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Moderator
 Australia
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I've had an American 20 cent coin on my wantlist since before I joined this forum. It hasn't been easy for me finding one, not even the common garden-variety 1875-S type. I've never seen or heard of one being sold by a local dealer or auction house here in Australia. And trying to find one on ebay has been frustrating. Sure, ebay USA usually has plenty of 20 cents on offer at any one time, but very few of the ones I found there whenever I looked allowed for shipping to Australia; most were USA Only. The few coins I did find from sellers that were prepared to ship to Australia either frankly didn't look the best, or were slabbed - and I wasn't going to pay a premium for a slabbed coin when it wasn't going to be staying in a slab once I got it. I couldn't use ebay Australia to search for them, either, because the 20 cent denomination is a common Australian coin, and searching through hundreds of "20 cents" trying to find American ones was like looking for a particular piece of hay in a haystack. I finally got lucky with this offering. The price was right, and even though the only international shipping option he gave seemed awfully pricey, it was certainly worth it. I've never received an item from the US so quickly - it was here in six days, and that included a weekend when Australia Post doesn't deliver. And here are my scans of it:  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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Pillar of the Community
Australia
9414 Posts |
Well worth the wait, Sap. Nice looking coin. Steve  |
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New Member
Canada
27 Posts |
Congratulations on striking an item off the wish list! It's always nice to get a coin that you've been searching for...so you can start the next search!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2130 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Yeah, I am still looking, and have been for some years. I have had the same problems locating a pleasing example for exactly the same set of reasons.
Congratulations.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2797 Posts |
Sap, Congrats on your acquisition. You know if you would have mentioned to us that this was on your list, folks here would be coming out of the woodwork to help out.  What other "unfulfilled" desires are on that list?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
Whoop whoop!  Nice looking coin! These are hard to find in nice condition no matter where you are. Spent quite a long time looking for the one in my 7070. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1348 Posts |
The ebay picture doesn;t do that coin justice. Good find. Congrats |
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Moderator
 Australia
16835 Posts |
Quote:You know if you would have mentioned to us that this was on your list, folks here would be coming out of the woodwork to help out. I did. It's always been in my forum wantlist, both the old thread and new thread, and I even posted a separate want thread here, in case any helpful American forum members didn't notice it buried there in the main list. Quote:
What other "unfulfilled" desires are on that list? I'll be putting a new wantlist out in the next week or so (please don't use either of those old wantlists; they're out of date). The only other US coin denomination I don't have and would like a representative of is the half-cent. 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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Pillar of the Community
United States
2797 Posts |
Alright, you got me.  I did see that list but failed to see that entry 3/4 of the way down the page. I shall pay more attention henceforth. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8904 Posts |
Congrats Sap! Nice pickup!  |
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Moderator
United States
188770 Posts |
Very nice! I lost a chance to get the perfect Twenty Cent coin for my 7070. Well, perfect for my collection. And I did not lose the chance and much as I gave it way.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
very nice looking coin .. much better than the one I have in my 7070
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1304 Posts |
Very nice Twenty Cent coin, Congrats. I was just reading about these in this months Numismatist magazine. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3234 Posts |
I love the 20-centers! I wouldn't mind getting the one year 20-center from Canada!
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Posted 02/01/2011 07:32 am
