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Time to try something new

JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 4, 2017 10:32AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I've been working in NYC while maintaining a home in LA the past two years. Two of my favorite cities but not the idea commute. Next week I start the next chapter in my life. I will be working in Mexico City by request ( Monday - Thursday ) and coming home on the weekends ( LA) it cuts down on the commute and I get to spend more time in my own bed . Post a coin with a south of the border flare if you wish.

I just hope I will be able to fly over or around the wall.

mark

Walker Proof Digital Album
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......

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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mexico City has produced some of the coolest coins IMHO

    Steve

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    SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ¡Felicidades, señor MJ!
    Me gusta el entonado de su moneda.

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

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    SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mexican coins circulated in the British colonies and U.S., right up to the eve of the Civil War. The piece below was counterstamped by a framer working in Manhattan (NYC) in the 1850's.

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Boys those coins be en fuego

    mark

    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful coin, @Justacommeman.
    This one seems appropriate. North & South juxtaposition...

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Best of luck with the new arrangement!


    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 12,184 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool coin and good luck in Mexico.

    I just spent ~6 of the last 8 weeks working with my team in Mexicali.
    Great people, food, and beer, but wouldn't want to live there, and this is considered one
    of the more prosperous, safer cities.

    BTW - Dos Equis is not well regarded by the locals (though I drink it stateside), and virtually no one drinks Corona there. It is priced below Bud Light and everything else on the menus.
    Sample the Modela Negra, as it is wonderful and better than what they export, and there is a huge craft beer boom (at least in Mexicali), with limitless selections and very reasonable prices in US dollars.

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    NicNic Posts: 3,438 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I figured this would happen. The new Dos Equis guy is a loser.

    Enjoy and stay thirsty my friend.

    My 1866 Philly Mint Set

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,231 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Justacommeman said:
    Boys those coins be en fuego

    mark

    They're the reale thing!

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Sonorandesertrat said:
    Mexican coins circulated in the British colonies and U.S., right up to the eve of the Civil War. The piece below was counterstamped by a framer working in Manhattan (NYC) in the 1850's.

    That's cool!

    The more you VAM..
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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,567 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats- There is much to explore and collect

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,702 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice - much better commute. Love the coins!

    If they build a wall, opportunists will just make more renting out tunnels.

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    kazkaz Posts: 9,387 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, you won't have to deal with this Northeast winter weather! I would drink to that!!
    mexico 20 cen. rev photo mexican20centrev.jpg
    mexico 20 cen. obv photo mexican20centobv.jpg

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    erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 4, 2017 3:54PM

    Looking forward to the 2017 Beauties from Provident!

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    2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on the transfer, would love to work international!

    WTB... errors, New Orleans gold, and circulated 20th key date coins!
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    PocketArtPocketArt Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Glad this works out for you- may all the best happen.

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good Luck down Mexico way.....have fun sampling all the local cervezas. ;)

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

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    kazkaz Posts: 9,387 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 4, 2017 8:39PM

    @erwindoc said:
    Looking forward to the 2017 Beauties from Provident!

    Now, that's a cool design I hadn't seen before! Un cerveza mas, por favor!

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 4, 2017 8:42PM

    Sounds like a great new adventure! Hope you can pick up some more beautiful coins like you posted!

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 4, 2017 9:14PM

    I love Mexican coins. :)

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,548 ✭✭✭✭✭


    My YouTube Channel

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    hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Some nice coins in this thread. Good luck with the move. Sounds like an adventure to me.

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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks fellas and great coins

    Martin I'll catch up with you when the smoke clears in second quarter ; )

    mark

    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
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    SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good luck with everything MJ!!!

    Also, if beer gets a little boring and you've got a little extra time...

    tequilaexpress.mx

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    bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,359 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't worry about getting over/around the wall Mark. The Mexicans are asking for it to be an Olympic event.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=4uiy0cCCbgA

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    northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 5, 2017 2:05AM

    Since this is a U.S. Coin forum, here is my U.S. Coin with a "south of the border flare." The gold planchets for the UHR were sourced from "south of the border," - actually quite a bit "south of the border," coming from Australia.

    The other candidate from my collection as a U.S. Coin with a "south of the border flare" would be the Octagonal Pan-Pac that commemorated the Panama-Pacific opening of the Panama Canal.

    Since I don't have a photo available to post of the gold Pan-Pac Octagonal in my collection, here is a photo of its companion, also from my collection, the 1915 Pan-Pac Expo medal:

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    bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,359 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 5, 2017 9:49AM

    A little further south as well.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good luck with the new position.... commutes can be tough. I worked outside of Chicago for nine months, commuting home to NYS on Friday and back on Monday..... Would not want to do that again. Cheers, RickO

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Speaking of Walls...

    A 1882 (dated on the outer wall) Mexican 5 Centavos 19th Century Mint Error Die Cap with what looks to be a attached interior lamination.

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 5, 2017 12:07PM

    @SkyMan said:
    Good luck with everything MJ!!!

    Also, if beer gets a little boring and you've got a little extra time...

    tequilaexpress.mx

    I'm a tequila and mescal man from way back. I'm downright giddy!

    mark

    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
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    AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool looking piece Mark! All the best with your new itinerary....

                AB

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