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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 24855381, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This year, a few people on my &quot;nice&quot; list are getting pieces that came out of my personal collection. I&#039;ve been downsizing a little, and added a lot of nice pieces to my collection this year, so even my &quot;leftovers&quot; have correspondingly increased in quality.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Judaea: ca. 67-68 AD bronze prutah, Year 2 of the Jewish War</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">My CoinTalk Secret Santa recipient is into ancients, so I thought he might like this.&nbsp; I look forward to seeing him post about it.&nbsp; Christmas isn&#039;t here yet, and most folks haven&#039;t opened their Secret Santa gifts, so I won&#039;t say who I sent it to just yet.&nbsp; This was my first <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-sole-coin-purchase-from-my-first-day-at-the-fun-show.402184/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-sole-coin-purchase-from-my-first-day-at-the-fun-show.402184/">purchase</a> at the 2023 FUN show in January.&nbsp; I sent it off to NGC so that I could include it in my collection, but when I decided to downsize to just <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-hundred-as-of-november-16-2023.408743/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-hundred-as-of-november-16-2023.408743/">100 coins</a>, it became an extra.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/6d827a5f83b64662941b2536a6acf309.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/27eabb78e1084a0695bdd3f6ac41bc4f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/cd6577a8f52443b997214b35b77a2c26.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/e809d30543e2470f8c721da53cbe1773.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/890a34c6-2bb1-49fb-90c7-237485c295eb-jpeg.1532200/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/80bc218bf845414faa1cbf583e02c9b6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Channel Islands (Guernsey): 1889-H copper 2-doubles, Heaton mint, Birmingham</b></font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This is the sole, top-pop example (<a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35783878" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35783878" rel="nofollow">population 1, none higher</a>) at PCGS.&nbsp; Like all the coins I&#039;m showing here, it was a part of my collection, but ended up being an &quot;extra&quot; when I decided to downsize to just 100 pieces.&nbsp; I just mailed it to a longtime CoinTalk friend who&#039;s always been generous with me- not only materially, but also with his knowledge and time.</font></font></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/cf6cd0164b324944aa20062af2cf23d0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/38265b4ac5004436949b0a0eb5257b3f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/d1e8f574cb164c6bb9adc19af5722df8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/9795021f702a4566bfa8271763ad9562.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>United States: 1856-O silver Seated Liberty half dime</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-David Lawrence Rare Coins.&nbsp; A nice &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/">CircCam</a>&quot; example.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always liked the Seated coins with the mintmark inside the bow.&nbsp; This went to a very close forum friend who&#039;s also been extremely generous to me over the years.&nbsp; He&#039;s big into Seated Liberty stuff.</font></font></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/56ff8f40cef444d8ab02f91a3f3bbcf6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/e88ca798b6024aaf89e16104088fccb1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/25c7e35afa1a4868807a006932c5c9eb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/67929355cf5f4b4c97f1dce28c0a2486.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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