I just wanted to share this great deal I think I got. Someone was selling a Whitman folder with a complete set of brass British 3 pence coins from...
I also got this neat coin from the Comoros Islands. I know this is probably just made for collectors but I like the coelacanth fish so I had to...
Actually looking at Krause, there's no entry for the 1895 5 centimes, but they have two entries for 1896, so maybe both sets are complete.
I just won this one for a great price - $10. This is the rare date for the series and other ones I've bid on sold in the $30-$40 range. Now I have...
Nice! You have some of everything. There's still a lot left for me to get.
It's great that you got that coin, but it's a good example of why I don't understand grading. I'll admit that I've never made any attempt to...
Maybe this is your problem: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/08/08/pkg-postal-worker-delivers-mail-to-dumpster.wcpo.html
When I see a coin in Krause with a mintage of 500, I always wonder who owns these. I'm curious how you got two of them?
Congrats. I'm always surprised when I am able to do this. Generally when I go through my coin shop's foreign bin I'll buy maybe 300 coins and 5 or...
60 years since the Russian revolution I believe, if the coin is from 1987.
There was a lifestyle possible in America that just wasn't within reach of most Europeans in those days. Our vast reserve of open land meant that...
I know what you mean. I believe I have the 2009 but I only have the one copy for my collection.
My Hessian ancestor also lived in Pennsylvania. Penn had a large German population. The phrase "Pennsylvania Dutch" actually means Pennsylvania...
You mentioned you didn't have a nice example of the 1920 20 centavos. Here's mine, though it's not that "nice."[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Just a small note: The 5 centavos ceased production after 2002. Great history!
I was just reading more about the seal on Wikipedia. Apparently both versions are true. It started as the Aztec religious symbol and was later...
Interesting info about the meaning of the eagle and snake. I always thought it was just based on the Aztec legend of the founding of their...
Interesting info. One of my ancestors was supposedly a Hessian who switched sides, but I've never been able to find any evidence of it. All I know...
I don't know for sure, but I feel like the soldiers may have been paid by their own countries. I think the British hired the mercenaries from the...
Thanks for the tips. I'll check out the links.
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