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Bedrock of the Community
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Very interesting tokens, nautilator!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Nepal 4 Paisa 1955: "Bullet Paisa". These coins were minted with planchets made from .303 Lee-Enfield cartridges used by Gurkha soldiers during World War II. The spent primer was removed and the end of the casing was ground off for the coin.  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very interesting, HondoB! Very cool.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you, Errers! I thought it was an interesting issue.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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wow, that is a cool coin Hondo.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you, Dearborn!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Nepal 4 Paisa 1955: "Bullet Paisa". These coins were minted with planchets made from .303 Lee-Enfield cartridges used by Gurkha soldiers during World War II. Amazing!  |
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Not really a "coin", but interesting unusual and rare (in terms of refined availability) metal . Scandium metal.  Edited by JohnQPublic
03/07/2026 3:13 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very interesting, JohnQPublic. Errers and Varietys.
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yeah, very interesting indeed |
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You know, if material collecting ever takes off, countries might end up doing some element series coins. Scandium is one of the few feasible metals that hasn't been tried yet.
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Not really a "coin", but interesting unusual and rare (in terms of refined availability) metal . Scandium metal. Excellent! |
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2006 5 Australes Fantasy Coin; Fred Richard Zinkann; Falkland Islands; Tantalum (6.8g); 22mm dia; 1.5mm thickness   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice addition, JQP. Errers and Varietys.
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Oh yes. Fred Zinkann made a number of interesting fantasy coins c. 1989. Some include metals that are otherwise not seen anywhere else in numismatics, such as rhenium and hafnium.
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