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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 25794044, member: 59737&quot;]Hey Folks, I had the pleasure of [USER=54036]@micbraun[/USER] ’s company while visiting a local coin show in Tienen, Belgium.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1646137[/ATTACH] </p><p>We were pleasantly surprised by the amount of dealers and variety of coins offered. The dealers were generally split into four categories: world coins, euros/moderns, medals/tokens, and ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646129[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1646130[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I spent the bulk of my time perusing the world coin areas and was surprised to see a dealer that had a decent share of US coins, to include an 1874 5 cent piece that looked like a solid AU. Unfortunately, it was not one of the DDOs, and I wasn’t ready to unload €200 on it. Instead, I settled on an uncirculated George Washington half dollar for under silver melt, and a nice, uncirculated 1889 1/4 real from Guatemala. The color didn’t come out well in the close ups, but you can see the clashes on both sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646133[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1646132[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1646131[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I also picked up this coin here for €1, against Mike’s advice. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> There’s just something really cool about holding thick copper coins that are a couple hundred years old. My memory isn’t what it used to be, so I haven’t discerned what it is yet, so feel free to help me narrow it down! It weighs slightly over 13 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646136[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, I could not stop myself from buying two bags totaling about 44 lbs in world coins. They seemed like a majority of modern European coins, but there’s a local Boy Scout troop that I bet would love to have them all earn their coin collecting merit badges. I’ll dig through these bags, let the Scouts have their way with them, and then see about selling the rest off.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646134[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1646135[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for stopping to visit [USER=54036]@micbraun[/USER] and giving me an excuse to go visit a coin show! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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