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That's a great nickel. Thanks for sharing. I cleaned up the intro section with the missing images. They were just place holders for special characters.

Introducing the PCI2011 BaseMetals, BiMetallic, Non-Metals, etc. Champion Mark Stilson's Feuchtwanger composition one cent Feuchtwanger composition one cent ht-268 (61) 1837 was the start of what is known as "The Hard Times" or "Panic of 1837" Lewis Feuchtwanger started minting his own coins due to a shortage of small change during this time. They actually were used as money during that time. Congratulations to Mark and a very special thanks to all for their efforts in making this a super PCI. Great job everyone.

Introducing The PCI2011 Copper Champion!! elverno's 1808 La Reine de Naples, France Congratulations Elverno and a special thanks to all who worked so hard to make this a fantastic PCI.

Introducing the 2011 PCI Silver Champion Mark Stilson's Grant Half Dollar Born Hiram Ulysses Grant and later swapped his first and middle name to Ulysses Hiram Grant when he applied for West Point. But a mistake was made and it was entered as Ulysses S. Grant. So even through the years and on the coin it was never corrected Congratulations to Mark and a special thanks to all of those who helped to make this an exciting PCI.

Nice medals. I'm interested in the details. Looking forward to tomorrow's posts.

That helps. Just a way to jog folks memories. Afterall we are in Round 6 so folks have had ample opportunity to view the coin.

Nice jetons. The copper piece was either an earlier piece or a different die. Any truth to this theory?

This is the same year coin but in circulated condition. I borrowed the image from Omnicoin in DeOrc's collection just to help folks along with their memory. Clive's coin was unc.

So what are you saying. Changing your whole life and travelling a long distance to get the coin to verify your PCI entry is not a worthy project? :rolf: :rolf: I guess we'll have to vote from memory. I'm sorry that you ran into this problem.

Clive really needs to get a picture up. This could adversely affect his chances.

Sorry but I don't. I only use the images from omnicoin. This does bring up a good point. Perhaps a copy of all should be made at the very outset of the contest and maintained under a separate account. We've requested a CoinPeople account on omnicoin but have never done anything about making it happpen. I'll ask Anton if it's doable now.

Terribly difficult to make a choice here.

I love coppers and so this, for me, is the hardest catagory.

Difficult isn't it?

jtryka's 1937-D Oregon Trail commemorative half dollar elverno's 1811 Establishment of the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Austria YeOldeCollector's George IV 1825 Sixpence. Mark Stilson's Grant Half Dollar Born Hiram Ulysses Grant and later swapped his first and middle name to Ulysses Hiram Grant when he applied for West Point. But a mistake was made and it was entered as Ulysses S. Grant. So even through the years and on the coin it was never corrected jtryka's 1836 capped bust lettered edge half dollar Mark Stilson's KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm ‘Amphipolis’ mint. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; axe in left field, monogram below throne. Price 139; Troxell, Studies, Group L, 10

Steve D'Ippolito's 1833 3 Rubles Platinum, Russia This is a worn, bent example of the Russian 3 ruble platinum piece issued from 1828-1845. It has also been knifed (possibly for acid testing) twice, forming an X on the obverse. Platinum first came to the attention of European science in what is now Colombia; it showed up as nuggets mixed in with gold in panning on the Rio del Pinto. It was not regarded as valuable; in fact it was a nuisance because the panners had to painstakingly sort the nuggets. When platinum nuggets were noticed near the Urals in Russia, peasants would actually use them as shot in their shotguns. (Imagine blowing 1/4 or even 1/2 ounce of platinum nuggets out the muzzle of a shotgun!) Anyhow, Russia faced an annoying situation in the late 1820s--they had both paper and silver coinage in circulation but they did not trade at par (four paper rubles made a silver ruble). Enter the platinum coinage. These coins were issued by Russia as an extension of the silver coinage (note the value reads 3 Rubles "in Silver"). Not coincidentally, the platinum mines were owned by the politically powerful Demidov family. The three ruble piece did circulate to a very limited extent, as seen with this very coin. The Russians introduced a 6 ruble piece the next year and a 12 the year after that; these did not circulate. There is also a lot of fascinating information on how the coins were made but I'd probably exceeded people's tolerance for coin trivia by now. The 3 ruble piece stands as the only platinum coinage ever issued with the intent of circulating, that actually did so. Mark Stilson's Feuchtwanger composition one cent Feuchtwanger composition one cent ht-268 (61) 1837 was the start of what is known as "The Hard Times" or "Panic of 1837" Lewis Feuchtwanger started minting his own coins due to a shortage of small change during this time. They actually were used as money during that time. ccg's 1862 1 Cent, USA Mark's 2000 Isle of Man Prime Meridian 1 Crown commemorative The brass used on reverse was taking from original prime meridian which passed through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in southeast London, United Kingdom. The Prime Meridian in Greenwich is now stainless steel. ccg's 1791 12 Deniers, France

YeOldeCollector's George III Soho Farthing elverno's 1808 La Reine de Naples, France ccg's 1797 2 Pence, UK

Just pinning this so that the Gold Winner remains obvious.

I'm totally in agreement with the others. Great image. I'd love details on your setup for both lighting and camera & lense.

They are. Intaglio printed on thick stock.

and this too. B151 Stampshow 1991 Victory Stamps by UGotaHaveArt, on Flickr

The mailman delivered this today. B046 1980 ANA Midyear Series 1896 Educational 5 dollar reverse by UGotaHaveArt, on Flickr

Nice half.

I believe there was a company in Philadelphia that made many of these good luck tokens up until the late 1970s in fact.

The PCI2011 GOLD WINNER hussulo's 1461-1475 Germany, Mayence, Goldgulden. Archbishop Adolf II Von Nassau Congratulations to Hussulo. That is really a beautiful coin and a fitting winner. Congratulations and thanks for all the fine coins that were submitted. Stay ready for PCI2012 and keep smiling.