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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jgenn said:
    An inexpensive ebay purchase that got a rather nice grade.

    Love those blue tones

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just amazing how you can pull 2 coins and one is MS in my opinion
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    Km 47. 1965 1 Dinar






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  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :)

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    @Swampboy said:
    You did say cheap and they don't come cheaper than these @Kkathyl
    It would take a huge pile of these together to pay for my lunch in Havana this week.
    A Cuban who was showing me around Habana Vieja dug deep into his man bag to find them to give to me.

    It’s amazing the artwork behind some of these coins. And the US mint can’t make a tin penny at break even. The Tinny they now produce last about a month tops.

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We are finally getting down to the bottom of my coin boxes. Great experience. Step to follow is better organized and assure all marked with KM numbers.

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,528 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Swampboy said:
    You did say cheap and they don't come cheaper than these @Kkathyl
    It would take a huge pile of these together to pay for my lunch in Havana this week.
    A Cuban who was showing me around Habana Vieja dug deep into his man bag to find them to give to me.

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    Havana is an incredibly diverse city - loved my time spent there! Enjoy yourself!

  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I will post more goodies tomorrow. Keep em coming Love it!

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 31, 2019 7:13AM

    There is a lot to be said for "cheap n' cheerfuls".

    This 1972 F.A.O. issue Tanzanian 5-shilingi piece cost me around 5-10 cents- maybe a quaryer, tops- since it was in a big bulk lot I bought.

    Though it catalogs for a mere $2.50 In MS63, it's a keeper. In fact, I liked it enough to spend the 40 bucks or so to send it off to PCGS. It is there now. I should have a grade and TrueView pretty soon.

    The universal reasons to like this coin:

    • It's pretty big.
    • It has a cool decagonal (10-sided) shape.
    • The design is appealing and quintessentially African.
    • It's a pretty nice example for the type.

    My personal reasons to like this coin:

    • Nostalgia. We lived in Tanzania for a year when I was a child.
    • The coin is dated 1972, the year my family lived there.
    • The first allowance I ever received was one of these coins per week.
    • If my memories are correct, I could buy a model airplane kit with one of these.

    That's a lot of joy in a coin that's barely worth three bucks.


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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 31, 2019 7:02AM

    @Kkathyl said:

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    I love those Portuguese 50c. I don't think that's a proof, but it's a beauty.


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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,624 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coins with special memories are the best. The Tanzania piece is very nice. Peace Roy

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Found this 1992 5 Pence with doubling on profile. Km937.b has some nice light toning beginning to peak out and for circulated. Not bad :)





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  • coffeycecoffeyce Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭
    edited June 3, 2019 8:51AM

    Picked these up today. Ive always been fond of the Empress bust.




  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 3, 2019 10:15PM

    Today we looked at a few and here is and interesting doubling on Republic of Colombia 1978 10 centavos. They are know for overdates but doubling and large dates in some add premiums





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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love this coin 1966 Bahama One cent Brass coin


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  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I posted these elsewhere, but...picked these two up yesterday near melt.


  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fantastic find > @coffeyce said:

    Picked these up today. Ive always been fond of the Empress bust.




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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 26, 2019 2:07PM

    1979 Israel 1/2 Lirah (without star) not sure if this was a light strike or excused intentionally but I can only find KM 36.1 in Standard catalogs

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  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Foreign exchange, 2019:

  • CIVITASCIVITAS Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭

    @coffeyce said:
    Picked these up today. Ive always been fond of the Empress bust.




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    Get those checked for authenticity. Maybe it's just the lighting in the photo, but they look questionable to me.

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    @thisistheshow said:
    I posted these elsewhere, but...picked these two up yesterday near melt.


    love those awesome coins

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  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you @Kkathyl I am hoping that some acetone will improve the Rand.

    Over the last two years I have been enjoying making the occasional couple of buys from world junk bins. I have a small growing, eclectic collection that I find myself being proud of considering how modest my budget is for such purchases. There is not much of an avenue to " show them off" but they do fit in this thread quite well.

  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 28, 2019 8:59AM

    you and I both like the adventure and the collecting part of the world coins. I was so excited to get my new World coin book yesterday that I cut my fingure and bleed all over it. Good thing they have a coated cover. Hey if anyone tries to take it I will have DNA evidience to point at.

    Wizard Supply ships lightening fast.

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 7, 2019 6:51PM

    I like this one. Km 23.2 New Zealand 1964 Half Penny.




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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 10, 2019 10:25PM

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    And some other


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