Hello all! It's "Thrifty Thursday!" Reloaded. All Coins, Tokens and Medal on a small budget. I haven't purchased a coin in about 5 years! I bought this coin about when I first quit cigarettes. For everyone, collecting on a "budget" and being thrifty is my way of doing things numismatically speaking. I bought this coin for just $32! Not bad, huh? So, what level is your "thriftiness" and what is considered being just so? Won't you post your coins?
The majority of my coins would be considered "thrifty." Many are pieces others would consider junk, but I like the history they represent, like these German States coins I bought from a flea market for 8 cents or less each: Saxony 1801/179- C Hesse-Cassel, 1 heller, 1822 My thriftiest "junk box" buy was probably this, which I have posted elsewhere, Tannu Tuva, 1934 1 kopejek, purchased for 50 cents because neither I nor the dealer knew what it was.
In 2011 I bought 5 of the 25th Anniversary ASE Sets from the mint and sold 4 of them each for more than the 5 of them cost me.
Being a lumber token I though this was going to be a funny name token. I thought Ashepoo must be some kind discarded "poo" from Ash trees such as bark or sawdust. Turns out Ashepoo is an Indian tribe. Well, that's okay too. Only cost $33.
I bought this trachy of the Byzantine bad boy, Andronicus I, for $35. There's usually only one or two of these on vcoins at once time. Attribution: Sear Byzantine 1985 Constantinople mint Date: AD 1183-1185 Obverse: ΜHΡ-ΘV, the Virgin standing facing, holding medallion of the Infant Christ Reverse: ANΔPONIKOC-ΔECΠOTHC, Andronicus standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, crowned by nimbate Christ Size: 26.43mm Weight: 3.78 grams Description: VF, light silvering on the reverse center.
Just a couple I bought in one of those eBay "online estate sale" listings. Nothing fancy, but I thought they were pretty.
Anything under $100 is low budget for me these days if I'm after something "just to have one." Or two. These are two different combinations of obv/rev types. Obv1/Rev2 $69, Obv2/Rev2 $79.
Hey, I've got one of those, too! I sent mine off to PCGS... just for the heck of it. The Ashepoo is also a river in South Carolina. Cool token.
Nice! Probably just leave it "raw'. Only paid $32. Not worth it in my opinion. It's also my next tattoo though. I have a tribal lion now. A nice leopard would be nice also!
