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<p>[QUOTE="BioEtOH, post: 1525818, member: 34475"]Ritero Park</p><p>[ATTACH]199972.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]199973.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Tired after a long walk, now it’s time to eat! Look at all the different hams – they even have a museum for it (well, not really – they name the place as Museo de Jamon – but it really is a restaurant!) </p><p>[ATTACH]199974.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]199975.vB[/ATTACH] </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, what you guys’ve been waiting for – what kinda coins did I get from Madrid? – right? Well, the best place to get government minted coins is definitely the Casa de la Moneda – that’s the Royal Spanish Mint really. There’s also a museum inside and it’s free. So, before having some fun at the shop, I went to the museum first. Unfortunately, cameras and video recorders aren’t allowed inside – so no pictures on the museum then ;-(. But trust me, there are massive numbers of different coins in there – from the past to present. I was immensely impressed! After the museum, I went to the shop. As usual, I was overwhelmed by the different products that they offer – feel like a kid in a candy store all over again ;-) I wanted to get everything! Well, that’s of course not happening and, thankfully, my wallet kept me in the ground! But here are a few things that I got at the end.</p><p> </p><p>The 2012 Spanish Euro proof set</p><p>[ATTACH]199976.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As pretty as they look – I must honestly say that the US Mint Silver proof set is both more cost effective and more appealing to me than this Spanish proof set (fyi – they are all clad btw).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BioEtOH, post: 1525818, member: 34475"]Ritero Park [ATTACH]199972.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]199973.vB[/ATTACH] Tired after a long walk, now it’s time to eat! Look at all the different hams – they even have a museum for it (well, not really – they name the place as Museo de Jamon – but it really is a restaurant!) [ATTACH]199974.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]199975.vB[/ATTACH] Now, what you guys’ve been waiting for – what kinda coins did I get from Madrid? – right? Well, the best place to get government minted coins is definitely the Casa de la Moneda – that’s the Royal Spanish Mint really. There’s also a museum inside and it’s free. So, before having some fun at the shop, I went to the museum first. Unfortunately, cameras and video recorders aren’t allowed inside – so no pictures on the museum then ;-(. But trust me, there are massive numbers of different coins in there – from the past to present. I was immensely impressed! After the museum, I went to the shop. As usual, I was overwhelmed by the different products that they offer – feel like a kid in a candy store all over again ;-) I wanted to get everything! Well, that’s of course not happening and, thankfully, my wallet kept me in the ground! But here are a few things that I got at the end. The 2012 Spanish Euro proof set [ATTACH]199976.vB[/ATTACH] As pretty as they look – I must honestly say that the US Mint Silver proof set is both more cost effective and more appealing to me than this Spanish proof set (fyi – they are all clad btw).[/QUOTE]
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