Chrisild, etc. - thx for the posts. It is all a very interesting discussion. I fully expect that the "real" inflation caused by the euro is a...
Well, there are (100) 2013 Native American dollars and (200) 2013 half dollars (100 P, 100 D) in existence. I had expected to focus on the half...
That is for sure... Right now on eBay there is a WWII era European banknote (I forget which country) with a hand-drawn/written anti-Hitler...
There is no doubt that the euro was a great thing for Europeans (and tourists, for that matter), but it came with a small cost. I did love the...
Great topic. I have a small pile of this sort of thing (none from the UK/Ireland, though) and am actively collecting it when I can find it (which...
I agree that PEARS is not "modern" by any measure I can think of - I was just wondering what the most common counterstamp (at least in terms of...
It may be necessary to revisit this designation and statistic at some point…. I am willing to bet that modern US counterstamps from the mid...
I would make this your new dump bank. If they do not want to be your pickup, then they can be your dump. Make them work hard for that "honor"....
That is fascinating. If you are sure it is not glue, etc. as mentioned previously, then I vote for a "squeeze" impression - the coin was in...
That is some great information - thanks for posting it.
Wow - that is committment! I'll bet old man Schiller never dreamed his make-shift token would ever be worth that much.
That is what I was trying to get at in an earleir post. "Free form" (single letter/number punches) are a minefield. Collectors need to become...
There is something terribly wrong with that group of gold coins – it is missing a Netherlands 10 gulden coin. Queen Wilhelmina has a lot to offer...
Picotin – that was it. Thanks for coming up with that. I “might” also have an unbroken P – not sure – I will organize things and see what I come...
That is great! I like the look of it and the underlying message. I had not seen that punch on eBay – I may have to look for it. Maybe you can...
There is another counterstamp from the same era that begins with P and that one has a broken version – maybe that is what I am thinking of (I can...
By the way....the next step is to get into the act yourself. You can buy a set of letter punches (on eBay or Harbor Freight Tools, for example)...
Thanks to Bruce for the excellent write-up on the PEARS SOAP coins. One question: were they all stamped in 1884? I had always assumed that they...
What he said…. Also, consider this – if you get a stamp, you can count on selling a few coins and that will help defray the cost of it. I have...
If you do that SPP Ottawa, please make sure you sell me one! I say go for it - it is fun and will help create a collectible of the future.
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