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03-21-2004, 05:07 PM
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| Sharing pics of your collection
I don't know why - but the members of this Forum rarely share pics of the coins in their collections unless they are asking a question about them. Nobody ever seems to share pics just for the enjoyment of looking at the coins.
This is one of my favorite things to do. So in the hope that others will follow suit I will begin posting pics of some of the coins in my collection from time to time. It is also a very good way to learn about the various coins that have been struck over the years.
I collect many different types of coins - some from the US and some form various other countries in both silver & gold. The following is one of my favorites. It is an 8 reale struck at the Mexico City mint. A coin like this is the first coin in the Red Book. This is because it was the single most widely accepted and therefore widely circulated coin in Colonial America. These coins were legal tender in the US until 1857 - long after we began striking our own coins. They were issued in several denominations and were the basis for the denominations of US coinage that we still use today. If you have heard the terms - 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits - a dollar - this coin is where that originates.
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03-21-2004, 05:18 PM
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This is another example of a Spanish colonial 8 reale. Only this one was struck at Potosi, Bolivia. Potosi was the site of the largest silver strike ever found - an entire mountain of silver. The town was situated at over 9,000 ft. and it required a great deal of effort in those days to get stuff like silver ore back down off the mountain. That's why they founded the mint on the site.
Now over the years various researchers have stated that the origin of the US dollar sign - $ - lay in these 8 reale coins. Some have said that it was based on the two pillars & ribbon of the reverse. Perhaps it was. But I rather think it was not. One look at the mint mark ( a P, T and S overlaid each other ) for Potosi, found on the reverse of this coin below at approximately 8 o'clock, is what I believe the source of the dollar sign to be. There were more coins struck at Potosi than all the other mints combined. And they all carried the same mint mark in every denomination. They were therefore the most widely distributed and most commonly seen.
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03-22-2004, 10:18 AM
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Question is GD do you really want to set me off showing pictures again?
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03-22-2004, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by sylvester Question is GD do you really want to set me off showing pictures again? | Yup
And you too aem
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03-23-2004, 03:16 PM
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To reiterate Roy's words , 'a £0.01 coin is a penny, and not a cent, the UK have never issued cents'
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03-23-2004, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by sylvester Well you asked for it GD, how about an 1887 Crown? Or a 1997 Silver Proof £2 coin? |
How do we get these things to actual show on the page?
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03-22-2004, 10:12 PM
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i can get some pix...mostly it's just sorting and making sure they look cool...
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03-24-2004, 09:16 AM
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Here is a little beauty.
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03-24-2004, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by National dealer Here is a little beauty. | She sure is.
William Kneass did a great job with that.
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03-24-2004, 09:32 AM
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You've probably seen these already, but since you asked here.....
I have one more that is slabbed that I haven't taken the time to scan yet. I also have 3 more on the way, 1 of which is slabbed. I like the protection the slab offers, and I get a kick out of the PR70DC grade (from PCI), but still think I may crack them out, and put them all in airtites.
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03-24-2004, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by kuhli PR70DC grade (from PCI) | Probably legitimate MS60 or better |
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03-26-2004, 12:00 AM
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my bunny...she has some lint on her - we grow our own and it gets ALL over the place...
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03-26-2004, 10:17 AM
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Here is a real beauty.
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03-26-2004, 09:31 PM
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