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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;koen, post: 1743680, member: 35636&quot;]Hi guy&#039;s, </p><p><br /></p><p>On January 15th i started a collection of US coins.</p><p>I never collected coins before so i was looking for some information about it and i stumbled upon this and other great sites with information.</p><p><br /></p><p>As i live in Belgium it is not very easy to get your hands on some coins from the US, at least that is what i thought.</p><p>I registered myself on this forum, introduced myself and told what i wanted to collect,....</p><p>Result, my inbox with private messages got flooded with people asking my address to send me some coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>From this forum alone i am expecting 10 packages to get here, and on another forum there are 4 packages on its way to me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, to send packages from the US to Belgium it takes a while, (between 7 days and 2 weeks i have been told)</p><p>But then i got an idea, someone from my workplace was just on vacation to the US, so i asked her if she had some coins left.</p><p>She had, and she gave them to me.</p><p>No special coins as far as i know, but hey, a man has to start a collection somewhere and i was very happy with them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile i was browsing the internet and i found some nice coins i would like, but all to expensive for me at the moment.</p><p>I found silver dollars and i loved them.</p><p>The only thing is that i don&#039;t have much cash to spare at this moment (but that will change soon) so i cant buy them yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then it happens:</p><p>There was a contest on this forum.</p><p>All participants will get a prize and there was a grand prize for the winner.</p><p>I thought to myself, what should i do and eventually i started to write a piece about the Belgian 1 franc piece and its history (<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t198404-3/#post1350163)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t198404-3/#post1350163)">http://www.cointalk.com/t198404-3/#post1350163)</a></p><p>I never won anything before in my life, and i was happy that all participants could get something, so that was a win win situation anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the results of the contest came in i was shocked <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I managed to get a shared second place <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The price:&nbsp; a 1923 Peace Dollar</p><p><br /></p><p>So that coin will be the pride of my starting collection for a long time when it arrives <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a list of coins i already have:</p><p><br /></p><p>Lincoln Memorial&#039;s:</p><p>1974 P</p><p>1975 P</p><p>1976 P</p><p>1982 P&nbsp; &nbsp; Small date Brass</p><p>1985 P</p><p>1986 P (2 times)</p><p>1994 P</p><p>1995 P (2 times)</p><p>1995 D</p><p>2000 P</p><p><br /></p><p>Lincoln Bicentennial&#039;s:</p><p>2009 P&nbsp; &nbsp; Presidency</p><p><br /></p><p>Roosevelt Clad dime:</p><p>1967 P</p><p>1995 D</p><p>2011 P</p><p><br /></p><p>Jefferson&nbsp; nickel</p><p>1972 D</p><p>1974 P</p><p>1986 P</p><p>1994 D</p><p><br /></p><p>Washington Clad</p><p>1987 P</p><p>1989 P</p><p><br /></p><p>State Quarter</p><p>2009 P&nbsp; &nbsp; Guam</p><p><br /></p><p>America the Beautiful</p><p>2010 P&nbsp; &nbsp; Yosemite National park</p><p><br /></p><p>Westward Journey</p><p>2010 p&nbsp; &nbsp; Westward Journey</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See you on the next blog entry <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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