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Bedrock of the Community
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@ AgCoinAu.. Quote:
I can say with pride I have completed the newfie 25 cent collection...  Me to! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Hoarder: you want to chat with nicklesguy (mike marshall) he's kinda the go to in these here parts for counterfeits... he may even be able to hook you up with a DVD.
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Valued Member
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Yep, I agree. The book doesn't go over counterfeit coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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If I ever get some spare cash I will gladly pick up a copy off this book. My Newfoundland collection is slowly growing.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I found my copy in the mail today.... popped in the DVD and starting skimming through the 475 pages... loved what I saw... and I'm excited to go through my collection to really look for the varieties.
My first impression is as follows:
The reading level is very simple (well simple enough that a knucklehead like me can fully understand the descriptions) I found the descriptions easy to understand with each topic that was being discussed.
The only confusing part for me was exactly how they derrived the population reports for each of the varieties... however as I said earlier I only scanned it.. so the information may have been condensed and mathematical details like that ... well for me at least require a bit of time to go over and digest.
The pictures are VERY good and the coins are quite attractive. There are some really nicely toned coins there so it's very pleasant to look at the pictures and determine the variety.
I personally would say that I'm still very green as a coin collector and I thought this DVD was a great addition to my reading resources and will create a higher level of enthusiasm when coming across newfie coins.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Glad to hear you liked it! As for the population reports.... Well... when you see something like the 1945 5 cent coin, that has 2400 Type I coins and 21 Type II that means Barry has personally examined 2421 1945 5 cent coins!
So all the totals for population reports are how many he has examined.
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03/23/2015 10:15 pm
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 Canada
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I recently received my copy. I applaud the author for taking this initiative. After thumbing through it, the layout and style the varieties are presented reminded me of Jack Griffin's style...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Was able to login to ebay and order the CD; am really looking forward to receiving it. I'm most grateful to SPP-Ottawa for the reference. I have a few varieties which I did not know about, specifically: https://goccf.com/t/243925And a few others which I had submitted to the old CONE group. I'm sure they are in your book. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Look forward to you posting some pics later on techwriter...
I myself just picked up a large lot of newfie 5 cent pieces and will be working on the varieties soon... pics to follow...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AgCoinAu, here's the 1885 Newfoundland 1 Cent: ==  ==  == the E/E in ONE on reverse
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I like it.. and from this thread it seems there's a lot of people that like the newfie material... I think this weekend if I have a bit of time I might go through some of my stuff and if I find anything interesting I'll post it up here too!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I would like a copy, but need to save first.
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New Member
Canada
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This this book ever go into print? I'd love a printed copy. My dad wants me to sell his collection... I would love a reference book so I don't sell something that might be worth more.... he collected but didn't really know much about grading, varieties etc and I cant find much online to help me. Coins and canada website prices also don't seem to be reliable as far as prices... seems to be on the low side considering low mintage on all NFLD coins...
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Pillar of the Community
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The "book" is for sale as a DVD on ebay..see the 1st page of this thread.. With 470 pgs the DVD for $50 is very reasonable.. if this was to be printed... it would easily be $100 + book Edited by AgCoinAu
02/16/2016 11:55 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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meltodd2012, I don't collect Newfoundland coins as such but do lots of research (die varieties, etc.). If you will email a list of the Newfoundland coins you have for sale, grades, and asking price I may wish to purchase them or share your list with a dealer friend who is interested also.
I noticed you don't want to receive email so not sure how to make an offer but we can work on that.
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