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<p>[QUOTE="Joe Campbell, post: 26305417, member: 89857"]Recently had a good sized show in town. Several dealers were offering world coins for $0.25 each. I found 138 of them I couldn’t leave behind. I tend to grab any early 20th c. French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese or Central and South American coins. I also have a thing for British farthings. Any high grade coins pre-1950 and really any BU red coppers. Die clashes, die cracks, RPD’s or any errors all come home with me. I search through tons of coins so of course I take home anything I don’t recognize. </p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoy searching for the coins and also researching them once I get home. Obviously for $0.25 each you can pick pretty wide without getting hurt in the wallet too bad. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found ~45 coins that I’ll end up 2x2’ing and at least 4 that are better dates, maybe semi key. They are:</p><p><br /></p><p>Luxembourg 1922 5 Centimes</p><p>Canada 1923 1 Cent</p><p>France (Vichy) 1944 20 Centimes</p><p>Belgium (French text) 1913 5 Centimes - RPD 1913/3</p><p>France 1914 2 Centimes - not a key date but I love the 1 & centimes in high grade like this one. </p><p><br /></p><p>Below are all the 2x2’d keepers. Any information, thoughts or comments are appreciated. Thanks for looking. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679439[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679440[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679444[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe Campbell, post: 26305417, member: 89857"]Recently had a good sized show in town. Several dealers were offering world coins for $0.25 each. I found 138 of them I couldn’t leave behind. I tend to grab any early 20th c. French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese or Central and South American coins. I also have a thing for British farthings. Any high grade coins pre-1950 and really any BU red coppers. Die clashes, die cracks, RPD’s or any errors all come home with me. I search through tons of coins so of course I take home anything I don’t recognize. I enjoy searching for the coins and also researching them once I get home. Obviously for $0.25 each you can pick pretty wide without getting hurt in the wallet too bad. I found ~45 coins that I’ll end up 2x2’ing and at least 4 that are better dates, maybe semi key. They are: Luxembourg 1922 5 Centimes Canada 1923 1 Cent France (Vichy) 1944 20 Centimes Belgium (French text) 1913 5 Centimes - RPD 1913/3 France 1914 2 Centimes - not a key date but I love the 1 & centimes in high grade like this one. Below are all the 2x2’d keepers. Any information, thoughts or comments are appreciated. Thanks for looking. [ATTACH=full]1679435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679439[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679440[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679444[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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