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Just have to ask how heavy is that box of pennies? I'm not sure... I will weigh it once it's full... it's pretty heavy though. I'm only able to slide it and even that takes great effort. I don't think I'll be able to lift it. Either the plastic container or something in my back is bound to snap! Quote:
As a rider myself... all I can say is that you will regret it... even a little bit of riding is better than watching someone else ride... I totallyunderstand that SPP.. just with the two little ones now at home my wife says that if I go down it affects more than just me... and that's so true... I also don't really hang out with the guys that I used to ride with. Having kids has been a blessing for me in that way... I've really slowed down in many ways, and while I never thought I would.. I can honestly say I do like this pace a lot more.. needed something to do with my idle time and picked up my old childhood hobby of coins... so (thumbs up!!) Can always get another bike... but I hate to see a bike just sitting doing nothing... it's like money being wasted... Right now the market in the U.S. has also picked up a lot so now might be a good time to sell down there. |
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Well today was another fantastic day! Starts off this morning where I woke up and had a few minutes of quiet to go and check some of the stocks and numbers that always interest me. The one that really piqued my interest was the GSR was at 80:1. Couldn't do much about it though.. as I had commitments to coaching my wrestlers in a local tournament. The kids all did fantastic, we're a small team and only took 6 to the tournament, and each and every one medaled. The tournament ended and there was enough time to go to the bank, the LCS and meet someone off a kijiji to buy some silver. At the bank I asked if they had anything interesting come in lately... and they gave me $3 in nickel 50 cent pieces... and then they allowed me to look through the "reject tray" from their coin machine and I managed to pull out a few really cool foreign coins and .95 cents canadian silver! (three quarters and two dimes).. While at the bank I picked up my very limited number of gold coins... one krugerand and on 1912 $5 coin... I went to the LCS and they gave me a good price for the krugerand... but I didn't like the price they gave for the $5 coin so I'll sell that on my own.... bought some silver bars and SML's .. Then to a kijiji buy where I picked up the graded coins, JM bars the 1/2 pound silver and the 1kg silver... Pretty happy with everything all in all...  The stack of silver I picked up today ... will add to the pile!   The $5 I still have to sell.. anyone know what a fair price would be to ask for such a piece? My LCS was only going to give me 5% less than spot... and I think I can do a better than that. I would grade this piece a baggy MS... easy AU... forgot to mention that the LCS ended up buying my '78 round jewels coin for $3 as he already had a buyer lined up! Edited by AgCoinAu
02/21/2016 01:34 am
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The 1912 should go for at least $500 on ebay, probably be easier to sell if it is graded. |
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Awesome M! Nice stuff. MM
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Just keeps getting better... last night.. was going through a few rolls of pennies and stuck to one penny was a '67 dime! Pic's to come when I have a minute... but it's stuff like that, that just puts me over the moon! Usually I hope to find a George VI or two maybe a wheatie... or perhaps a nice minty coin that would make 63 or better.... but a silver dime in a penny roll... that's a first for me!
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Im glad you have a nice relation with your students .I hope you reimbursed the kid "who has less than nothing at times" for his gesture as it was probably his parents he pilfered them from...
cheers
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Gord I'm very glad you're able to see the best in others... Today was another REALLY good day! -Little bit of a back story here thought--- My family has been expanding in the last few years and at a very fast rate. 7 years ago I was a single guy then I met one incredible woman. We started to live together in a house I bought which for the two of us could only be described as "cozy"... A few years into this great journey and I now have two little ones running around this house that now could be described as a "tight fit" In the process of trying to make room most of my things from days of old when I was a bachelor have now been sold, or donated away. Just in the past few weeks I have not only sold my truck but also my motorbike to make room in the garage and to be a bit more practical. I lamented that I really didn't have much of an area for myself... and pretty much all of my worldly possessions could be found on one shelf... see picture below  Well today after packing to get ready to go to Calgary and coach one of my wrestlers at the National Championship and before I had to head off to a mini soccer coaches meeting for the team I'm going to coach .. I saw on kijiji and add for one of those roll top desks which I always have loved and admired. It looked like it wasn't solid wood and that it was a bit beat up but the price was GREAT.. so I sent a message and low and behold...  I immediately took a bunch of stuff off that shelf and have organized it in my new "coin desk"...  Very VERY happy it's nice to have a place you can work with the coins and can easily get locked down so little fingers can't mess up with what you're working on.  |
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Your desk is so much neater than mine  |
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Pillar of the Community
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A microscope....that's no fair.....!
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Pillar of the Community
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I actually have two. Anyone need one?
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Well I have to say.. that today..... (wait for it)... was a REALLY good day!!
As a teacher I'm the one in charge of, and organizing the school track and field day. Most of the kids seem pretty excited about the day, and why not right! Can you remember track and field days when you were a kid? The whole day off school and being able to run and jump and throw. It's just awesome! So I've got almost all the big plans sorted out and now just have to work on a few minor details.
Also at school another student came to me to show me some coins. That always just makes me happy... as it says... "hey I know you like these and I want to share what I have" I had a look and there were some nice world coins. About 5-6 of them. She really didn't know much about them or where they were from, she just said that someone in her family gave them to her. So I told her where each coin was from and what was on each reverse and why that image may have meaning to each particular country. She really seemed to like that and thought that was cool. So tonight I've put aside some 2x2's for her to put her coins in and I've picked out a few more world and Canadian coins so that she'll have a couple album sheets of coins with a binder and on the inside of the binder I've already itemized the coins in the binder to show how she can organize her collection.
Finally and probably most importantly... My 4 yr old son just started to play tots soccer! Today was his first game and I couldn't have been more proud of him out there. Many of you may know that I already am a wrestling coach. And I have been involved in coaching many sports including football, x-country skiing, swimming, and blind sports. Most of my coaching has been at the high school to university level. A few weeks ago my wife unknowingly volun-told me to be the tots soccer coach. And I can honestly say it was the most fun I have had in a LONG time! It was great seeing all the kids have such a good time, being active and just playing. I thought I would have a hard time with it, as I'm very much into strategy, technique and competition. But when surrounded by 11 other 4 year olds that are just happy to be outside and playing and it didn't matter what you did they were having fun.. I seriously found such joy in the moment.
I only wish that all of you could feel the same joy in my heart! Today really was... a REALLY really good day!
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Yep .. I remember those days well. Volunteering always makes the heart feel better. Good on you for your youth efforts.
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Today was numismatically a really good day... Started with a walk to the mailbox and I was excited to see this months edition of the RCNA journal.... Featured on the front highlighted an article about fur trader tokens ... (I personally love anything HBC related so that had me pretty excited) Soon afterwards xpresspost was at my door with these two beauties... (I hate trying to photograph copper through plastic)     Then I went to the mint and picked up a few "lucky loonies" Here's one but I can't figure out what happened to the obverse... these are straight from the mint but it looked like it's worn...   Then I also received these two beauts in change at different locations while running errands.  Didn't have this one yet.. so good find!  This was also a treat to find... nice little radar.. but a little beaten up for my liking... so unless someone else wants it.. I'll return it out to the wild by next week. Today really was a good day! |
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So I figured I would give this old thread a "bump" only because today was a REALLY REALLY bad day!
Woke up this morning to find my car had been broken into.... The thing that ticked me off was in my rush to get the kids in the door, fed a snack and starting on dinner, I had left my wallet in the car...
So all this morning was spent trying to phone the credit card companies and banks and everything else I could think of where I had a card.......
The reason I post this.... if you have the ability.... take a photo of your wallet or purse and all of its contents individually.... it will help you soooo much in the event that your purse or wallet is ever lost or stolen....
Tomorrow WILL be a good day! Cheers!
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Sorry to hear of your break-in. Make sure you don't leave anything in your car from now on as there is a high probability that "they" will revisit your car again as they had success the first time. Don't forget about the other cards like MB health, birth certificate, written pass codes ( if you do that)
Tee. Also in the Peg.
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