This is a brass Columbia 50 Centavos coin about the size of a US half dollar. I believe that the word “Lazareto” on all the Columbian coins...
This 1 Peso coin from the Culion Leper Colony in The Philippines is made of Aluminum. It is slightly smaller than a US silver dollar.
This NEWP is my first 20 Centavo from the Culion Leper Colony in The Philippines. It is about the size of a USA half dollar. Initially, the 20...
I purchased a few Leprosy colony coins at the Willimantic Connecticut coin show. These NEWPS include Leprosy colony coins from the colonies in...
The news was in Levine’s Email Neswletter on 3/31/12. The segment was titled: CANADA GETS RID OF THE PENNY. Here are some other Weblinks:...
Here is a link to the show website: http://mansfieldnumismaticsociety.org/coinshow.htm
Thanks for reminding us about national coin week. I will ask my bank manager if he would like me to loan them a display case for the week....
I recently traveled to Guadalajara Mexico and posted some error coins in the Coin Chat forum. This thread...
Off center peso coins are the most prolific in this batch. All the coins in this stack are struck off center. I will assemble either a date set...
I NOW understand that there was a magician & ventriloquist that marked coins in the 19th Century. The mark is WYMAN WIZARD & VENTRILOQUIST. This...
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If anyone from CT is going to the Willimantic show on Sunday, please send me a PM & perhaps we can arrange to meet there.
There are many off center strikes in the lot. These photos depict the nicer examples of 10, 20, 100, and 500 Peso coins.
This photo depicts a couple 50 Centavo coins. One is an off center & the other is a partial brockage.
This is a 5 Peso coin with partial brockage.
Here is a 1979 Peso that was apparently struck through mint gunk.
Most of the coins are 1 Peso coins. Here is a Peso with reverse cud.
There are some neat 20 Centavo errors including these brockage & cud examples.
Once again I purchased a slug of error coins from a dealer in Guadalajara. There are some good coins in the batch and I plan to trade some...
Welcome to the forum. Conder101 gave a nice description of countermarks & counterstamps. If you do a search here at CT for "countermark" or...
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