haul. This is the Moroccan piece (French Protectorate). If it wasn't for Krause, I don't know what I'd do sometimes. I can only imagine what the detail would look like in a less circulated condition, but this is still nice. I tell you, the more I get into Polish coins, the more I love them, and it's getting to be less and less because of my heritage. There's no word for this other than "dramatic": the 1967 Marie Skłodowska-Curie 10 Złotych. Apparently, my scientists collection is now under weigh. This is the 1968 Mikolai Kopernik 10 Złotych. Last one for this morning is the 1964 600th Anniversary of the Jagiellonian University 10 Złotych. The quarry today: a 1967 General Sikorski 10 Złotych.
  9. I imagine they will be. I'm going back tomorrow (too much to see in just four hours today) and will ask, if you like. There are a lot of go-wobbly-in-the-knees coins on display there. Whurf. Thanks--I love detail like that. And it's such high relief, too.
  10. It's got lustre like the day is long, and the device has an almost frost-like finish to it ('course, that probably goes with being minted that day ), and that whole mid-19th century look and feel... it really is a great piece. I wish they allowed photography inside the hall, I'd love to get a quick movie of them making the coins. Alas...
  11. Here's the first couple from the CSNS show in Columbus--the freebies being done by Gallery Mint. I think I've said before that I don't "get" ancients, but I love their take on the style. I believe both are being done in pewter. First is the milled coin. The "third side" reads "GALLERY MINT". They're being minted on a hand-screw press, on-site. This one is undated, and basically a homage to the ancient hand-hammered coins. These are also being done on-site, with a hand-held die and one smart blow from a heavy mallet. The scan really doesn't catch the real character of this coin. The relief is unbelievable--as you can see since it's going out of focus in the scan. Well, there's the first couple. More to come.
  12. Let's have a two-fer! Here's a lovely 1964 50 kopek piece. Unseen in this image is the lettering around the edge: ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ КОПЕЕК 1964 Here's a lovely half-crown from the same year. I love the detail on the reverse. Oh, heck, let's make it a three-fer and bring her daddy into it. Another one whose reverse is very cool. Got a couple more half crowns, but I'll hold those for another post.
  13. That's on my list, definitely! If it's not any bother, I won't turn the offer down.
  14. Here's one of the Canadian PLs I picked up this week. The schmutz on the obverse is on the plastic, not on the coin. Nice frost. More when I can get some decent images.
  15. Woo! Just retired a '47 Jefferson to a well-deserved rest.
  16. When I got this, I began contemplating a "non-round" collection. Just what I need, one more category!!
  17. Doesn't it, though? This is one of the nicest non-portraiture coins I've seen. Many of those err on the side of too much simplicity; this one doesn't fear complexity. I'm sure the engraving process was agonizing...
  18. It's a hefty little hunk of metal, too. The relief on it is just wonderful.
  19. And here's a new addition to the birth-year set: a Netherlands Antilles five cent piece. I just love the heck out of all the detail on this--the scrollwork reminds me a little of that on paper money.
  20. Oh, absolutely. I mean, yes, I will go out of my way to ensure that the Kennedys I get for the folder are all strictly MS60+ or proof, but my foreign sets are as yet just for fun, and I don't know a whole lot more about them than that I like 'em, so the Big Bargain Bins are absolute treasure troves as far as I'm concerned. It all goes back to the key feature of a coin being that it makes me happy. I got lucky when I first started collecting coins back in '74 or '75--we were doing a flea market back then, and one of the regular weekly guys was a coin dealer who taught me to love the coins for themselves, not to think of them as investments first. Started me on Jeffersons, which is great for the total beginner--no dates of exquisite torture like the Lincolns or Merc dimes, no volatility due to precious metal speculation, older coins could be had in decent shape without too much financial agony (and let's face it, to an 11-year-old in '75, five bucks was generally a thundering lot of money!).
  21. And now, another from my latest expedition. This one was not a bargain bin find: from 1963, the Australian florin: I love the intricacy of the reverse design on this one.
  22. Wherein lies the advantage in collecting common foreign coins--few American brick-and-mortar dealers, at least around here, take foreign coins seriously (except for gold, of course--can't swing a Whitman folder without hitting a Maple Leaf, Krugerrand, Panda, &c.). So some of them have huge, largely unsearched bins of mixed foreigns typically five to ten for a dollar. Crown and Eagle here in Columbus takes British coins very seriously (oh, those gold sovereigns... whimper!), and other foreigns seriously, and they still have two large bins to wade through at 5/$1 and one at 10/$5. I walked out of there with 76 coins for $18.60--and seven pricier ones that cost me $26. Still, 83 coins for under $50 makes me a happy camper.
  23. Time for me to come clean: this was in one of the "loose change" bins. Cost me four bits. I am not going to complain about that!
  24. Yeah, but without those gouges, it would not only have character, it would have class. Still, all a coin has to do is make me happy to land in my collection. Well, okay, make me happy and be in my affordable range. I mean, heck, a Roman date ultra high relief St Gauden's would make me freakin' ecstatic.
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