Something for USS656

Thought that you might like some ships to look at LOL

This lot from
Malta
Portugal
Greece

A few more to come :thumb:

De Orc

 

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And we continue with LOL

Cyprus & Canada
Fiji & Isle of Man
South Africa & British East Carribian Territories
Bahrain & of course a Lighthouse to keep them all safe from Barbados



De Orc

 

received last week from Belgium

These are a couple of the 150 or so world coins that were given to me from some colleagues from Belgium.

Thanks for your post De Orc :thumb: I especially like the smaller coins from Portugal and the coin from Cyprus.

Best Regards

 

Any of them that you need?

De Orc :smile

 

I need them ALL, I am willing to share doubles though. My son scored some nice British coins. My world collection was pretty much restricted to western Europe modern coins from the 80's. It now includes coins from central Europe, Asia, Africa, and australia. I have 8 of the different euros from 1 to 5 and then a few of higher denominations. Some of the coins are from Magyar (the 1994 50 Forint is nice), Ceska Republic and a bunch from Italy. I was given a real lesson in coins from Belgium along with a book on Belgium coins. Did you know that coins from Belgium come in three varieties? One for French, one for Flemish and then one for either. I had been to Belgium four or five times and didn't know this until Thursday.

Learning is so much fun!!! :smile

Darryl

 

How are you cataloging them or keeping them??? In 2x2s, a binder???

 

PM me with your Addy :thumb:

De Orc

 

I found this surfing the net

http://www.coinpeople.com/Jamestown-Commems-t13919.html

 

As far as keeping them (for the common circulated coins) I'm putting them into 2x2s, then plastic sleeves, then a binder. As the collection grows I will need to sort them in a similar way as the Krause books is organized (country/age/denomination). This is still work in progress.

As far as cataloging them first I am sorting them, then I will put them into excel, then as I have time I will create a MS Access DB and port what I have from excel into it. It takes a lot of time so this is not going as fast as I would like. If the coins are organized it will make the documentation easier.

My more valuable coins are generally kept in a safer place with more protection for the coin (like the original box). I need to get some hard plastic holders (Air Tight) like you get from the mint for those that are not in holders already. Just a matter of ordering them.

Best Regards,

Darryl

 

Belgium did that in the years of the franc/frank. They used to have coins with either French or Dutch inscriptions, and the bilingual ones usually came in two varieties: Dutch-French and French-Dutch. Nowadays words, and thus language issues, are avoided on the circulation coins. The collector coins have the country name in the three languages - French, Dutch, German - and the order of the three varies from issue to issue.

The Belgian contribution to next month's Treaty of Rome commem will makes heavy use of Latin: PACTVM ROMANVM QVINQVAGENARIVM above, and the trilingual Belgique - België - Belgien below ...

Christian

 

Thanks Christian,

It's going to be neat to go through my older coins (pre Euro) from Belgium and sort them by variety.

Darryl

 

well 3 more ships for your viewing pleasure LOL
Argentina, Canada & Cyprus :thumb:


De Orc :kewl:

 

Steve - Thank you - having much pleasure in viewing. I like that ship on the Argentinean coin. I had not seen any of these prior to your post. Thanks. I should have your package out today or Monday. :thumb: I hope you like...

Best Regards

Darryl

 

Do you need any of them?? just let me know and I will put them to one side for you.

De Orc

 

Steve,the coin with a dhow on it pictured next to the Barbados 5c. coin is actually from Kuwait,not Bahrain.It is dated AH1414 (1993).

Aidan.

 

Quite possibly was Aidan but as I no longer have it and it is winging it's way to USS656 for his collection I doubt if it matters too much LOL

De Orc

 

Only so much as I don't misidentify one of my ships (I mean coins) in my growing fleet

Soon I'll be able to talk on the US Navy - of about 150 years ago... I can hear it now - the German/English/Dutch/Irish/ American Indian Fortunato's are coming, the German/English/Dutch/Irish/American Indian Fortunato's are coming. Funny enough - no Italian in me. That would be enough to make anyone run...:smile

Thanks Aidan

 

My Grandfather was Sicilian

De Orc

 

Steve,so you are a real fiery type of guy.The Welsh are known to be pretty fiery people,but not as fierce as the Scots though.I can guess that you are teaching your kids about how passionate your interest in numismatics is & giving them history & geography lessons along the way.

Unfortunately,I haven't got children,but I do have some nephews & nieces (nearly all of whom I have never met).

Indulging in numismatics relieves a little bit of stress in these very uncertain times,considering that some of my friends from church always like to be shown my newest acquisitions.To me,numismatics is a very addictive thing,but it is a very good thing.I occasionally enjoy a drink,but I put quite a bit of money into my coins & banknotes.

I would like to say to the smokers here,give up smoking & go & put your money into buying coins & banknotes!

Aidan.

 

Me Aidan I am very quite and reserved, woudnt say boo to a pussy cat. As for kids unfortunatly we cant have any so have two cats instead

I collect things that interest me and enjoy a nice pint now and then, I also enjoy traveling

De Orc