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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2873823, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5">So here&#039;s what went out since last time:</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b><font size="6">United States: silver Capped Bust half dollar, 1834 (large date, small letters)</font></b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/usa-50c-1834-050100-coin-jpg.6916/full?d=1501260267" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">(<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/1834-50c-lgdatesmletters-049500-slab-png.6785/full?d=1499956272" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/1834-50c-lgdatesmletters-049500-slab-png.6785/full?d=1499956272">PCGS AU55; CAC</a>; population 148 with 223 higher as of 7/28/2017)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">And here&#039;s what came in:</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b><font size="6">Island of Lundy: bronze 1-puffin coin (token) issued by Martin Coles Harman, 1929</font></b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/a1Aag5MzToGIGRKvcYHu_Lundy-1puffin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">(<a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188591" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188591" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS65 RD</a>; population 5 with none higher as of 10/8/2017)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">That would seem to be a significant downgrade in terms of monetary value - and it is - but I like the cute little puffin, and furthermore, the money from the sale of the USA Bust half is working towards the pending purchase of another gold coin, which will likely be <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-tale-of-two-tomans-help-me-select-my-next-addition-to-the-eclectic-box.303722/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-tale-of-two-tomans-help-me-select-my-next-addition-to-the-eclectic-box.303722/">one of these</a> or something very similar.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Maybe I&#039;ll catch up on my writeups so I can add links to the backstories and additional pictures for all of the coins above.&nbsp; I have been lazy with my subthread writeups for the last year or so and&nbsp; have added a lot of coins since I started actively posting here on CoinTalk in the fall of 2016.&nbsp; (I registered in 2007 but only made a dozen or so posts prior to 2016.)</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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