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let's see your last NEWP(s) of 2008!
Doogy
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Okay, one last NEWP hurrah thread for 2008
Let's see the last darkside coin(s) that you added to your stable for this year!
For me, I have two that are new this week.
The first is one that i've wanted for awhile, in the exact Jubilee year that I was looking for ( I know, my quest for British Jubilee year coins is kinda' out of control)
I picked this up today from Tony Fein, and I like the toning very much. 1887 British North Borneo Cent in (what appears to be) uncirculated condition
here is the coin
Also, I received this 1897 Half-Crown in the mail this week. Nice light toning, with strong luster which my crappy photography can't capture. MS63-64 on the obverse, MS66 reverse
Happy New Year!
Doug
Let's see the last darkside coin(s) that you added to your stable for this year!
For me, I have two that are new this week.
The first is one that i've wanted for awhile, in the exact Jubilee year that I was looking for ( I know, my quest for British Jubilee year coins is kinda' out of control)
I picked this up today from Tony Fein, and I like the toning very much. 1887 British North Borneo Cent in (what appears to be) uncirculated condition
here is the coin
Also, I received this 1897 Half-Crown in the mail this week. Nice light toning, with strong luster which my crappy photography can't capture. MS63-64 on the obverse, MS66 reverse
Happy New Year!
Doug
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FOR SALE Items
My wantlist & references
I was looking at Byzantine coins for sale on Ebay and found this one.
I knew nothing about it but it looked interesting.
I had managed to get a $200 bill from a company cancelled and figured
that I could spend some of the money on a coin.
I paid $34 for this coin.
I received the coin on December 18, 2008, and started looking up information on it.
I posted what I had learned at:
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=695061
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
Collecting:
Conder tokens
19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=174459&AucID=148&Lot=83
<< <i>Boz what is that coin?!?!?! I like it!!! I'm assuming it is Russian. >>
Put a "P" in front of there and I suspect you'll have it.
It is indeed nice.
My Salzburg 3-kreuzer came from him (TheBoz, that is).
Edit to add- the halfcrown in the OP is, of course, stunning.
Seriously, though, I just sent a book to my grandfather that relates to that coin and the area a bit north of your neck of the woods: The Salzburger Saga: Religious Exiles and Other Germans Along the Savannah. Really interesting book on the early settlers of GA and the Salzburger migration.
My wantlist & references
Conder Token Gallery https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMCiunai6NjOxoo3zREkCsAnNm4vONzieO3u7tHyhm8peZmRD_A0MXmnWT2dzJ-nw?key=Rlo2YklUSWtEY1NWc3BfVm90ZEUwU25jLUZueG9n
Collecting:
Conder tokens
19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
I have two coming in from Staircoins, and a King John hammered and a Henry III cut penny coming in soon, but these won't arrive until '09.
But today these two arrived this morning, I made a deal last week with LordM for these two Romans from his collection-
Constantius I
Helena
I have a few new medals from Portugal:
And some more that I have yet to image. These Portugese medals are really well struck and designed.
Shep
1871 Wurtemburg Taler, Victory in the Franco Prussian War in NGC64:
1871 Prussia Taler, more Victory in the Franco Prussian War in an old Anacs MS63 holder, why are there so many coins celebrating victory over the poor old French?
1864 Medal celebrating 50 years of Geneve joining the confederation:
And a bronze plaque from the 1934 Fribourg shooting festival:
World Collection
British Collection
German States Collection
Then I spotted this in Sedwick's Treasure Auction - The type was on my list so I decided to squeeze in one more
But technically, my year ended with this. Technically, it was a christmas gift from my wife... so I don't think it counts against me