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Thank you!

I am going to have to crawl eBay for a used copy. I fear to think what a tome like that must run new.

Hi and welcome! I'm a big fan of British predecimal issues.

I generally don't use the uploader for images; I put my coins on Omnicoin--or if I need a larger image I upload to TinyPic--and link it. I'm sure there are those here who can speak to the local uploader, though!

Neat! I didn't know Newark-Heath had that system, and I was just in Heath over the Fourth.

I might. It's a new seller with no other items for sale and zero feedback... basically a troll, methinks. I bet a number of eBayers are watching it for exactly the reason you suggest, though -- it says it's gaining one watch an hour.

I always approach my eBay purchases with care -- there are some things I will not buy on eBay, and some amounts over which I will not go. But I can't think of ever actually getting stiffed on a deal. I had an item from the UK come up missing last year, and my purchase was refunded promptly through the automated system. Strangely, it did turn up over a month and a half late, so I contacted the seller to re-pay for it (or un-refund it, or whatever it should be called).

I don't even have words for this auction. In his favor, you can't say he's misrepresenting the piece...

He gets alot of older issues from a wholesaler that buys and sells silver in bulk. If he gets any I will let you know!

That would be awesome -- I've only rarely spotted them on the Bay of E, and the prices always had a significant premium over bullion, so I will set my expectations accordingly.

Great stuff!

(must... avoid... eBay... until... payday!)

Okay, my first two tokens have arrived (I though I'd ordered the Toledo 'school' token, but I hadn't, it was the older Community Traction token with a simple hole... so I promptly ordered the 'school' token from another seller...). It's all downhill from here, isn't it?

Looks like the difficult letters are the ones you'd expect -- at least on eBay, I haven't seen any Qs, Xs or Zs, but that hardly constitutes an exhaustive search. There's one with a good + that could pass for an x if it's rotated 45°... is it too soon to start cheating?

Like my other thread they will mint anything thjing on the rounds or bars if they think there is a chance of it selling.

I know there is at least one Grateful Dead themed round I've been wanting to get my hands on...

I haven't looked thru the book yet, but I would say yhat if you can't you could get pretty close.

Which book is that?

You won't get rich as most of them had so many minted they will range in price from .25 too a couple of bucks. but they do hold a lot of history. Unfortanately for my the bus company in Detroit used cash only and paper transfers when I was riding the bus to school and we hard bus pass cards.

I don't collect for the rich. I collect for the 'ooo, neat'.

I also have already gone right out on eBay and purchased one regular Community Traction token, and one for use by students. The regular ones have a T for Toledo, the student ones an S for School (or Student). There's an older style, but I haven't seen one I liked yet. Total cost for both, about two bucks.

I'm starting to think it might be neat to have a set of tokens with those letter forms -- I wonder if all 26 letters are represented?

Man, now I want to dig through my stuff and see if I can find those old Community Traction ride tokens I know I used to have, from my home town.

Okay, I like the Scrooge one.

The state ones are kind of nice, too - I should see what's floating around at my LCS.

I'm amazed that someone has sat on that error for over 40 years. And how did a Canadian quarter get in with the proof planchets anyway? Wow.

That's nothin' but gorgeous! How close are you to completing the set?

Herbert Hoover dollar today. There must have been a release, I'm not that lucky.

Yeah, I gave it a rest for probably twenty years, between my first flush of excitement and my current years of reflection (and better pay). Although I never stopped at least glancing at my pocket change, just in case.

You could try your tongue...

Wow, gimme a moment to deal with that mental image.

I think most of us were probably hoping you missed being here as much as we missed you being here.

Chinese 1 Yuan of 2010. Can't imagine how that got in there, but now it's in my pocket.

Found a 2013 US cent this morning.

They can't all be winners.

With a laurel wreath, it'd be pretty close, yeah.

Hippie bird day!