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Pillar of the Community
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Lets keep them coming everyone!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Swiss ½ & 1 Franc, both .835 pure silver at a time when European coinage was generally no longer being made from precious metals.   During the Second World War, Switzerland, although officially neutral, was nevertheless placed in a very difficult situation owing to her being surrounded by the Axis powers and countries they had occupied. This, coupled with favorable Swiss laws pertaining to banking and stolen property, resulted in a great deal of Nazi & Fascist loot (both cash and, in particular, works of art) being stashed in or funneled through Switzerland. To this day, not all of those transactions have been identfied, let alone set right. Colligo ergo sum
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Very nice, Lucky! Thank you for adding some perspective as well. |
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Pillar of the Community
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It's interesting how they used different styles of the digit 4 on the two coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's interesting how they used different styles of the digit 4 on the two coins. The 1's in the date are also noticeably different. Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
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You're right, I guess all the digits are a bit different on the two coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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A 1945-P Jefferson War Nickel. I saw this in the tip jar at a local coffee house today and asked the young female barista if I could buy it out of the jar. She looked at me with a funny expression until I told her that I collect coins and saw an old one in there. She then nodded and said, "OK". I put in a dollar bill just so I could have a story to tell . . . or bore my wife.  Paul Bulgerin
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Very nice! It was good of you to tip accordingly.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I think this thread deserves a bump... 1945-S Philippines 5 Centavos   |
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Formerly nancyc
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This is in my Birdie collection, but fits here too.  Spain 5 Centimos 1945 Francoist Eagle  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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A worthwhile bump. |
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Formerly nancyc
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Just re-discovered this one in my World collection: Jersey 1-12th x Shilling 1945 Duo KM#19 Bz  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting. Why don't they just call it a penny instead of a twelfth of a shilling?
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Very nice! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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