[CLOSED] LordM, Nathan401, & Santinidollar giveaway, July 2018

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  1. Bert Gedin

    Bert Gedin Well-Known Member

    Hi K., Welcome to CT. Have your almost -3-year old (and you !) got a name ? Some of us are still in our ABCs, but your almost-3-year old is smart enough to know how to spell Qoin ! He might teach us all something about Qoins !
     
    Bert Gedin, Jul 7, 2018
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  3. rooman9

    rooman9 Lovin Shiny Things

    Raising them right
     
    rooman9, Jul 7, 2018
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  4. Noah Finney

    Noah Finney Well-Known Member

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    This month is my birthday so on the same I am going to a local coin show. I will show the coins to you guys after I purchase them, oh and by the way I am getting coins for my b-day to so I will show them to you guys too. Thanks For the Contest! :) And congrats to whoever wins.
     
    Noah Finney, Jul 7, 2018
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  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Medals and exonumia are great, and should fulfill the "coin-related" requirement just fine.
    Sadly, that one doesn't think much of humans except ladymarcovan. She (Josie the Cat, not ladymarcovan) has grown up to be rather aloof and standoffish. Pretty, but not much personality.

    Welcome, and good luck! There are three prizes this month, so you've effectively got three chances to win something.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jul 7, 2018
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  6. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Cherrypicking World Coin bulk lots used to be one of my very favorite things to do. I don't have as much time and energy to devote to it nowadays, but it is certainly fun, extremely educational, and occasionally profitable. I still do it sometimes.

    Most of what I know about history and geography I learned directly or indirectly from coins, not school. Almost all of the tiny smatterings of Latin, French, and German that I know also came from studying coins.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jul 7, 2018
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  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Those are fantastic. I've had one or two single pieces of those early-1900s repoussé "popout" coins, but never a matched set like that on the original jewelry, like your grandfather's watch chain there. That's a really superb set. I suspect that not very many of the original pieces like that survived intact.

    This one I had on a 1900 Barber dime was not in the greatest shape (slightly bent), but it was cheap enough that I couldn't resist buying it. I've heard of at least one person finding one of these while detecting, which would make my day.

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    Those are awesome. If I ever succumb to the temptation to collect paper money, German notgeld will likely be my very first stop on the tour. (So far I've resisted that urge for 42 years and stuck to coins, but I could see myself doing notgeld.)

    In fact, I came by a lot of nearly 50 pieces two years ago. I ended up selling them, but did toy with the idea of starting a collection of them. On an earlier occasion I had some of those crazy Paderborn notes with the pooping donkey, like you posted.

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    lordmarcovan, Jul 7, 2018
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  8. Bert Gedin

    Bert Gedin Well-Known Member

    Thanks, LordM, for the helpful replies. - "She has grown up to be rather aloof and standoffish. Pretty, but not much personality." Might Josie be suitable material as a new CT Member ?
     
    Bert Gedin, Jul 7, 2018
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  9. KArmstrong

    KArmstrong New Member

    Yes! My name is Kimberly and his is Ezekiel. He is very curious.

    Thanks!
     
    KArmstrong, Jul 7, 2018
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  10. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    She's just a cat, so she doesn't have any badly mutilated pocket change to post on the Error Coins forum.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jul 7, 2018
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  11. Bert Gedin

    Bert Gedin Well-Known Member

    Hi Kimberley and Ezekiel. Isn't Kimberley also a diamond mine in South Africa ?
     
    Bert Gedin, Jul 7, 2018
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  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Yes.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jul 7, 2018
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  13. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    From an original mint set...........(gotta keep the 'coin theme' going for LordM :))

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    green18, Jul 7, 2018
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  14. Bert Gedin

    Bert Gedin Well-Known Member

    Entry Post. A Tall Story. For those numismaticly inclined, we mostly agree that tokens, amulets, medallions etc. compliment collector's coins. So when an "unidentified" medallion of Munster in Ulm turned up for Ebay auction, I offered lowest bid, 99 pence, and that won me the auction ! The medallion commemorated, in German, the building of, possibly, the highest church in the world. Construction, financed by City inhabitants, commenced in 1377, with consecration in 1494. By no means a rare or antique medallion, probably sold by the thousands to tourists of 2018. But, having paid a mere 99 pence, plus a few pence more for shipping, why should I grumble ?
     
    Bert Gedin, Jul 8, 2018
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  15. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

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    I went to a coin show today in Indianapolis, and most all the dealers were so pleasant. Here is a pic of the show and two of the dealers. Some people might recognize one in particular from being on CT. I bought ten coins. Six are ancients, one is a world coin, and three are US.

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    Kasia, Jul 8, 2018
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  16. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

     
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  17. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Kripes! It's Lost Dutchman!
     
    green18, Jul 8, 2018
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  18. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    He was lost until I found him. Lol.
     
    Kasia, Jul 8, 2018
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  19. UScoins1964

    UScoins1964 New Member

    Entry post..and this is my 1955-d unc. And keeps toning and it's actually starting to look good now. 20180708_112841.jpg
     
    UScoins1964, Jul 8, 2018
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  20. Bert Gedin

    Bert Gedin Well-Known Member

    to Kasia. Amazing Grace !
     
    Bert Gedin, Jul 9, 2018
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  21. Noah Finney

    Noah Finney Well-Known Member


    I have one of those pop out coins as a Morgan dollar is that worth anything??
     
    Noah Finney, Jul 9, 2018
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