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Bluegill
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 Posted - 03/01/2010 : 19:33:58
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Barley good, no barley bad... 
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copperhead57
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2010 : 07:25:13
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That is a fine lookin' coin...  Very nice, probably the nicest so far in this thread. 
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copperhead57
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 03/02/2010 : 12:47:42
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Originally posted by uthminsta
That deserves to be flaunted here. Of course I'm biased.
But how did you get so much from it? That's an amazing amount!
I was totally surprised to get this much. It is the most that I ever got for anything on eBay.
Apparently this one is a very rare variety. |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/05/2010 : 01:27:03
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Alright, I'm back, but only for tonight. I probably won't get back to this again until Monday at the soonest. But here we are, with...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC centavo. Bronze in several different designs from 1937-1981, then copper plated zinc from 1984-89.
 
Good night for now. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2010 : 18:27:23
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Portuguese Wheat...
Unfortunately I don't know their weight or fineness. They were minted '69 thru '79.
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2010 : 18:31:07
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I dig Canadian coins, and realized there are none in this thread.
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2010 : 14:31:13
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| I was hoping to get a complete large and small Canadian cent type set, but hadn't finished it yet. I have all the small cent varieties, but no Ed7 or Geo5 large cents. |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2010 : 00:47:57
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FINLAND 1 penni and 5 pennia.
 
 
Finland underwent a currency reform in 1963: 100 old markka = 1 new markka. At that time, the 1, 5, and 10 pennia coins were all copper. Then they switched to aluminum: the 1p in 1969; the 5p in 1977; the 10p in 1983. Then two were discontinued: the 1p in 1979; the 5p in 1990. In that same year, the 10p changed to a small CN coin. Then in 2001 Finland went to Euro currency. |
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uthminsta
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USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 11:30:12
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PORTUGAL escudo, 50 centavo, 20 centavo, 20 centavo reduced, and 10 centavo aluminum.
I wanted to follow up on Bluegill's Portugal pic from last week. These are some of my wife's favorites "because they look like dice." She always has such flawless reasoning.
Starting 1910: 100 centavos = 1 escudo.
The 1 centavo was bronze until discontinued in 1922.
The 2 centavo was bronze for its short life, 1918-1921. There was also a 1918 iron variety.
The short-lived 4 centavo (1917, 1919) was CN and was replaced with the 5.
The 5 centavo was bronze from 1920 until discontinued in 1927.
The 10 centavo had been silver (1915), CN (20-21), bronze (24-69), then aluminum (69-79) until it was discontinued.
The 20 centavo went through much of the same changes as the 10. It was shrunk to a small bronze coin (as shown) in 1969, instead of going aluminum.
The 50 centavo was silver (12-16), aluminum-bronze (24-26), CN (27-68), and bronze (69-79).
The escudo follows the same basic timeline as the 50 centavo, and was bronze from 1969 to 1980. It switched to nickel-brass starting in 1981. |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 23:05:12
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GAMBIA 1 butut.
 
This coin is cool. I like any coin with peanuts on it. The butut (1971-1985) was bronze, then was discontinued. The 5 bututs (1971, 1977) was bronze as well, but I don't have one yet.
Were there any Gambia coins made after 1998? The country is not listed in my 21st century catalog.
Gambia is a very small country with quite interesting geography... check them out here: You must be logged in to see this link.
Aaaaaand this is my 1000th post at RealCent. |
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uthminsta
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USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2010 : 20:21:10
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MALAYA and BRITISH BORNEO.
Don't know much about these coins without my books. I just know I like square coins. Always cool.
And we reached 5000 views! Huzzah!
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uthminsta
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USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 23:07:47
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EL SALVADOR 1 centavo, bronze.
 
This coin was originally copper-nickel for 1915-1940, and El Salvador coinage went through a monetary reform during that period. Then the coin was bronze from 1942-1972, then brass in 1976-77, copper-zinc in 1981, copper clad steel in 1986, and finally brass clad steel in 1989 and 1992. It looks like this and the 1909 quarter real are the only El Salvadorian bronze coins. |
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uthminsta
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USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/22/2010 : 21:29:11
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GHANA penny, pesewa, half pesewa.
The penny (and other 'British' denominations) were minted in 1958 only. The pesewas were begun in 1965. To the best of my knowledge, these three plus the 1958 half penny were the only bronze coins of Ghana.
Not sure why this one got flipped when I scanned it. And I don't know how I didn't catch it when I was cropping them down. Anyway, hope there aren't too many OCD people reading this. |
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uthminsta
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USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 14:05:44
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GUERNSEY, decimal penny and halfpenny.
Here we have a couple of the first decimal coins from Guernsey. More info later, but really you just wanna see the coins, right? :) |
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uthminsta
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USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2010 : 22:24:49
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INDIAN PRINCELY STATES: Hyderabad.
1 Anna, bronze.
 
This is from the Al Hejira (AH) year 1365, which started December 6, 1945 (by our AD calendar). So it's likely it was minted in our calendar year 1946.
Here's why I like this coin:
It's hip to be square. |
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uthminsta
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USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2010 : 12:36:50
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IRAQ fils, bronze.
 
Iraq kingdom era fils were made from 1931 to 38, then again in 1953. The 2 fils was also bronze, only larger of course. It was only made in 31, 33, 53. Republic era fils were 10-sided bronze, and were made in 1959 only. No 2 fils coins. |
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uthminsta
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USA
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Posted - 03/27/2010 : 12:17:54
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JERSEY again...
Bluegill posted a couple Jersey coins back on page 4; I thought I would add a couple types by putting mine up here too. Shown here are the pre-decimal penny and the decimal penny plus halfpenny. Well, to be more precise, the pre-decimal coin is officially known as a twelfth-shilling. I'm not sure why - it was precisely the same (in composition, size, value) as the British penny. Jersey was linked with the British monetary system, so they changed over to decimal at the same time. These two 1971 coins are the first of the new types. Halfpennies (only made til 1981) were all bronze; pennies were bronze through 1992, then copper plated steel starting in 1994. |
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uthminsta
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Posted - 03/28/2010 : 21:33:56
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JAPAN again. Anyone wanna help identify this one more specifically?
 
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AGgressive Metal
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USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2010 : 08:24:23
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And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 03/29/2010 : 21:23:01
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Thanks, AG-M.
MALAWI Tambala, bronze.
 
Formerly, the pound was the currency of Malawi, but they switched in 1971 to a decimal system: 100 tambala = 1 kwacha. And I just learned that tambala means "rooster," while kwacha means "dawn." And I've learned a lot, all thanks to the research I've done for this thread. Oh, this (one) and the two tambala were both initially struck in bronze.
Bonus points to someone who can tell me where Malawi is without looking it up. |
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uthminsta
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Posted - 03/30/2010 : 16:52:02
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MALAYSIA 1 sen, bronze.
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uthminsta
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Posted - 04/01/2010 : 23:14:14
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MOROCCO, 2 coins from different monetary systems:
Until 1921, 50 mazunas = 1 dirham and 10 dirhams = 1 rial. Then under the French protectorate, 100 centimes = 1 franc and 100 francs = 1 dirham. Then in 1974 the franc was changed to the santimat under the same system. So what you have here is a nice 5 mazuna (bronze) and a 10 franc (aluminum-bronze). |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 04/02/2010 : 08:05:48
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| Nice stuff! Hey uthminsta, we seem to have some of the same taste in coins, especially British. Of course, I don't have anywhere near as many. I'll try to get some pics up, but I'm not very good at that sort of thing. |
Are you throwing that out? |
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uthminsta
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1872 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 15:07:41
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NEPAL 5 paisa, bronze.
That thing that looks like an upside-down h is a 5 for 5 paisa. I confess to being rather confused by the writing on coins sometimes. And Nepal has used more variations in their numbering than anywhere else. I'm glad these two were already attributed when I got them - I don't know that I've ever had any Nepal coins before... |
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Beautiful Bronze
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