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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3291436, member: 10461"]January 3, 2019 update: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-november-21-2018.327393/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-november-21-2018.327393/">Last update: November 21, 2018</a>Number of coins as of last update: 40Number of coins as of this update: 48 We have had 9 arrivals and 1 departure since <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-november-21-2018.327393/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-november-21-2018.327393/">last time</a>. I fleshed out the modern end of the collection a little bit, but also added a Roman provincial coin, a nice medieval Crusader piece, and a classic US gold coin, since I lacked anything in that category after the departure of my former "top gun", the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-just-bought-a-used-car-for-5-00-in-dahlonega-gold.319001/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-just-bought-a-used-car-for-5-00-in-dahlonega-gold.319001/">1842-D half-eagle</a>. Here's what came in: <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/0t7RT9ZGLpIhrxBpnxIg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/0t7RT9ZGLpIhrxBpnxIg" rel="nofollow">Roman Egypt: billon tetradrachm of Hadrian, Year 15 (130-131 AD); Hadrian receiving corn ears from Alexandria</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/VTXjrD4vR32dE2SrWqF5_HADRIAN.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/jfGYcbfVe7TsXGFvCKA8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/jfGYcbfVe7TsXGFvCKA8" rel="nofollow">Crusader States (Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus): silver gros petit of Henry II, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem, ca. 1285-1324</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ycEdE6CnRkK8F4ucaBhg_CRUSADER.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/ZqnSoLZ9pWWuXSuhABtE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/ZqnSoLZ9pWWuXSuhABtE" rel="nofollow">Germany (Nuremberg): silver medal by Daniel Dockler the Younger, 1730; bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/kymsQJ1QR9yDPZOD3LQm_MDCCXXX.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/O5uaHNeLoiNvatVYyOZ3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/O5uaHNeLoiNvatVYyOZ3" rel="nofollow">United States: gold dollar, 1855; Type 2; small "Indian Princess" head</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/y0mwS0IoQjmZuWtGCr08_1855.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/ZqB5wJspQIAY0WJfw0QU" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/ZqB5wJspQIAY0WJfw0QU" rel="nofollow">Belgium: copper 2 centimes of Leopold II, 1874 (small wide date variety); lion and monogram</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/AUG7aCrSxqJG8gC3G2qQ_1874.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/i3G8HADmxMoLZ3rjcj9g" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/i3G8HADmxMoLZ3rjcj9g" rel="nofollow">Ireland: cupronickel halfcrown (2 shillings 6 pence), 1951; Irish Hunter horse</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/OAOcDY7jR0OhOWr8PeTx_%C3%A9IRe_1951.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/v1MQbqcU3kU8OMoQcHNe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/v1MQbqcU3kU8OMoQcHNe" rel="nofollow">Greece: silver 30-drachmai of Paul I; "Five Greek Kings" commemorative, 1963</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/WIOCQHSySTOatvw932Z3_Greece_1963.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/MOcSqhMrmmJiZknDTFlC" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/MOcSqhMrmmJiZknDTFlC" rel="nofollow">San Marino: silver proof 10-euro, 2006-R; Antonio Canova's "Three Graces" statue</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/UACjO52XRuCygzJzaG5s_San_Marino.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/73h4ZXEZjk8EXvjTnSTE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/73h4ZXEZjk8EXvjTnSTE" rel="nofollow">Austria: silver proof 10-euro, 2008, Klosterneuburg Abbey commemorative</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/lhbauhccSiiBCLA6uRA1_10_EURO.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> And here's what went out: <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/pkJLx9KsjUFptrufhsQs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/pkJLx9KsjUFptrufhsQs" rel="nofollow">United States: cupronickel dime, Roosevelt type, 2001-P, mint error (missing obverse clad layer)</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/9ztJSukUS9GISUvmj8tA_dime2001b.jpg?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> That last was a nice little error coin, but PCGS wanted more to slab it than the coin itself cost.  Sometimes I don't mind that, but with their $65.00++ "Errors" tier fee, return shipping, and so on, it would have cost $90-something to slab!  So forget that- I sold it.  Maybe it would have been worth the hassle and maybe not, but I sold it off to fuel further purchases. Thanks for looking and commenting, as always.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> [/QUOTE]

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