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Korea, Republic Of
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I went to Hoehyeon Underground Shopping Center today with few of my collecting buddies. The reason? There are at least two dozen coin shops there, some that are excellent to buy from. So without noticing, I guess I celebrated the "National Coin Week" of the US. What I bought were Korean Yongjae 1,5,10, and 100 Won notes, a nice XF 1973 Korean 10000 Won note, and a XF Korean Namdaemun 500 Won notes. Also 3 Korean commemoratives and a Korean 50 Hwan coin, along with a freebie Russian coin of some sort. I also visited the Money Museum (it is huge), and bought an uncut 1000 Won set. The guys at the shops were nice and gave some discount, and I practically stole the 10000 Won note. 40% off! And without hesitation, this is today's haul:              I am getting closer to finishing the Korean Won banknote type set. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Saw the first picture and thought "Wow that is one HECK of a haul!"
Russian piece looks like one of their recent 10 ruble city issues.
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 Korea, Republic Of
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 I wish that they were all mine! thanks for the ID on the Russian. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I am so jealous of you having two dozen coin shops in one place!
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 United States
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Nice acquisitions.  |
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Canada
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Russian coin is part of a series like U.S. State Quarters - Constituents of the Russian Federation (there are oblasts, republics, krais, municipalities, very diverse). You have Moscow! There is also a "Russian Cities of Military Glory" series, but those show a little picture of the actual city, not its shield or emblem. Imagine that this is like a coin commemorating the District of Columbia, instead of the city of Washington DC. Bimetallic 10-ruble coins are endless, I love them! |
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Russian Federation
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The Russian coin isn't actually from either of the city series (there are technically two of these going on, Ancient Cities of Russia in bimetallic and Cities of Military Glory in monometallic) - it's the Federal City of Moscow coin in the region series  (but you're right on it being 10 ruble; I think it's from 2005 but it probably has the date on the other side anyway). Cool bunch of coins either way. EDIT: ninja-d by nalaberong to correct a bit, Ancient Cities of Russia is the one that shows a little picture, and also the one that is bimetallic; Cities of Military Glory does indeed have the city shield, but these coins are monometallic, so won't really be confused anyway (and I don't think Moscow is in that series). Edited by january1may
04/23/2014 3:31 pm
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Canada
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Oh, I actually didn't know what series the monometallics were!
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Korea, Republic Of
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Thank you for the identification, fellow members!
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Australia
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Very nice! I don't collect banknotes but I am tempted. Some of the earlier Korean coins are just too difficult to locate and rarely appear in the market these days despite how much I am willing to pay. Who knows, maybe the sellers reckon it's not a good time to sell and therefore holding them back. Maybe I should pop in there and see what it is like. I may be able to find what I am looking for. Here's my collection of the early Korean coinage - http://gxseries.com/numis/koreatype/koreatype.htmIf you can get your hands on some of them at a good price, I reckon it's not always not late to start. |
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