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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi everyone, I'm relatively new to numismatics. Anyway, my grandpa collected a whole bunch of foreign coins and he gave them to me last year!
I organized everything and found I had coins from 20 countries, excluding my own, Canada.
They are: P.R. of China, Hong Kong, Macau, North Korea, Japan, Thailand, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Germany(West and United), Czezh(Rep. and Czechoslovak), Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Soviet Union, Malaysia, Botswana, Luxembourg,USA.
This week, couple of my friends generously donated some coins of their home countries, including UAE, India and Sri Lanka.
I thought I might just share that with everyone!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great news, bridging the gaps in the world through numismatics. Thats Great
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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That's a great start, SportsWriter. Have fun building on that collection. Steve  |
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Valued Member
 Canada
107 Posts |
Thanks to both! I liked what scoutjim99 said: "bridging the gaps in the world through numismatics." For the SOviet Union, I've got a BU set that has coins of 1 kopek to 1 ruble and what looks like a medallion from the Leningrad Mint. I thought that was pretty cool
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you can Post some pics . greta to have you here!
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Valued Member
Finland
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Nice start set! which denominations and dates do you have from Finland? I'd like to see some pictures too  |
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Valued Member
Canada
107 Posts |
Okay, I'll try to get some pics up. As for Finland, I've got 1991 10 penni, 1992 50 penni, 1990 one markka, 1993 one markka, 1990 five markaa and 1993 ten markka. I also received a Singaporean dollar yesterday!
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Valued Member
Canada
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Sorry, there seems to be a problem with uploadin the pictures right now, I'll try later tonight or tomorrow.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Your well on your way to getting a "One from every Country" collection. 20 countries, if you go thru the foreign coin bin at a local coin shop you should be able to get a few more countries. The good thing is Foreign coins are often very cheap and have interesting designs and are full of history.
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Valued Member
Canada
107 Posts |
Went to a coin show today, I saw some foreign bins, but they were mainly very small denoms and since I still lack knowledge in this area, I didn't urge myself to buy anything. It is true that they're cheap. I'm mainly a Canadian/American collector.
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Pillar Of The Community
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The call of the darkside is strong! Give in to the force Sports Writer and join the the thrill of world collecting!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Sports Writer, what year is the Soviet mint? There are some extreme rare years and some of them are going well over 600USD!
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Valued Member
Canada
107 Posts |
My Soviet set is actually pretty interesting. It was minted in 1989!! So I guess that was the last Soviet year ever? Is that considered a key date?
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Valued Member
Canada
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ALso, I've got 3 commemoratives from the Soviets. One was Lenin's 100th, Musurgsky's 150th and the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution.
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Posted 02/15/2007 06:21 am
