New pickups

I made my quarterly visit to my favorite coin shop on Friday. I got several things I wanted to share so decided to make my own thread. This group includes the oddly denominated Haiti 6 1/4 centimes coin.

 

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This group includes my first trade dollar. Not in good shape but it's a first for me.

 

Here are some nice Togo coins and my first Cuban peso.

 

Here are some upgrades for my Philippines collection. And I've never seen a 1943 Canadian 5 cent in this kind of condition.

 

This last group includes my first MacArthur peso and the best looking Mexican 25 pesos I've ever seen. The scan doesn't capture how great this coin is. I thought it was proof or something but there's no record of such a coin existing.

 

Wow nice pickups!

 

You always have interesting stuff to show

 

Thanks, I do my best.

 

I have a couple of those 1968 25 Pesos that blast white (with cameo devices) as well. Gorgeous, gorgeous coins when they're that nice.

 

Nice assortment of new additions!

 

Very nice, looks like the groups that I bring home.

 

It has a luster to it that I just don't usually see. I need to experiment and see if I can get a picture that captures it. The thing is that last time I went to this coin shop I bought an upgrade of this same coin, so this is an upgrade of that upgrade.

 

Nice score there. Your collection must be huge. I have seen you post so many great coins. I always enjoy them.

 

Thanks. Yeah, it's coming along.

 

Many years ago I was working on putting together a US/Philippine set but got side-tracked and never finished. I'd like to return to it eventually and complete it. It's a very interesting series and really only has one potential high-priced stopper: the 1906-S 1 peso.

 

The Marien Grosch did it for me!

 

I have a pretty good start on the set but there are a few dates for each denomination that I need. I only have a few of the 50 centavos and pesos too because I was focusing on the lower denominations. A lot of them can be quite hard to find.

 

When you really, really want to complete a set but you realize that the only missing piece will in all likelihood set you back more than all the rest of the set combined, you have indeed reached a conflicted moment of truth; do I or don't I?

 

I especially like the Deutsche Zwei Mark...an impressive piece of coinage!

 

What a conflicting balancing act. Does one buy that last ultra-expensive coin to complete a long-a-building set, or is the money better spent on starting another, less costly to assemble completely set?