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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!

In the condition that it's in, it's basically a "spender". But even an UNC 2001 Year of the Volunteer dime doesn't really have much of a premium (and small enoungh that a dealer would likely refuse to buy a roll at any premium)

This is a "normal" coin that someone has altered, likely by using a chemical that attacks nickel. -The coin is made of a steel core with several platings of metal on top. On your coin, the nickel layer on top has been removed, showing the copper layer underneath. The nickel appears to be showing on the rim.

Were these pieces also spendable in Russia, or was the Russian denomination only given for the sake of convenience of converting?

Nice "nickel"!

The 5c's copper nickel. However, some newer 1-balboas are different. (I think something in the FS forum I have a post with a pic of one which is Ike sized, but not clad)

That's when it gets tough! Almost all of the ones from 1980 or so and later were saved in rolls by collectors, so they usually aren't seen loose or in circualted grades, unlike the 1968-late 70s.

I've stopped using 50c after getting the few negative experiences (coin flat out rejected or being held up in line while cashier asks his/her manager if it's acceptable). About 3/4 of the time it's accepted in my experience.

Thank you very much! I owe you one!

Very neat stuff!

This shouldn't really count, but I was buying 2x2's and the store didn't really have change (weird, eh?) After some digging around, I ended up with 1959 1c VF+ 1961 1c MS60 1962 1c MS60CAM 1963 5c VF- 1972 5c AU

Yes, but this denomination isn't even remotely close in face value to anything that could be issued to the general public, and would had been printed and kept seperately, far far away.

1941 1c VF+

Neat!

The older pieces (-1967) are silver, so it is normal for those to be priced at least C$4.