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Scooby Due
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I bought a silver lot the other night, and when were done the guy handed me a bag of "junk", I guess as a tip. 
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United States
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My favorite in the lot is the pre-WW2 Polish 5 zloty. (By the way, are you aware that it's .750 silver?)
I used to have 10 zloty with big burly mustachy guy (Pilsudski), before I moved across the globe, have no idea what happened to that coin.
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United States
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Yeah, the silver was bonus!  Is that an alloy issue with the GB Penny? A GB woody? |
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United States
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Nice! What are the two on the right side, third row down, with the flying chickens on them? They look cool and I have never seen those before.
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Oldest Circulation Find ----- 1897S Barber Quarter
Oldest Detector Find -------- 1803 Large cent
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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Chile. 1966 10 Centesimos and 1964 5 Centesimos.
They both have <S> under the date.
Edited by Scooby Due
12/04/2010 6:46 pm
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I love Irish pennies. All their coins were nice.
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Nice bonus, especially the Polish 5Zt.
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United States
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They both have <S> under the date. Either of them has "VDB"?  There should be a tiny "o" over that "S", the mintmark of Santiago.
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Santiago, thanks svslav. I was hoping someone would help me with that. Any thoughts on the GB Penny?
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I hope someone else will address that, it's not my forte. I can discuss the design and such but not really chemistry or technology ...
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Is that an alloy issue with the GB Penny? A GB woody? Basically, yes. Whenever you see streaking and discolouration stretch clear across a coin, and on both sides, it's usually an alloy mixing issue. All coins made from aloys rather than pure metals are prone to "wood-grain" streaking due to improper alloy mixing prior to being rolled, some alloys and some mints are more prone to it than others.
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