Probably the same interests that get me to collect other coin series: Few folks have knowledge of them Rarity Interesting historical tales...
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I regret selling a 1904 Indian cent in a red MS grade. I originally paid $5 for it on a bid-board in Woodland Hills California when I was a kid....
I put the slab into a plastic baggie first. Then I use a vise to squeeze the long dimension & then the short dimension. During each squeeze, I...
Last photos from me (I think) Finally, here are a couple more from The Providencia Island Leper Nation in Venezuela. These are small...
Here is a 5 centimos from Maricaibo. It is a dirty red-colored coin. It really should be taken out of the holder to get a good photo.
These are the 1/2 centavo and another 1 peso from my collection of Cuilon Island, Philippines. This 1 peso coin is made of Copper-Nickel as...
Here are a few more photos from my collection. These are the 1 centavo, 5 centavos, and 10 centavos from Columbia.
Hello Green18, It looks like a nice coin but I am too late getting here to guess the grade. I do like the wisp of light gold toning on the coin.
This is a great link describing the coins of the Palo Seco Leper colony in Panama. Really Good. http://www.coins-of-panama.com/paloseco.html...
True story, I’ve seen it a couple times #1 One of my friendly dealers keeps a small pile of the Columbia 50 centavos lazareto coins on his...
Colonia Santa Tereza (CST) Leper Colony in Brazil.
These photos depict a couple of the Copper-Nickel Columbia 50 centavos coins. These were posted on a previous CT thread. One has a star & one is...
Example of Brazil CST reverse All the Brazil coins have a similar reverse which is blank except for "C.S.T."
These Brazil coins are from the Colonia Santa Tereza (CST) Leper Colony. I got these from a Brazilian dealer at the FUN show a couple years back.
Good link describes Leprosy colony coins Here is a good link that describes Leprosy colony coins:...
Trivia - Leper Coinage I’d like to copy some previous CoinTalk thread data into this thread. Clinker left us this great CT article: Trivia -...
The last NEWP in this batch is from Venezuela. It is from Maracaibo Lazareto Nacional and is the small 1/8 Bolivar coin.
I purchased this duplicate Columbia 20 Centavo.
Here is a Columbia 2 centavos with the same device & word “Lazareto”.
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