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BTW, nice pieces everyone. I like holeys - they're relatively inexpensive and they tell a story too!

Yes, but if the piece hadn't been put aside to be made into a piece of coin jewelery, what are the odds that it would had circulated until it was a slug, then lost in the great melt of 1979-80?

It's good. That is Constantius II, and this type (usually half dime sized) was made in the 340s up to the coinage reform of 348.

Are those Mexican note regular circulation issues, or are they more of a NCLT type of thing (like how the 2000 yen notes and US $2 don't really circulate)?

Great stuff, as always.

In 1990, base metal coins in circulation included (potentially)... Canada: 1920 1c, 1922 5c Germany: 1949/50 minors Netherlands: 1948 1c,5c,10c,25c Switzerland: 1800s UK: 1947 1s,2s (as 5p and 10p until small coins introduced) US: 1800s Not a lot, eh? (I'm sure I missed some...) I've yet to come across anything before 1917 (wheat) personally.

Neat find on the 5F, Bobh!

Very neat! I've never seen a cloth note in person.

In your experience, are most hammered coins pretty good for weight accuracy, or is there some variance?

Nice! Do you know what that says on the back?

Nice Straits note! Interesting that the Chinese legends refer to it as a "silver certificate" while the English portion simply states that it's a dollar note. Perhaps this is because they were aware at the beginning of '35 that it was likely that China (+ HK and Straits?) were going to leave the silver standard?

Good for Cole! It's always nice to see someone go into some overlooked areas of any field.

It's like a love token - the name/date gets added by engraving or chasing. Neat piece.

Nice work! Makes a very nice complement to Esty's guide, which is a bit hard to use sometimes.

The 1828 1/2c. I'm quite partial to high grade holed or slightly damaged pieces - nice to look at and fits the budget! Not to mention there's usually a story to tell. The cash coin is listed in the '95 edition as C4.2, ND (1769-1860) Japan 4 mon. .30 VG, .50 F, 1 VF, 3 EF Japanese cash coins are considerably less common than Chinese coins. Annamese (Vietnamese) are a bit scarcer, while Korean ones are rarely seen (though there are many that catalogue at $2 or less)

For your last cash coin, look in Krause, 1800s Japan. Blank and Wave reverses are usually Japanese. (though can be from Annam / Vietnam or be pre-Qing Chinese) Very nice 1/2c btw!

2007 loonie. Took until the last week of the year to finally run into one...

For whatever reason the Canadian coin community isn't really a group - it sometimes seems like an activity which everyone does on their own. Even here on CP, I remember seeing several members from BC / WA and most disappeared after a few posts. Perhaps Canadian collectors are internet-shy?

From a demo I saw at a trade show, they should accept all "regular" Canadian and US coinage. I was told that SBAs and Sacs are treated the same as Loonies.

I voted for the first. The second's not too bad. And it's a tie game!

PEI?

I didn't say it was a bad site, just that you have to be careful. It's kind of like ebay - the listings aren't verified, so if you don't do it yourself (by cross-referencing to another site or a publication), you risk getting burned. And losing a good day off isn't really fun!

short snorters!