Swiss pocket change
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Well, I arrived in Basel yesterday from Denmark. Every time I'm in Switzerland I'm amazed at the quality of the coinage.
Either their coins do not circulate much or they truely do wear well. My change so far includes a 1996 5 Franc in mid-AU with lots of lustre, still with a bit of cameo effect, a 1982 5Fr in low AU, a 2001 1/2Fr AU58++ Cameo and a 2007 DCAM 10 Rappen.
In fact I have found in my trips here that you really never receive coins in less than AU condition that are less than 15 years old.
I wish the same could be said for the Euro coinage.
Either their coins do not circulate much or they truely do wear well. My change so far includes a 1996 5 Franc in mid-AU with lots of lustre, still with a bit of cameo effect, a 1982 5Fr in low AU, a 2001 1/2Fr AU58++ Cameo and a 2007 DCAM 10 Rappen.
In fact I have found in my trips here that you really never receive coins in less than AU condition that are less than 15 years old.
I wish the same could be said for the Euro coinage.
R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
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19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
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Interesting observation. Then again, is it much different in the US?
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Just received a 1934 10 Rappen at McDonalds tonight in my change. Nice solid EF with a touch of wear to the hair in the portrait and the leaves on the reverse.
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19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
US coins made for circulation very rarely have PL surfaces to begin with.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
The 20 Rappen of 1901-1938 have the same note.
I got stiffed a 10 Rappen!
Collecting:
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19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
<< <i>Interesting. I was just adding the coins I returned from Europe with to my spreadsheet and noticed that for my 1934B 10 Rappen I mentioned I received from McDonalds that Krause notes that the 10 Rappen coins from 1932-39 were retired from legal tender status on January 1, 2004 and removed from circulation. Apparently because of their composition of Nickel instead of the usual Cu-Ni.
The 20 Rappen of 1901-1938 have the same note.
I got stiffed a 10 Rappen!
Yeah, thos McD's kids are smart ones.....
About 3 years ago one tried to slip me a 1933 1/10 Balboa in change instead of a Roosie clad dime.
In addition, I received the usual 2 Wash. quarters to round out the 60 cents change. When I question the sly lad about the Foreign junk he admitted someone had slipped those into the til, and he was worried he'd get into trouble. I said, "No problemo!! The are cool, have any more.
No need to thank me, I was just doing my part to help to math and currency challenged youth in America.
Oh yeah, all 3 coins were nice, lightly toned sliders.