Why I like to stop at the coin store now and again

mrpotatoheadd · March 21, 2009 9:11AM

I didn't even know I wanted these until I saw them at the shop (I got a new printer/scanner/copier and I'm playing with the scanner this afternoon):

coinpictures · March 21, 2009 9:15AM

Very nice for local pickups! My local shops have been DEAD for months as far as Darkside is concerned.

If you feel like selling that Central American 1836 8 reales, please shoot me a PM.

zeebob · March 21, 2009 9:28AM

Wow. You have way better coin shops near you than I have near me! What are the little tiny ones? They look very cool!

Silvereagle82 · March 21, 2009 9:40AM

<< <i>What are the little tiny ones? They look very cool! >>

I can't see if the date is 1907, but if it is they are Medio Centésimo.

mrpotatoheadd · March 21, 2009 9:56AM

At first, I thought I was going to come up empty- when I asked what kind of world stuff he had, the dealer said "Not much." I was just kind of browsing the trays in the display cases when he said "I do have some things here" and brought over a small pile of coins in 2x2s from his desk- the scan is about half of them. Nice world stuff is real hit and miss at the stores around here, but I'm working on reinforcing the idea that the owners should keep me in mind when it turns up by buying whatever I can when I get the chance.

The group of seven tiny ones are "Panama Pills"- they're the 1904 2 1/2 centesimos- an interesting one-year type, for sure.

lathmach · March 21, 2009 10:12AM

2 ounces of stapels in each 2X2.

Ray

mrpotatoheadd · March 21, 2009 10:28AM

They're definitely a different kind of2x2. The dealer said he had a customer come in with them to see if he was interested in partnering with him in marketing them. The mylar windows are extremely heavy duty and with all the staples he used (also apparently heavy duty), the coins don't move around inside the holders *at all*. On the minus side, the outside of the holder is mylar covered, too, so you can't hardly write on them without a magic marker.