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Valued Member
Slovenia
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Yesterday I went to a shop that mostly sells bullion and bought a 2017 silver Kookaburra and - in the light of my certain recent career sucess - I also bought my first gold coin. And since I collect coins with image of Franz Joseph I, I figured that a gold restrike of dukat would be a perfect start. The coin is tiny, only 3,49 g (I have no idea how they came up with this weight), but it's gold and mine and my first. But the real fun started later. I bought those two coin on my way to my parents house where I'll stay for the weekend. Upon my arrival my mother told me that her aunt has left an envolope for me. And that it feels like coins inside it. Indeed, upon opening it, I found silver Hungarian 5 Corona 1909 (Franz Joseph I.) and a well worn 20 kreutzer 1805E. Minted in Transylvania, nontheless :D As a plus, in the envolope was a 1931 1000 dinar banknote from Kingdom of SHS. I'm really happy with the 5 corona coin since I didn't have that type yet. And the 20 kreuztzer . Well, it's worn, and in quite a bad shape, but it was minted in Translyvania and it's silver :D And as for the banknote . The condition is actually quite good, and for some reason I just love those big sheets that was paper money some 80 or so years ago. Hard to lose it. Difficult to fit in anything but a briefcase :D Ok, I'll stop writing ;) Here's some quick photos I took.       Edited by Dagaz
01/28/2017 03:58 am
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Moderator
 United States
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Nice Kookaburra and Dukat. Getting coin and paper currency as gifts is a good surprise  |
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Valued Member
 Slovenia
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I agree. And for no specific reason. Well, maybe it's an early birthday present ;)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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definitely sounds like a great day!
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Moderator
United States
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To have your smilies show up correctly, you should place the brackets around them. This ;) becomes this  when you enter it like this [ ;) ] |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Those Ducat restrikes are an impressive coin, Very nice choice for your first Gold coin  |
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United States
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my first gold coin Nice!  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Valued Member
Lithuania
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Super! It's a perfect start point to collect the Austro-Hungarian Empire!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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We all should have nice days like that .. |
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Valued Member
Slovenia
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Apart from 20 corona coin, this will probably be my only Austro-Hungarian gold coin for a long time  Alos, thanx for the tip on smilies  Edited by Dagaz
01/28/2017 10:24 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It was a good day for coins. It was very nice of your mother's aunt to give her little collection. Nice to keep it in the family. Enjoy.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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A wonderful story and great photos of your finds. It's always nice to hear of good things happening for good coin collectors.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
684 Posts |
Do an acetone treatment on the 20 kreutzer, probably PVC damage. Pure acetone for 24 hours, dump it, then five minute soak, dump it, then a quick rinse in acetone.
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Valued Member
United States
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A great day for all currency indeed!
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Valued Member
United States
467 Posts |
That is an awesome event and day!
Congrats on the new items, thanks for the pics!
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Valued Member
United States
137 Posts |
Great pieces! The next time my LCS gets a Kookaburra in stock, I will hopefully be purchasing it  |
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