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Just the fact that a board for 100 of them measures just 9x9 cm tells you a lot about their size...
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I love the continued contributions to this thread.  |
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United States
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Almost forgot about this one:  Still stumbling through ancient Chinese coinage, but I am led to belive that this coin is called a "goose eye" Wu zhu, open to various interpretations as being cast in the 1st century BC, or during the catastrophic currency reforms of Wang Mang, 7-25 AD. The inscription wu zhu was supposed to guarantee the weight of the coin at 5 zhu, or equivalent to 500 grains of millet. These coins were usually about the size of a quarter, albeit with a hole. |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Bangladesh 1 Poisha 1974 #5 16mm  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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United States
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Lots of cool coins, folks. Thanks for sharing. This one's not excessively tiny (15 mm, it's sitting on a dime for reference) but I don't think we've had any of these in this thread yet. The Russians have controlled Finland on and off over the centuries, with one of the longest stretches from 1809-1917. The Diet of Porvoo gave Finland considerable autonomy, and they even kept their own money instead of switching to rubles and kopeki. But the coins were still issued by the tsar, and bore his monograph (albeit a different monograph than the one featured on contemporary Russian coins); this one was Alexander II.   |
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I've posted these in a few forum threads.. They are what I had left over when I stopped selling coins in 2006.. Around 2001 when ebay had gone Global, I purchased thousands of error coins from India in 500 & 1,000 coin lots.. After 2 or 3 large purchases, the seller offered me some 17th Century Gold Fanams of India for around $4. each (that I would turnover for $6-8 each.. At the same time I was buying and selling scrap Gold & Silver, and tested the Gold Fanams with my Electronic Gold Tester.. Each piece tested at 14kt..   |
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My submission, Found in a coinstar reject slot, with a 45 s merc for scale also found at a coinstar:   One of my favorite "Communist coins" from coinstar. |
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Here's another samll communist coin, barely making the cutoff at 17 mm... East Germany 1 Pfennig, 1968-A Interesting fact: on German coins, the "A" mintmark normally stands for Berlin, but on East German coins, the "A" mintmark was used for coins minted in Leningrad.   |
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My submission, Found in a coinstar reject slot, with a 45 s merc for scale also found at a coinstar: Nice find! |
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United States
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Lots of cool and tiny coins in this thread. Got this one from a fellow CCF member. Dia= 16mm Weight= 1.41gm. Metal Comp= .925 Silver  Edited by MontCollector
01/15/2017 3:37 pm
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Very nice! |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Newfoundland 5 Cents 1943 #19 15.69mm  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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You don't realize how bad their condition is until you take a photo of them. All these scratches!  German Empire silver 20 pfennig:   |
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Newfoundland 5 Cents 1943 #19 15.69mm My old avatar's little brother. |
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Won this one(For my wifes collection) in a Forum Contest...Thanks again DL20K. 2015 Polish 1 Grosz (15.5mm). Sitting on US Dime. Didn't notice smudges until I got it under my camera lighting.   |
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