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Poland
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So, apart from my contest, here's my other new year's "gift". In the form of a topic for discussion, of course  . It's a 18 groszy coin from Danzig, 'beautifully' cleaned and chalk white in hand  . If you had something like this, what would your feelings be? What would you do with a coin like this?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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While it's cleaned, it's still an interesting piece of history. I like older coins and would keep it.  |
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United States
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If you had something like this, what would your feelings be? Why 18? Is there something special about the number? |
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Pillar of the Community
 Poland
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18 groszy was 1/4 of a thaler, or three 6-groszy pieces. I think that's all  |
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Norway
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Why 18? Is there something special about the number? 18 is not so strange, I have seen other denomimations from the same period which really causes one to raise one's eyebrow. For instance: 17 20½ 15 1/4I would love to hear the explanation for these. |
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 United States
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Too bad it has been cleaned, would have liked to see what it looked like before hand.
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Poland
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18 is not so strange I agree, especially for older coinage. I'm thinking of compiling a set of weird coin denominations  |
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Norway
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I agree, especially for older coinage. I'm thinking of compiling a set of weird coin denominations Go for it! I have had such a collection for a long time and it's fun. Among my more interesting ones are 4½, 7½, 12½ (half of 25 is more uncommon than one might think) and, of course, 18. I still miss the ones I mentioned earlier. I've also got 175 but that is a modern commemmorative so I don't think it really counts. |
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United States
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Couldn't one try to get this thing to re-tone? It'll be cleaned for the rest of its life, but couldn't you leave it in the sun and air and let it get back a little bit of attractiveness?
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Germany
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In general I would not buy a coin in such a condition, but depending on how badly I want a particular piece, I may make an exception. And if it was a gift, I would of course keep it. Maybe you could, on some later occasion, tell the person who gave you the coin that cleaning it that way is like taking part of its history away ...
Christian
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Posted 12/31/2008 11:48 am
