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The weather sure was nice for a change and there were plenty of people there too but few sellers had restocked. No images of today's purchases but I managed to find an old 50-öre coin on my short way from the metro to the market. An immediate bonus. On the market I didn't really find anything spectacular. I ended up buying 5 20-pence coins for 10 SEK total for my trip to London tomorrow. Other finds today included £45 in newly exchanged travel money (at a moneychanger's, not the market), combined with leftover pounds at home. It's kind of annoying how everything has to be closed simply because it's Sunday. I would've gone to another moneychanger's that actually buys and sells pound coins but no, they are now closed on Sundays (unlike before). Let's see how next week turns out  |
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If I can give you a tip: don't exchange money at exchange offices. You usually get a horrible rate and pay a lot of commission. It's much, much cheaper to take out cash at the (air)port on arrival and you don't run the risk of ending up with obsolete banknotes. My wife once thought it was a good idea to get cash in advance and exchanged about 300 euro into Turkish Lira, despite me advising her not to. She ended up losing 50 euro in value compared to taking out cash on Istanbul airport.
The only time I actually do exchange money is when there is no other choice left, like in Iran, for example, or in small towns in Ethiopia. Or in special cases, like Florida Street in Buenos Aires.
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10/31/2016 05:23 am
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Well, at least the weekend was not a total loss. Things will turn around soon.
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Sweden
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don't exchange money at exchange offices. You usually get a horrible rate and pay a lot of commission. Definitely a viable tip but I prefer to have a basic amount of money before traveling. Besides, exchange offices usually have more denominations at hand (if the currency is commonly traded in one's country). Otherwise, I did think the rate I paid was outrageous and I think the service is extremely greedy with unexplicable fees and commissions everywhere but sadly that's the reality. The weather gods have officially decided that we needed winter early. Plenty of snow fell last night and it was still snowing when I came to the market, albeit lightly. Cold winds and low temperatures didn't help. Barely any sellers were out. What's interesting though is that there's always someone there, regardless of weather. Usually without coins though. I'm sure the coming Sundays will be harsh in terms of finds, but I'll fight on! |
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Plenty of snow fell last night Too bad that keeps the sellers away. I hope you have better luck next week. |
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Hopefully the sellers will have unpacked their snow gear before next week and will be able to better handle the cold. |
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Sweden
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Well, today was the day for change! The weather today was cloudy but no downfall with temperatures around 3°C. This meant: plenty of sellers (and people in general) Luckily for me, a seller had restocked, and I got myself quite a mix today!   (4x) 2 Kronor, Sweden 2016 (poor storage, worst condition I've seen yet) (2x) 5 Kronor, Sweden 2016 5 Kronor, Sweden 1991 (just common pocket change) 5 Kroner, Norway 1998 (x3), 2000, 2007, 2008 & 2009 (x2) 10 Kroner, Norway 2008 (Henrik Wergeland) 20 Kroner, Norway 1995 50 Cents, Singapore 1997 1 Dollar, Singapore 1995 1 Dollar, Canada 2013 2 Dollars, Canada 1996 2 Zlote, Poland 2008 5 Zlotych, Poland 2016 1 Lira, Turkey 2009 1 Pound, Egypt 2008 1 Dollar, Fiji 1995 1 Rand, South Africa 2007 10 Rublei, Russia 2010 100 Forint, Hungary 1997 20 Shillings, Kenya 1998 50 Sen, Malaysia 2000 5 Mark, West Germany 1976 50 Avos, Macau 1982 50 Thebe, Botswana 1998 5 Francs, Rwanda 1974 1 Cent, Swaziland 1982 For 70 SEK for all things pictured, I think you'll find that this was quite the find. The only sad thing though: no silver! But I'll take this above nothing any day. Really happy with today's finds, especially the new Swedish coins, I haven't got any more of these lately and they are really nice to see again. However, one of the 5-kr coins has a notable edge dent, so this makes the first damaged new coin I've seen so far. I don't commonly get coins in change at the market so I cannot say whether or not these are common there. Notes are though, and I saw a new 100-kr note being passed on today. In addition to these I found a lonely 1-kr coin in the icy slush at a carpark on my way home. Not much but a bonus nonetheless. |
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Wow! You bought a lot today -- plus you found one, too.
Those are very interesting coins. I really like the Rand and the Thebe.
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Russian Federation
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Is the 10 rubles Moscow mint or Saint-Petersburg mint?
2010 is the only year when Saint-Petersburg made regular 10 ruble coins for circulation, and the coin feels like a Saint-Petersburg mint to me but the images aren't good enough to be sure either way.
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What a great assortment of coins.I find the coins from African countries are quite interesting.
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Thanks for all warm comments! Quote:
Is the 10 rubles Moscow mint or Saint-Petersburg mint? I can make out a stylized SPB (in cyrilic) under the eagle's right claw. That should be the mintmark, right? I really find these 10 Ruble coins to be really interesting witht he latent image in the '0'. Cheap coins with an interesting feature! Quote:
I really like the Rand and the Thebe. Quote:
I find the coins from African countries are quite interesting. I fully agree! The Rand was a hole filler and far as as I understand, the 50 Thebe coins should still be in circulation, right? Either way, I'm sure I didn't have a Rwandan or Swaziland coin before, so that adds to the collection of African or "odd locations of the world"-coins (the Macau 50 Avos is included in that collection aswell, for now) |
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I can make out a stylized SPB (in cyrilic) under the eagle's right claw. That should be the mintmark, right?
I really find these 10 Ruble coins to be really interesting witht he latent image in the '0'. Cheap coins with an interesting feature! It's SPMD, but other than that, you're probably right. If so, that makes it extra cool in my mind - I'm not sure why Saint-Petersburg didn't make that denomination in 2013 like they did all the others, but they didn't, so 2010 is their only year for that type (I can be certain of it now, since the type was changed in 2016). And yes, that's an interesting feature! Can't think of many other coins that have something similar (and of those that do, most have significantly higher face values). |
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Well, today was the day for change! The weather today was cloudy but no downfall with temperatures around 3°C. This meant: plenty of sellers (and people in general)
Luckily for me, a seller had restocked, and I got myself quite a mix today! Happy days are here again.  Plenty of nice acquisitions to make up for the past few weeks.  |
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Norway
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You do realize that the 70 NOK in this pic are already worth 77SEK at the moment, right?  It's really a great haul you found! Most of the coins can actually still be spent as legal tender, if you want. The German 5 mark can be exchanged in Germany for about 2.5 euro. Anyway, I'm still a tad envious and still hoping to make it there one day. If you suddenly see a weird guy going berserk on a Sunday, it's probably me.  Quote:
Otherwise, I did think the rate I paid was outrageous and I think the service is extremely greedy with unexplicable fees and commissions everywhere but sadly that's the reality. That's why I use ATMs. All airports have them (except those in Iran and some tiny local airports with only small domestic flights). Saves a lot of this kind of trouble and gets you better rates. Sometimes a 'mandatory' purchase of a bottle of water or a small snack is required to get some small change for a bus, train or taxi, but that's no big issue. Edited by UltraRant
11/14/2016 12:06 pm
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Sweden
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I definitely picked up most of what was avalible last week. Today I did find some pieces I forgot to take last week. No interesting new coins were visible.   50 Cents, Kenya 1980 1 Rand, South Africa 1995 5 Rand, South Africa 1994 5 Cents, Cyprus 1992 10 Kroner, Denmark 2004 1 Shilling, Tanzania 1982 We'll see how the coming week turn out, I believe there will be cmore to come, but not very soon. Also the weather is key, luckily today was a nice autumn day with sun and very little snow left. A little bit cold but that's it. See you next week  |
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