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Rupiah
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« Reply #135 on: February 24, 2013, 01:28:42 am »

it has to be worth at least 1.25 cents!!!


That's 25% return on face value  ::)

Wonder what paper money would say if it could talk?
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« Reply #136 on: February 24, 2013, 01:35:30 am »


2 x 62 (this is the find of the day...A nice RED double 962...WOW!  :) )
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Nice pictures. What camera/lens/settings do you use for these close-ups?

I recently found some die chips on new loonies and would like to photograph them.

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« Reply #137 on: February 24, 2013, 09:39:23 am »

I used a Nikon coolpics point and shoot.  Under a lamp, using 400ISO and macro with no flash.  It's tricky to get the camera to focus so it took several tries.


Here are the finds from the second box from yesterday.

1 x 40
1 x 48
1 x 57
2 x 61
1 x 62
7 x 63 (1 red)
8 x 64
4 x 65
6 x 66
7 x 67
11 x 68 (1 red)
9 x 69

UK
1 x 1986 penny
1 x 2000 penny

Foreign
???  1996.  Can anyone help me out with this coin?  My guess is it's from the former Soviet Union somewhere.

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Thanks,
Dean

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« Reply #138 on: February 24, 2013, 10:15:49 am »

Foreign
1996.  Can anyone help me out with this coin?  My guess is it's from the former Soviet Union somewhere.

Good guess, the coin is from Tajikistan (25 diram).
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« Reply #139 on: February 24, 2013, 11:41:13 pm »

AZ are u good at identifying world coins?

I have a pile of 'em and have no idea where they're from or what they may be worth..
Willing to help me out a bit?
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« Reply #140 on: February 25, 2013, 12:30:56 am »

5 rolls of 2012 pennies!!! sweet deal!!


Yeah, and I'm not charging 20 bucks for one roll like the RCM!  LOL

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« Reply #141 on: February 25, 2013, 12:32:46 am »



Foreign
???  1996.  Can anyone help me out with this coin?  My guess is it's from the former Soviet Union somewhere.

{http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9046/foreign002.jpg:http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9046/foreign002.th.jpg}

{http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7922/foreign003.jpg:http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7922/foreign003.th.jpg}

Thanks,
Dean


Oops...The coin from Tajikstan was a 2006 as you can clearly see from my photo...Not 1996. 

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« Reply #142 on: February 25, 2013, 07:21:42 am »

AZ are u good at identifying world coins?

I have a pile of 'em and have no idea where they're from or what they may be worth..
Willing to help me out a bit?

Sure, I can do that. PM me and let me know how you want to proceed.
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« Reply #143 on: March 01, 2013, 05:50:51 pm »

I've scored $39 more in pennies today from the bank...I wonder what's inside???   ;D

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« Reply #144 on: March 02, 2013, 12:36:35 am »

Got a 2012 old style toonie today

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« Reply #145 on: March 02, 2013, 11:15:06 am »

Got a 2012 old style toonie today

Cool.  I haven't found either of the old style loonies or toonies yet...

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« Reply #146 on: March 02, 2013, 11:40:58 am »

Nice find Rupiah!   I haven't found one yet.   

  Smile from your heart.  ;D
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« Reply #147 on: March 03, 2013, 11:12:52 am »

I think I was lucky early last  year, and didn't realize it at the time. I had gotten a (old style) 2012 loonie and saved it because it was the first 2012 coin I had seen. At the time, I had no idea the new design was in the works.
I don't think I've ever seen a 2012 old style loonie since then.

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« Reply #148 on: March 03, 2013, 01:05:22 pm »

Has you tried one of those steam cleaners with a nozzle to clean coins?
Less aggressive than an eraser in a drill!!
In the commercials, the dirt and crud seems to "melt" off of whatever they are demonstrating it on!

I'd like to know how it works if you try it b4 I do.

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« Reply #149 on: March 03, 2013, 01:42:26 pm »

Personally, I would always advise against any type of coin cleaning. A cleaned coin will have lost most, if not all, of any numismatic premium value. I know from my days when I used to be an avid coin collector, that almost without exception, collectors will avoid cleaned, whizzed, dipped, any sort of cleaned or treated coin. To me, it's roughly the numismatic equivalent of a pressed note.
However, of course, if a collection is simply for the beauty of it, as opposed to accumulating numismatic value, clean away!

 

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