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Tupac and Lamas

 

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Goofed and posted this in the US coin forum (bad weasel) I i guess i should repost it here as is proper

got this at todays coin show, proof with case and sleeve. I will admit now that i swiped the picture as i just couldn't get a good one with my camera, even this one doesn't do the coin justice. It is a 2004 Canadian $.50 is truely a hologram etched in silver.

 

Just received my two Royal Australian Mint domed 2012 Southern Cross (CRUX) proof one ounce silver coins, limited to a run of 10,000. This has got to be one of the best looking coins I've ever seen. And the dome effect is extra cool. It can be purchased directly from the Australian Mint for AU$100 plus shipping, which is pretty steep at $35 to the USA...better get more than one.

 

nice

 

Very cool. How do they do the colouring on those posted Aussie and Canadian coins?

 

Escudos and Centesimos coinage reform

Took me six months to find these specimens in good state and today I finally finished this set of modern Chile coinage. Some examples of patterns,

 

Escudos and Centesimos coinage reform

10 pesos = 1 Centesimo;
100 Centesimos = 1 Escudo

I also managed the 1961 5 Centesimos with mintage of 12 000 in unc

 

) nice sets. Watch out sometimes in the u k, people try to pass 25pcrown as 1 ounce silver coins.

 

Derick do you know when the condor was used the first time as a heraldic symbol?

 

i think it was on the decimo from chile in around 1864

 

1934 Fiji Silver FLORIN nice AU for wear but XF for color.

 

Hi, I believe it first appeared in the rare KM 96.1 1837 IJ 8 reales. The pattern represents a chained condor trying to free itself, which I believe represents Chile moving away from the Spanish rule. I am currently looking for this coin type, but from a higher mintage year that is less expensive. Almost bought one some time ago, but turned out to be fake. The 1839 8 reales from wiki e.g.

 

what a beautiful coin..........................

 

Great, thanks for the information to you moneyer12 too.

Could the chains also be interpreted as a reference to the abolishment of slavery?

 

94 years ago today, on 9/26/1918,the Meuse-Argonne offensive began.On 11/11/1918, armitice was declared bringing WWI to an end. Who is to say this coin wans't there? Who was carring it in thier pocket? What did they spend it on? How did it cross the ocean to end up in my pocket? Gotta love history. Gotta love coinstar rejects.

 

Sonlarson this is a coin with the charme of history!

 

and I did buy a specimen today. Should have it by Saterday:hail:

 

Victor D. Brenner liked the French Sower so much
he tried to rip it.
http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/worden-coinage1107b.htm

 

out of my mineral oil, in a batch of coins that should have been all romans comes this lil booger...

As best i can make out the date it is 1885 and it is a 1 kreuzer (austrian) coin. Nothing fantastic but still a long way from Rome