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gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
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I always have been amazed at coins with maps, but this one of NYC prior to the WTC being rebuilt, is the best of them all because of the detail.

So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998

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  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/400y_nyc_dutch.png

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    What is interesting about this coin is that I got it in Amsterdam near the Albert Cuyp mall at an old time coin dealer. He was like the last Jewish man in that area and dealt in coins and stamps at the retail level. This was sitting in his window, although I already owned a proof version of this coin. We talked for about an hour and this is what I walked out of the store with. It was sitting in the sunlight for a long while.

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 44,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 22, 2026 9:14AM

    It’s a neat theme. The fingerprint-pattern map is cool.

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  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    The Dutch thought so.. some disagreed with the coin on political grounds.
    http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/toned_manhattan_clad_r.png




    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 22, 2026 11:37AM

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    Greece 30 Drachma 1963 - Five Kings
    Silver, 34.0 mm, 18.01 gm
    Obverse: Five Greek kings
    Reverse: Map of Greece

    :)

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 22, 2026 11:38AM

    :)

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,038 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mrbrklyn said:

    So that's why finger prints are popular (not)

  • AngryDragonAngryDragon Posts: 90 ✭✭✭

    The Spanish Colonial Piece of Eight is a must for this category

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  • CregCreg Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 7, 2026 9:09AM

  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
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    Outline of Egypt, with the Nile in background.

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    Private mint bronze Genesis medal

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    Israel Judah - Medallic Art. Co. bronze Medal

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    c.1820 Map Of The World Hemispheres 51mm Medal - By Halliday

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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,583 ✭✭✭✭

    Canada 1973 (1976) Montreal Olympics $10. Here's the proof version, also available in BU.

    Gene

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