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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3276290, member: 10461"](Later, with the hotel night audit run...)</p><p><br /></p><p>Let's see what's here, shall we? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ah! A Netherlands (West Frisia) silver 2-stuiver piece with a <i>turnip</i> mintmark! It is a "holey", and will eventually go onto my trademark hat, which I'm gradually gathering interesting pre-1900 holey coins for.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, I sold all the gold coins off <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">my hat</a> during the 2008 recession, when I got laid off, so it's been sitting empty and forlorn in a hatbox on the top of the closet in the decade since. But I've been saving some pieces to give it a new lease on life. One is a love token dime with my initials that my (still unknown) Secret Santa from <i>last</i> year sent me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]865206[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865207[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is another holey in here, as it happens: a 1960 5-mils piece from Cyprus. It was holed and lacquered- not the first time I've seen such. I suspect it was on a charm bracelet before. It's a bit too modern to put on my hat, so I've put it on the lanyard for my loupe!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]865210[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865211[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865216[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next we have a nice big silver coin: an 1836 British halfcrown of William IV. And it has <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/">CircCam</a> contrast, too!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Oh, speaking of CircCams- don't forget to enter my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-december-2018-who-wants-some-circcam-silver.328197/#post-3255925" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-december-2018-who-wants-some-circcam-silver.328197/#post-3255925">December giveaway</a>!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]865212[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865213[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Last but not least is a mysterious little uniface copper or billon coin, which I suspect is a pfennig from one of the German States- probably Hamburg- circa late 1600s or 1700s, but which I haven't nailed down an ID for just yet. I did have some fun with it on the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-do-you-suppose-this-is.329042/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-do-you-suppose-this-is.329042/">Ancients Forum</a> already, since when you turn that castle upside-down, it looks like a tetrastyle temple you'd see on some ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]865214[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865215[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks to my (no-longer) Secret Santa, [USER=80148]@coin_nut[/USER], who also happened to be my (also not-so-) Secret Santa <i>recipient</i>! I only hope <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2018-secret-santa-sign-up.325899/page-7#post-3253826" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2018-secret-santa-sign-up.325899/page-7#post-3253826">the package I sent him</a> on December 6th has made its way to Thailand by now. If not yet, then hopefully soon.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">*</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3276290, member: 10461"](Later, with the hotel night audit run...) Let's see what's here, shall we? :) Ah! A Netherlands (West Frisia) silver 2-stuiver piece with a [I]turnip[/I] mintmark! It is a "holey", and will eventually go onto my trademark hat, which I'm gradually gathering interesting pre-1900 holey coins for. You see, I sold all the gold coins off [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/']my hat[/URL] during the 2008 recession, when I got laid off, so it's been sitting empty and forlorn in a hatbox on the top of the closet in the decade since. But I've been saving some pieces to give it a new lease on life. One is a love token dime with my initials that my (still unknown) Secret Santa from [I]last[/I] year sent me. [ATTACH=full]865206[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]865207[/ATTACH] There is another holey in here, as it happens: a 1960 5-mils piece from Cyprus. It was holed and lacquered- not the first time I've seen such. I suspect it was on a charm bracelet before. It's a bit too modern to put on my hat, so I've put it on the lanyard for my loupe! [ATTACH=full]865210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]865211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]865216[/ATTACH] Next we have a nice big silver coin: an 1836 British halfcrown of William IV. And it has [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/']CircCam[/URL] contrast, too! (Oh, speaking of CircCams- don't forget to enter my [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-december-2018-who-wants-some-circcam-silver.328197/#post-3255925']December giveaway[/URL]!) [ATTACH=full]865212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]865213[/ATTACH] Last but not least is a mysterious little uniface copper or billon coin, which I suspect is a pfennig from one of the German States- probably Hamburg- circa late 1600s or 1700s, but which I haven't nailed down an ID for just yet. I did have some fun with it on the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-do-you-suppose-this-is.329042/']Ancients Forum[/URL] already, since when you turn that castle upside-down, it looks like a tetrastyle temple you'd see on some ancient coins. [ATTACH=full]865214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]865215[/ATTACH] Many thanks to my (no-longer) Secret Santa, [USER=80148]@coin_nut[/USER], who also happened to be my (also not-so-) Secret Santa [I]recipient[/I]! I only hope [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2018-secret-santa-sign-up.325899/page-7#post-3253826']the package I sent him[/URL] on December 6th has made its way to Thailand by now. If not yet, then hopefully soon. [COLOR=#ffffff]*[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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