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Valued Member
United States
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I have been through the most intense history and geography lesson you could ever imagine with all these coins I have. I still have 30,000 or so small and I mean about as big as my pinky nail to go through. I think I am losing my mind!  Edited by warjag
04/29/2009 8:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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losing my mind!  Then you are definitely in good company here! Every new coin is a new history lesson. And I would not have it any other way  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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G'day, it was foreign coins that got me hooked as a boy.
I learned some language, history, art, politics, geography ...
we have a great hobby !
Peter in Oz
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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It's an amazing hobby isn't it. World coins literally opens the whole world to you. Geography, history, language, numerics.
The best thing is there is always more to learn, because there are always so many more coins to collect.
One day I hope to know as much as Sap!
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 Australia
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 I have to say, even after years of collecting coins of all sorts from ancient to modern, that nothing gives me a thrill like picking up a coin from some obscure country I've never heard of before, then going and researching the place and time of origin of that coin. Coins. They're miniature metallic time capsules.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
 United States
198 Posts |
Sap I am beginning to realize this.I have not turned the TV on in 5 weeks!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Moderator
Australia
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Warjag explained in his introduction thread that he's sorting through a roomful of foreign coins stockpiled by a coin dealer. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Going through a 20-pound assortment of foreign coins is like going through buried treasure for me. Some of the grubby-looking coins I've discovered have been worth $10-50 apiece. But for me the most useful activity has been "decoding" dates and numbers in languages previously unfamiliar to me - Chinese/Korean/Japanese, Thai, Arabic, even Indian languages. Yep - a real treat.
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Valued Member
United States
198 Posts |
Yes PLS that is where I think I am going to find some real treasures.
And fun!
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United States
198 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
198 Posts |
Wow I finally posted a picture. This has " Our Country" on the other side. I was just posting to see if I could get it to work.
A civil war token.
I know wrong topic spot
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United States
198 Posts |
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United States
198 Posts |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Yeah, the world coins really are a great way to learn about different countries and the history they hold. The members of CCF never cease to amaze me with their knowledge of other entities and their currencies and I reckon it keeps it very fresh and interesting for me. Sometimes I get a bit bogged down, but it only takes a new coin and a different tangent and I'm off again! |
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