Great responces! I was a little afraid everybody would say "you're insane, get out of here" but I decided to post what I honestly felt anyway....
I can honestly say that is a word I've never heard before in my life! I wonder it was referred to as three half pence and not one and a half?
One post per person please :kewl::goofer: It's not South Africa anyway :)
Glad my idea was of some assistance to you :) When you get into the charts and graphs, it can really be fun! [IMG] After I took this screen...
I think it's Japan. I think it is older then you think, though. I pulled out my Krause World Paper Money book that I got for Christmas, and the...
I collect whatever I can find, and whatever I can afford. (the latter is more of a detriment then the former). If I see it, like it, and have...
Quartertapper, I hear you on the car thing. I've been around cars my whole life...I don't know why so many people are like that. On the scale they...
That seems a little...hmm...overzealos? Not meant as an insult in any way, just the best word that I think would describe that. Great enthusiasm...
I have all my collection on Excel. For the US, each denomination gets it's own sheet, up to the half dollar. (everything else, Dollars, 2 cents,...
I absolutely HATE the term "fiat money" (Donn, this diatribe is not directed at you, but to the world in general) Metal, in and of itself, is...
Nobody has gotten it yet, keep the guesses coming!
Hi Mike, it looks to me like a novelty item. Something that was made just for the sake of making it. There is a way to shrink real coins, I've...
I've actually found three wheats in the take a penny trays. I found two in one place. The same store, the same transaction, I recieved my first...
Even though the ride is an hour or two for me, depending on traffic, I won't be there for two reasons. One is that it is the city, which I never...
Wow, I am full of hot air. I can't believe I've made 500 posts. When I joined this forum I had only been collecting for a little over a year, and...
Here is a Wikipedia entry on the man on the coin, but I don't know enough about coins of that era to tell if it is from his home of Spain, or from...
Penny is not an actual term for US or Candian coins. It's slang, nothing more. The proper term for those countries is Cent. Like has already...
Oh Yeah, I am always looking into cash registers...I think they are afraid I am going to rob them sometimes...LOL. I wouldn't know about the...
One thing I don't understand about humans in general is the apparent lack of ability to "allow" different opinions. It happens in all walks of...
Doug, I hope you are not leaving the forum over this. I'm pretty sure you can block other members from your user Control Panel. If enough...
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