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This thread will be for all the coins I pick up. So, to start out, here are the coins I got yesterday. 1797 Spanish 2 reales (first colonial Spanish!) $9.99 1908 toned German 1 mark $8.50 1863 toned Brazilian 20 reis $1.04 1933 Hong Kong penny $1.34     Edited by Heavington
03/27/2016 4:09 pm
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Nice. How about telling us what you pay for them when you post also. John1  |
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Added what I payed for them, I feel like I might have over-payed for the 1 mark. The next lot I have coming will be pretty good  . |
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It figures that the two I like would cost the most John1 |
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United States
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Nothing too special, this is from ebay and flea markets, sadly two of my coins were sacrificed to the post office gods  . Hopefully the 1902 Spanish 1 pestas won't end up there too. On to the coins! 60 English pennies - $19.98 1921 P morgan - $19.50 1855 French 5 centimes - $1 1941 Australian penny - $.66 1945 Ceylon one cent - $.66 1913 Belgium 25 centimes - $.66 Roman coin - $7    Edited by Heavington
04/03/2016 2:41 pm
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Today was a very good day, whoever got my mail was kind enough to return it. Plus I got some more coins today. 1937 Toned British half penny - $3.70 1942 British half crown - $4.25 1921 British half crown - $4.30 1921 British florin - $3.27 1928 and 1945 Netherlands 25 cents - $2.98 1923-S American dollar - $20.50 1909-S Philippines peso - $10.49 1902 Spanish peseta - $3.25         |
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 Heavington! That Morgan dollar is Grungy Cool looking, can you get a better, closer picture  |
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Probably my last new pickup for awhile, I need to start preparing for prom and of course it is on the day of the next flea market . Anyway here are my latest additions, with two MIA Canadian large cents which are hopefully on the way. Netherlands 1906 toned 2.5 cents - $1.78 Italy 1863 10 centesimi - $4.25 British Eat India 1 cent - $5.24 Russia 1863 20 kopek - $8.76 Russia 1811 10 kopek (weakly struck date) - $13.00     |
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Went on a Sunday again, I hope I can start going Saturdays again, but something always got in the way (thanks prom). Hardly any coin finds, though I did find some nice military memorabilia that I'm not going to post. Russia EM 1765 5 kopeks: $15.00 Jersey 1/12 of a shilling: $1.04 Austrian 1 kreuzer: $1.04 1940's coin bank: $10.00        Edited by Heavington
05/01/2016 7:49 pm
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Could not buy anything local, with my AP tests over and my finals about to begin, time just would not allow me to . I did buy a lot of coins on the internet though, with one of the dealers finding an interesting way to store his coins, so much so that It is hard to get them out of the holders, so that is where they will remain . So hard in-fact that I'm only going to do the front sides of the coins, to conserve time and space. Got all of them for under $60. 1936 Un Bolivar Venezuela 1886 1 lira, the picture looks terrible, but those splotches are red toning 1935 Guinean shilling  The tiny coins: 1899 Russia 1/2 kopek, extremely lustrous 1921 5 cents Straits Settlement 2 toned 10 kopeks Russia  1892 20 heller Austria (key date!)  1887 5 ore Norway   1934 1/2 Balboa Panama (key date!) 1875 1 Krone Denmark  Gosh these coin holders are annoying, I'll eventually move all of them to flips. I'm just going to list the rest  . 1927 and 1939 1 mil Palestine 1942 2 mil Palestine 1897 and 1912 10 Pennia Finland 1866 and 1872 5 Pennia Finland 1867 1/2 Skilling Norway 1914 1 cent Honduras 1912 barber half United States (it is still being shipped) Edited by Heavington
05/21/2016 4:25 pm
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At this stage, your collection is pretty eclectic - just the way mine has been trending as of late. I think it's certainly good to start off as a generalist, and it's no numismatic sin to remain one.
Offhand, I don't see anything that I'd judge you were "ripped off" on, and it's very much to your benefit that you have a flea market that is a source of decent material, although I'd caution you to be especially on guard for counterfeits in such venues. What you're discovering is that world coins are mostly undervalued in the United States, but try not to be too seduced by low prices alone (like I should talk), but look for quality and condition to make the bargain a real one.
In that vein, I'd advise you to go easy on the likes of the circulated Morgans. For not too much more than you've been paying, I've found that BU specimens can be pretty readily had. But I do think you're wise in scooping up 19th century (or even earlier) coinage in general.
Two other bits of advice. I'd recommend posting your finds more individually in the appropriate subforums where experts in the specific issue can readily zero in on them and then give you valuable feedback. And I'd also say work on your photographic skills so as to to facilitate those evaluations.
Colligo ergo sum
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My coin collecting is as wide as my military collecting, if its 1945 and back, I buy it. As for my camera work, my hands are a bit shaky and by a bit I mean a lot. It is a bit annoying at times, but has never hurt me so I never really got it checked out  . I formatted this thread like the one I have have on war relics forum, the point was never really to ask about authenticity, it was just to show what I find, though if you ever see a fake by all means call it out  . http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attic...inds-437594/This is the warrelics thread I have used for years. It is hard for me to read the first few pages, because God did I really type like that and say those things? Man 13 year old me must have been an annoyance  . (Warning: I buy Third Reich related memorabilia, if you are disturbed by that sort of thing, don't click the link). I've never really thought about the BU morgan prices, but your completely right, my three BU morgans have only cost me $10 more at the max, funny I never really saw that before. Edited by Heavington
05/22/2016 02:13 am
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Great coins you've got there. I wish there were more coins on flea markets in Berlin :(
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Thank you, I wish there were more military items here, I have friends who show me all of their finds in the EU and may I say I am quite jealous . |
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Thanks for sharing that link to that Military memorabilia forum, Heavington!
It just so happens I, too, collect Military memorabilia (mostly US second world war, I have a few packs (m-1928, m-1936, and a nice m-1945 pack (top and bottom) dated 1945, medals, an M-1 helmet, etc.)
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