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If you can provide a picture of both sides that would help us help you

Great addition - and with a pedigree that's easily recognizable to boot!

I agree that the basketball was well done. Now if only it was 3d...

Frankly, I'm surprised some of the larger merchants haven't started circulating scrip - I suppose that it's considered more profitable to essentially force customers to buy more (additional things they don't need) than to have happy customers. If the political situation wasn't what it is right now, I would think that for an NGO to import $1m in dimes and halves might do a significant amount of good for the populace. It's too bad that politics essentially prevents them from doing what Ecuador did in minting their own small change (which circulates alongside sacs and the odd other US coins). I do find it very interesting that the $2 seems to circulate much, while in Ecuador, $2s are generally rejected out of lack of recognition.

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/25/153425459/how-crumbling-u-s-dollars-bailed-out-zimbabwe

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Thanks y'all! As for exposure to US presidents - it would be limited for a non-history student. The only two I can think of what would be recognizable would be Washington (as first president, and general) and Lincoln (emancipation). However, the grade 12 history curriculum in BC (20th century world history) does provide a fair bit of coverage of US presidents and significant policies / decisions associated with them: Wilson and his ideals for the LoN, Monroe Doctrine, Hoover - Dam and "chicken in every pot" (though it's questioned whether or not he himself actually said that), FDR - New Deal, TVA and other works, use of radio to communicate with the people direct, and WWII, JFK - Cuban Crisis, LBJ's Great Society, etc. Teddy, Taft, Eisenhower, and Ford I don't recall being mentioned of 20th c. presidents, though.

Pearson was the prime minister during which whose time the current Canadian flag replaced the "red ensign" flag. He was previously the foreign affairs minister (US: secretary of state), and in that capacity had pushed for the creation of UN peacekeeping forces to defuse the Suez Crisis, for which he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. However, Egypt considered Canada not to be impartial on the basis of its flag, which like those (still) used by Australia, N.Z., and some other Commonwealth countries, had the Union Jack in its canton, and that was part of the push to create a flag that would represent an independent Canadian identity.

It's British halfpenny

Chaco Culture and Yosemite quarters this past week.

Depending on how much work you wish to do (taking seperate pictures and having seperate listings), but if you have time, and listing fees aren't a concern, I'd suggest the following may help maximize what you'd realize: lot 1: shilling lot 2: farthing lot 3: 2x 2d lot 4: 1 1/2d lot 4: other silver pre-1919 lot 5: other silver pre-1946 lot 6: c/nickel (1947 and later) Of course this is not definitive. The 3d might be sellable on its own, but would probably be more trouble that it's worth.

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And the vingette on the back of the 1935 $500 also appeared on the 1937 $20, which was the winner of one of the early Popular Banknote Idol competitions here on CP.

Looks like a TPG style holder rather than actually TPG. Slab-style holders have been common for US coins for several years now.

Very nice - didn't know they had a seated design on the silver coinage!

Being a bullion coin, there's no reason for anyone to melt it down - any buyer would likely just re-sell it as a bullion piece.

Neat to see what's inside!

Very nice! Was the paper intentionally thin as a sort of anti-counterfeit feature (like how French notes were printed on a crispy paper), or was it just the way it was?

1960 if I remember the dating correctly.

Nordic gold seems to hold its color quite well - I haven't seen anything EU 10c-50c that are discolored to any significant extent. I have seen some E2s where the core is somewhat dark, though.

They're already practically gone from circulation - a typical roll from a bank these days usually reveals 1-2 at most.

Hopefully the info's all saved somewhere and perhaps we might be able to contribute to a new host for it?

Hang in there and good luck - you're not the only one!