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    CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 30, 2020 3:26PM

    @DNADave said:

    Classic cover, and it's still an excellent read 33 years on, IMO. I managed to get my copy signed at Long Beach several years ago by Van Simmons, David Hall, and B. J. Searls.

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    emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 5,249 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Look, stop following me.
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    Ok, just a Quickie...

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    thebeavthebeav Posts: 4,104 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those 1915 AYPE Bear spinners.....Who thinks like that ?
    (couldn't find a good photo)

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,473 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinJunkie said:

    @DNADave said:

    Classic cover, and it's still an excellent read 33 years on, IMO. I managed to get my copy signed at Long Beach several years ago by Van Simmons, David Hall, and B. J. Searls.

    Very cool!

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    bramn8rbramn8r Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was wondering if others felt that the prices were high and the estimates for future growth in value were off also.

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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 31, 2020 6:29PM







    Collector coins for life.

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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 31, 2020 6:47PM





    Just playin games, GTAO, and enjoying banknotes. WPM fun to collect.

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,486 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thebeav said:
    Those 1915 AYPE Bear spinners.....Who thinks like that ?
    (couldn't find a good photo)

    Wow! I look for these and that's the first I've seen in a spinner!

    Simply Awesome!

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    BJandTundraBJandTundra Posts: 397 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 31, 2020 7:20PM

    johnny9434 said: "I shake my head and laugh every time I watch this"

    And he is laughing all the way to the bank.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,541 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thebeav said:
    Those 1915 AYPE Bear spinners.....Who thinks like that ?
    (couldn't find a good photo)

    With the 1915 date, I wonder if that's a souvenir from the Panama Pacific Exposition. Very cool. B)

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    thebeavthebeav Posts: 4,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 1, 2020 5:28AM

    @PerryHall said:

    With the 1915 date, I wonder if that's a souvenir from the Panama Pacific Exposition. Very cool. B)

    I think they were, but the other side said AYPE (IIRC).....

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,041 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The "Kennedy Fiasco" from Laura's perspective.

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    tokenprotokenpro Posts: 930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @thebeav said:
    Those 1915 AYPE Bear spinners.....Who thinks like that ?
    (couldn't find a good photo)

    With the 1915 date, I wonder if that's a souvenir from the Panama Pacific Exposition. Very cool. B)

    Yes, they are from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) and occur in several different types and minor size varieties both with and without PPIE on the spinner. I have not seen any similar items from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) which was held in Seattle in 1909 (and has no connection to bears, California type or other). The spinner token shows up fairly often -- the frame is at least 10x rarer (as on many framed spinners).

    There are several types (not expo-related) that substitute humans for the bears but most framed spinners have partial letters that look like gibberish on each side but when spun visually create names or phrases.

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    thebeavthebeav Posts: 4,104 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, My memory stands corrected..... The other side said 'PPIE'......

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    jedmjedm Posts: 3,244 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @emeraldATV said:
    Look, stop following me.
    Do you know, I can see you?

    Ok, just a Quickie...

    You know your glowing?

    I absolutely love your OVERACTIVE <3 imagination and sometimes spend way too much time trying to figure out what you are seeing. Most of the time I don't see it, but I know I'll keep trying.

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    BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 6,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2, 2020 7:45PM

    Old School!


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    SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Even in hard economic times like the 1920s hyperinflation in Germany - the ducat defecating donkey is a wry attempt at humour for an otherwise miserable time.

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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 3, 2020 10:10PM


    "Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!

    --- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,541 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SaorAlba said:

    Even in hard economic times like the 1920s hyperinflation in Germany - the ducat defecating donkey is a wry attempt at humour for an otherwise miserable time.

    Very neat note but that isn't ducats. It's "Dukoten Schitt" :D
    Can someone give us a full translation?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    wayfarerwayfarer Posts: 93 ✭✭✭

    In this way collectors were mocked who collected the emergency money.
    I try to translate the text of the old writing in the field:

    “A Donkey who shits ducats - we Paderborner don’t have it.
    But there are enough donkeys in the world, they buy our paper money.”

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    nk1nknk1nk Posts: 486 ✭✭✭✭

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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @nk1nk said:

    Feel for the cherry picker viewing that and trying to closely look with their Loupe, for that certain variety! :o

    "Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!

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    2dueces2dueces Posts: 6,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:

    @ChangeInHistory said:
    No longer own it, a respected forum member bought it.


    And I subsequently sent to PCGS for their opinion!

    I’m sorry if I’m uneducated but what is the significance of this Quarter?

    W.C.Fields
    "I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
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    OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This thread is amusing

    German Notgeld

    Member of the ANA since 1982
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    OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A few more

    Member of the ANA since 1982
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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,556 ✭✭✭✭✭


    "Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!

    --- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.
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    JesseKraftJesseKraft Posts: 417 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1979 Society of Medalists, struck by the Medallic Art Co. Designed by Linda Harper. Bronze, 71mm. I like how the laughter design has a bright finish and the tears design, dark.
    American Numismatic Society, 1980.45.1

    1984 Society of Medalists, struck by the Medallic Art Co. Designed by Dexter Jones. Bronze, 71mm. The obverse portrays Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837).
    American Numismatic Society, 0000.999.25921

    Jesse C. Kraft, Ph.D.
    Resolute Americana Curator of American Numismatics
    American Numismatic Society
    New York City

    Member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), British Numismatic Society (BNS), New York Numismatic Club (NYNC), Early American Copper (EAC), the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association (USMNA), Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC), Token and Medal Society (TAMS), and life member of the Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS).
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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can we get a look at the obverse >:)

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From my very first order a couple years back. And let me tell you something, I was really excited about this one :D

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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 5, 2020 8:53PM

    My first variety find for a Canadian coin!

    "Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!

    --- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.
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    BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 6,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 6, 2020 1:02PM

    1931.....Spanky and the Little Rascals

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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 6, 2020 11:10AM

    @Bullsitter said:
    1931.....

    To think, if that's filmed in the 30's? He could be throwing some Standing Liberty's, 1916 Mercs, 3-legged Buffalo's and the rarer Walker's. Lol. :'(

    "Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!

    --- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.

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