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What's your favorite foreign (non US) coin? (Must be in your collection!) Post pics! :)
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Of the ones posted to CCF so far, I guess it would be: France -- 1855 100 francs:   I like the reverse design. |
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I altered your title a little.  This forum and its members cover the entire world, so "foreign coin" needed to be a little more specific  |
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Actually the coin that started my Birth Year Set 1968 Irish Penny   |
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  Pretty much all of the USSR coins but I only have 2. Maybe it's because those coins mean something to my family or just because of the designs or that I can read what they say, maybe all of that combined. Would it be wrong if I say that I also like the nazi coins  Edited by Hello There
07/30/2015 12:58 am
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You said nothing about Ancients :-) Double-struck Valens.   swcoin.ecrater.com
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Canadian silver dollars or British half crowns (silver or nickel). I would say crowns but I'm not a huge fan of the reverse designs of most. Whereas the half crowns, which are still a large coin, have beautiful and intricate coats of arms on the reverse.
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It is technically a coin.   |
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Type, what is that? Wow, interesting!
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Too bad it's broken. (Them things is fragile)
It's called Chinese knife money.
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I kinda like pre-decimal British half pennies 1937-1970 because of the reverse--the Golden Hind.   |
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Type, what is that? Wow, interesting! It's a Qi Knife from the State if Qi during the Warring States Period of China's history. Archeologists and researchers' best estimates say this coin was cast sometime between 400 and 220 BC. Qi knives are some of the most impressive and famous coins in China's history. These coins are also heavily counterfeited. Being broken almost guarantees authenticity (and everyone I have shown it to has said it is genuine), and also makes this coin very affordable. Intact specimens rarely go for less than $1000, and I have seen some go for over $2000. Broken coins like this normally fetch 10% of intact value. http://www.stacksbowers.com/AuctionArchive.aspxType in Qi in the search box. Edited by TypeCoin971793
07/30/2015 9:00 pm
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Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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My 1943 Franc  Its got an axe on it! Not to mention it is 70+ years old and made of aluminum, so disproves completely the theory that aluminum coins wont work cause not only did this one survive WW2, but until today as well. Seeing I found it in a roll of quarters, it probably went around for a while as an arcade token, and through the mass rolling machines to end up with me from the Brinks plastic rolls. Someone want to tell me aluminum coins don't work, explain how I have this one? (pic not of my coin but from a reference site. My coin actually looks better than this. Sorry my tablet camera quality wasn't the 1.3 mp it was supposed to be, but I got it for a book reader not a camera.) Edited by shadz
07/31/2015 12:31 am
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