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Posted 03/10/2013 8:54 pm
Hi blackmamba010
Well, my weekend noodling session is just about over. It has been interesting, and not without success. I have attached a few "snapshots" of the noodling process below. Perhaps you will find these useful for your book
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Actually, there are too many images for one post, so I will submit close-ups of my "special finds" in another post on this thread.
Firstly though, why do I like noodling ?.
On a philosophical note, there may be a bit of "Zen" in this. Quite appropriate as I have traveled to Japan many times in the past.
It is the sense of finding something extraordinary, something special in the course of the daily routine.
Each bag or roll of coins, or indeed each coin or banknote that I receive in my day-to-day business has the potential to contain something well above face value.
Now, onto the weekends noodle. I purchased rolls and bags of coins in two episodes during Friday and Saturday, hence the first "composite" picture. Rolls of 1 dollar, 50 cent and 20 cent coins. And yes, I wanted to give the 5 cent coins another go. For reasons that will become apparent later. The magnifying glass and lupe were at hand, as was my trusty "McDonald".
The following three pictures are the results of my noodle, divided into 20 cent, 50 cent and 1 dollar piles. The stacked semicircle of coins are the plain roo/roo and emu/platypus coins. The second pile in the centre consist of the commemorative coins. Note that there are not many of these for the 20 cent denomination. The coins in the red circle are REALLY special, and I will talk about these more in a follow up post.
Finally, a picture of what I like to do with my 5 cents after noodling. I give small handful's of these to the beggars and the buskers when I visit the CBD. Good karma
Squire
Well, my weekend noodling session is just about over. It has been interesting, and not without success. I have attached a few "snapshots" of the noodling process below. Perhaps you will find these useful for your book
.Actually, there are too many images for one post, so I will submit close-ups of my "special finds" in another post on this thread.
Firstly though, why do I like noodling ?.
On a philosophical note, there may be a bit of "Zen" in this. Quite appropriate as I have traveled to Japan many times in the past.
It is the sense of finding something extraordinary, something special in the course of the daily routine.
Each bag or roll of coins, or indeed each coin or banknote that I receive in my day-to-day business has the potential to contain something well above face value.
Now, onto the weekends noodle. I purchased rolls and bags of coins in two episodes during Friday and Saturday, hence the first "composite" picture. Rolls of 1 dollar, 50 cent and 20 cent coins. And yes, I wanted to give the 5 cent coins another go. For reasons that will become apparent later. The magnifying glass and lupe were at hand, as was my trusty "McDonald".
The following three pictures are the results of my noodle, divided into 20 cent, 50 cent and 1 dollar piles. The stacked semicircle of coins are the plain roo/roo and emu/platypus coins. The second pile in the centre consist of the commemorative coins. Note that there are not many of these for the 20 cent denomination. The coins in the red circle are REALLY special, and I will talk about these more in a follow up post.
Finally, a picture of what I like to do with my 5 cents after noodling. I give small handful's of these to the beggars and the buskers when I visit the CBD. Good karma
Squire
. This is my third coin of this type, and within my collection it equals the "millennium incuse" in scarcity.
