...and the World coin craze continues! I found three of these in the batch I've been working on (made sure and point that out to the boss so I'd get a better price). All XF-AU IMHO. Hard glossy brown with tinges of red and a lower mintage date to boot. I took this one home today. http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/scan0001-11.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/scan0002-13.jpg So the World collection is growing and it's much cheaper than U.S. Fits my budget pretty well right now.
Nice dip into the darkside, come to the darkside! Just a suggestion, the 5 cent coin is squarish and a neat little coin too. I like my Dutch coins though, spesh the old gold stuff.
Yes, that is nice - and still being minted by the Dutch mint. Not for use in Europe any more but the Netherlands Antilles 5 cent coin (1957-70) and the 50 cent piece from there (1989-) have the same shape and even pretty much the same look as the old (1913-43) Dutch piece. Currently they are still in circulation (that may change in about a year when the Neth. Antilles are split up) and thus fairly cheap ... Christian
I traded for some from our friend in Netherlands sometime back. They are a pain to find in nice condition, they were usually well used.
´There is no dark side of the moon really, as a matter of fact it´s all dark´ Nice coin clembo, you are getting a great world coin collection started.
Oddly enough one of my first coins was indeed a Dutch 5 Cent piece. My great aunt gave me one when I was but a child. I'll never forget it as my dad would go on business trips and often bring a coin or two home with him. One day he said he had one I had probably never seen and I asked "is it a square nickel?". The look on my dad's face was sort of a "how in the hell did he know?" look. That was about 40 years ago.
All that happened to you was we provided a little shade to get the light out of your eyes - so you could see the beauty of the dark
