Thank you. I do not mind a coin having some honest wear, and while I like UNC and MS coins, I do not insist on perfection and slabs. Most of my coins are raw and VF35 or better, and I do deplore the mutilation and damage of coins.
New Hebrides 1966 100 Francs I got 2 because the price was right, but I'll end up selling or swapping at least one. Maybe both! These are not costly in uncirculated.
Many of them were in the Latin Monetary Union (LMU) that had weights and fineness love set by Napoleon, hencs the weights and fineness on the coins. Fun set in gold and silver that is quite reasonably priced.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Archduke Maximilian Taler 1615 Issue for Alsace struck at Ensisheim Germany ANHALT Taler 1539 Joint Issue of Wolfgang of Anhalt-Köthen and his cousins, the three brothers Johann IV of Anhalt-Zerbst, Georg III of Anhalt-Plotzkau and Joachim of Anhalt-Dessau Germany City of AUGSBURG Reichstaler 1638
Peru. These were sold in souvenir folders with commemorative descriptions of the railway depicted. Purchased at the mint in Lima around 2004.
Russian. Looking back, a complete waste of money having it graded. But this was back in 2008 when Russian material was super hot and the grading fees were a fraction of what the coin was worth.