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Rest in Peace
United States
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 Me too. We got 8 inches of snow and it is still snowing. So it is a good day to stay indoors -- except to shovel snow and brush snow off the junipers which are bending under the weight of the snow. Other than that -- a lazy day for me too! I hope you have better weather next week. |
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 Sweden
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Lucky thing I live in a flat But worst of all is that I'll have to worry about scraping off all ice that's on the car next time I need to use it. It's a few degrees below freezing now so it's not just gonna disappear by itself if I put it off for long. Luckily I pretty much only use public transport for my commuting  |
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 United States
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No new finds today. It was snowing the night before and aswell all day today. The forecast said it would snow and so it did. It wasn't worth the effort...  Quote:
so I had a completely lazy Sunday instead. Works aswell! Nothing wrong with a lazy day!  |
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Norway
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No new finds today. It was snowing the night before and aswell all day today. The forecast said it would snow and so it did. It wasn't worth the effort, so I had a completely lazy Sunday instead. Works aswell! Sometimes I use such lost days to go through my stuff and it's remarkable what 'new' things I find then... Quote:
Did you have the opportunity to visit the exhibit of the new coins at Norges Bank in Oslo? Banknotes, you mean? Anyway, no, I didn't. I'm not much at home at the moment so I simply don't have time. In fact, I just found out that of all the Christmas gifts I bought this year, only about 2% is bought in Norway... the rest's junk from abroad... I might be around on December 23rd, but I seriously doubt if the bank is open then. |
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Germany
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@UltraRant: Of course, I meant the exhibition of the new banknotes at Norges Bank  By the way, it was open just for one week. |
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Japan
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The 90% silver Japanese 1 yen coins are quite expensive on ebay, but you can find them at more reasonable prices in Japan. I found this one at a weekend antique market recently. Although it appears to have been cleaned, it's still a nice coin. Meiji 22, 1889. 4000 yen, or $34 USD / 32 EUR  Edited by Dnas
12/15/2016 7:18 pm
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Sweden
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4000 Yen? I've got about 2500 lying around at home! I can almost afford this Nice find! I'm always sceptical to large, crown sized coins on markets, but so far I've been safe. I do like all of them though |
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Sweden
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New stuff for sale means new stuff for me! Today brought mostly silver coins from the region, some of which a little bit more interesting than others...   10 Øre, Denmark 1917 10 Öre, Sweden 1942 10 Öre, Sweden 1954 & 1961 25 Öre, Sweden 1960 50 Øre, Norway 1899 1 Krone, Norway 1914 1 Krone, Denmark 1915 1 Cent, Canada 1979 25 Cents, Canada 1969 10 Schlling, Austria 1974 All this for 160 SEK. What I didn't see straight off was the hairlines and old, retoned cleaning jobs on both 1-krone coins Particularily visible on the obvserse sides of the coins. I should have known, oh well. Atleast they're both new, less-common coins types I've been looking after for a while now |
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United States
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Glad to see some good buys. I do like this mix. |
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Sweden
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Perhaps not too surprising, but I didn't attend the market today, nor will I next week.
Although Christmas Day isn't eventful at all in Sweden (or most northern parts of Europe, we get it all done on Christmas Eve), it is an almost completely uneventful day. I've been packing and preparing for a plane trip and I'll be gone over the next Sunday aswell (which will probably be very uneventful too). See you in two weeks!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Germany
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Norway
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Just for the idea, but in any Norwegian coin shop that 50 Øre coin would cost you at least twice what you paid for the whole lot. More likely three or four times that.
So, I'd say this has been a mega-catch! Congrats!
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United States
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Take care. We shall be waiting.  |
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Sweden
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Two weeks passed and here I am. I had a nice and safe trip, and the Sunday Market was going on as usual, this time with snow!  Despite the cold weather scaring away some sellers I did still fetch myself a small bunch of coins, so I'd say today was definitely worth it.   10 Santimu, Latvia 1922 20 Centesimi, Italy 1913 50 Penniä, Finland 1890 25 Cents, Canada 1968 100 Markaa, Finland 1958 1 Rappen, Switzerland 1900 10 Markaa, Finland 1953 50 Markaa, Finland 1953 1 Krone, Norway 1972 2 Cents, Eastern Caribbean 1955 All this for a measy 30 SEK. The 50 Penniä coin has a very lovely colour tone to it, makes it look like a real "antique" coin. Rest assured it was an album upgrade. I am back on track, next Sunday will most likely be a market day aswell. Looking forward to then  |
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