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Mexico a beginning of a collection

Posted 11-08-2009 at 08:28 PM by chip

I have sort of followed my inclinations and opportunity and I noticed today I have about two dozen examples of mexican coinage. My dad left three Mexican coins in his estate, a 72 moreles peso, a 68 cuahmotec 50 centavos, and a 1950 25 centavos.

Mexico had the first operational mint in the new world,established in Mexico City, still operating today, the mint mark is a large M, small o, expressed in various ways thru its history. There are numerous branch Mexican mints but the Mexico...

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Eating the elephant

Posted 10-25-2009 at 03:04 PM by chip

When faced with a daunting task, it can be overwhelming. It does not matter what sort of task or goal it is. In my nature there is that part of me that wants what I want and I want it now, not later BUT NOW.

This is the essence of immaturity, the babe that cries for a suck, the toddler wailing for a piece of candy. It is in most all of us, that are human, and in most all societies it is just a part of human nature, raw and UNformed, UNinformed, UNdisciplined.

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Silver Dollars

Posted 10-11-2009 at 07:08 PM by chip

As I have posted before, my interest in coins has arisen out of settling my late dads estate. My father was 79 when he passed last february. He had lived in the same house for almost 60 years.

Living in one place like that for all that time, things tend to accumulate, when people move often some of their stuff does not move with them, it is given away, it is sold off at a rummage sale, or it is just left behind. My dad was divorced from his second wife back in the early 80s, so it...

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First Coin Show

Posted 09-20-2009 at 05:35 PM by chip

Today I attended my first coin show. The show was held in Rockford which is not too far from home base, so I decided to attend if possible.

I mentioned the show to my wife during the week, and she decided to attend with me, since we are both so busy during the week it made the anticipation more exciting to me.

One of the strongest pieces of advice mentioned many times by the experienced collectors was to not buy at your first show, instead to walk around, talk to...

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Words and Pictures

Posted 09-06-2009 at 05:35 PM by chip

Thomas Nast was a famous 19th century political cartoonist, he is generally credited with symbolizing the republican party giving them the elephant as their parties totem. One of the leaders of the corrupt Tammany Hall political combine remarked that he was unconcerned about editorials and newspaper articles that blasted the ins of the great metropolis, because their voters did not read anyway, but that Nasts cartoons hurt them, because he was able to, using pictures, to convey ideas to the illiterate...

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Mexico a beginning of a collection

Eating the elephant

Silver Dollars

First Coin Show

Words and Pictures