Quote: Anyway, the 5 ุre coin you posted on May 26 is actually Swedish, not Norwegian. Norwegian coins don't have the Swedish threecrown and Norwegians use the ุ instead of the O with two dots on it (which only Swedes use: contrary to popular belief, Swedish doesn't have the ุ, only Danes and Norwegians do). We did have the same king in that year, though: Oscar II, king of Sweden, Norway and a bunch of other places. The obverse of the coin shows his signature O with the II inside it.
Thank you for the information, I don't know why the coat of arms didn't click in my head, there was a man selling Swedish helmets with the coat of arms on them.
Quote: Nice pickups. Flea markets are usually infested with counterfeits but if you know what you're buying you can get some good deals.
The man was a military/coin dealer and a member of the ANA, I had him weigh the Trade dollar anyway . Fakes are few and far between, the flea market really cracks down on people selling counterfeit items. The only person selling fakes I found (Is it sad that I went searching for fakes?) said it up front, like an Imperial Chinese coin for 2 dollars.
Just to keep this thread alive...the only things coin related I've ever gotten at a flea market were two S mint silver halves, one 1942S Walking Liberty and one 1952S Franklin. They cost $12 each. This was back in mid 2012.
Flea markets around me only really happen once a month. Blundered about again for three hours and only spent 54 USD, for all the finds plus a lunch! A lunch I am now regretting .
Quote: Nice bunch of coins, especially the 1912 Barber half!
Kinda cheated on the box of silver , there not actually from a flea market, they are silver coins that I have obtained for under melt through various ways.
Went to a smaller flea market, this time around, came back with a nice pile, sore legs and needing to sleep for 16 hours. Spent 100 dollars on the lot. I think I have fallen in love with the Chinese dragon coins, I am going to be buying a lot more!
What's that coin on the top row, on the right of the baggy? Also wondering about that toasted looking copper at the bottom by the stack of wheat cents. Closeups would be great ;)
The coin next to the stack is what is left from a victorian penny and the coin on the top is the 26th anniversary of Israel, which I will not touch again because it is very sticky. All of those coins are from bins of junk world coins this one dealer has, I always cherry pick them. 6 for a dollar is a price that cannot be beaten!
Found some WWII enfield spikes, WWI era collar insignia, Vietnam medal bar and a marksman medal. The guy I usually buy coins from had an unsearched bag that he handed to me to search, I was able to find a 1907 Canadian 5 cents. My first silver from junk bins!
Haven't posted any of my finds in awhile, mainly because I did not feel like optimizing all of the pictures . Though after making a promise to make a finds video, I realized I would not have to go through and optimize 30 pictures!
All of the coin finds are from the same junk bins from all my other posts, he lets me search the new ones, and this one happened to be extremely good!
I have not posted my finds in awhile, I've been procrastinating and applying to colleges, but mainly procrastinating . I think I might do videos instead of pictures the optimizing system just takes too long for a very slothful person like me .
Picked up some vintage silver for under spot this past week! The extent of my search for silver has been on ebay, I am not going to a flea market in negative temperatures. So here are my recent pick-ups.
Got some good deals at spot, picked up 3 90% silver half dollars, 3 90% Roosevelts and a mix of Canadian silver. It actually turned to under spot just this morning because both dealers gave me partial refunds for some reason, strange but I won't complain
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Sorry about my hands, guess they hadn't got their silver fix in awhile
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Posted 07/19/2016 11:04 pm
. Fakes are few and far between, the flea market really cracks down on people selling counterfeit items. The only person selling fakes I found (Is it sad that I went searching for fakes?) said it up front, like an Imperial Chinese coin for 2 dollars.
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, there not actually from a flea market, they are silver coins that I have obtained for under melt through various ways.
