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Brazil to Puerto Rico - 20 Centavos 1895  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Puerto Rico to Bermuda 1959 Crown   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you, IGE! I picked it up at a coin show last Friday.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bermuda to Bahamas - 1 Dollar 1970  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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really beautiful coins, Rob, Hondo, & Indian ... Bahamas, to Spain ... FYI: "billon" refers to a mix of copper & silver, with the silver being less than 50% ... usually much less, as in the case here...all but undetectable (.003) ... makes one ask: what's the point?...  Edited by mrwiskers
08/22/2025 4:41 pm
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Spain to France (1 euro cent 2017):  |
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all but undetectable (.003) ... makes one ask: what's the point? mrwiskers, it dates back to the Pragmática of Medina del Campo in 1497 that set weights and relationships between ducats, reales, and billon. Unfortunately I can't quickly find an English version of it. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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France to Italy - 10 Centesimi 1940  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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thanks for the info, Hondo ...I have other billon coins of much higher silver content ... now, ya got me to researchin' ...
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Italy to Slovenia - 2003 50 tolarjev  |
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Brazil to Puerto Rico - 20 Centavos 1895 Hondo, if I remember correctly, that's the first coin I posted here in the " Coin Geography Game".. Nice!  IndianGoldEagle, mrwiskers, NumisRob, triggersmob, and Hondo: Lovely coins, thanks for posting them... Edited by CoinForMe
08/23/2025 07:36 am
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Slovenia to Hungary 1587 Thaler   |
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Fantastic coin, Keith!
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