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Paul Von Stetina
Location: Deep Shit
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 Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:25 pm Reply with quote
I've been collecting coins since I was a kid, so for me this is pretty cool, the US penny is getting a makeover this year,  look!
Is anyone else besides me a coin collector or Numismatist?
And if so, what's your favorite coin?
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sonic3
Location: Devon, UK
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:30 pm Reply with quote
I dont collect coins, but i was given a canadian silver dollar 15 years ago.
Dont know if its worth anything.
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sonic3
Location: Devon, UK
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:33 pm Reply with quote
I think its 1965, and condition is not too bad. Only a few minor scratches.
It has a picture of an indian in a canoe
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rockyjob
Location: Anywhere but where I am.
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:40 pm Reply with quote
I have a 1879 penny which is huge, IN pretty good condition, from my great great great grandfather.
I collect all the states coins, just missing alaska and hawaii and coins from all over the place.  New penny sounds cool, I'll have to get it when I visit u.s again. 
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Paul Von Stetina
Location: Deep Shit
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:45 pm Reply with quote
sonic3 wrote: I think its 1965, and condition is not too bad. Only a few minor scratches.
It has a picture of an indian in a canoe
is this it?
Pre 1964 were mostly pure silver, your coin is prob. @ 40%, the best way to see what it's worth is to find one like it on ebay, and see what it's going for.
This is an 8 Escudo Spanish gold doubloon, and one of my favorite coins, it's about as big as an old silver dollar 
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Tesore
Location: On the way to Utopia!
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:53 pm Reply with quote
kinetic_be wrote: I collect Euro's.
As many as possible
Geldwolf!!! 
Ik heb veel oud geld en geen idee wat het waard is, zal wel tegenvallen!
I have old Dutch silver coins... but nobody gives a damn.
I'll wait...
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YerPalAl
Location: On Deck, South by Southeast
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:15 pm Reply with quote
I collect coins . . . . . .
for the next day's lunch. 
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I'm highly motivated to be un-ambitious today.
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Paul Von Stetina
Location: Deep Shit
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:26 pm Reply with quote
Here are some old pieces of 8, or 8 Reals, back in the day you had to work for 1 month, and you got paid 1 of these, this batch came from a shipwreck off Ft Pierce Fla.
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TofuTheGreat
Location: Back where I belong.
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:41 pm Reply with quote
When I was a kid I used to want these really bad
(hell I still want 'em but there's no CEC's near me)
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:56 pm Reply with quote
When I was like 10-11 I got really reallyyyy obsessed with coins. I know that at one point I had every penny, nickel, dime, and quarter that the US minted from 1949-2001. I had a few rarer coins too, and I loved collecting what I called "wheat" pennies and "indian head" pennies (much harder to find). A few years ago I went to the US Mint in Denver. The process is really awesome.
Your collection is awesome though. Maybe when I'm older I'll get back into it.
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cafn8d
Location: Massachusetts
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:18 pm Reply with quote
Yeah... I've been known to collect coins...
(Edit: For those that don't know, panhandling was a requirement in the (2007) Scavenger Hunt V.)
Seriously though, I get the US Mint Silver Proof Set every year; I'm always checking (if not saving) coins I get as change, and I have a few "old" coins. My favorite is not my oldest, largest, nor my most valuable coin. But it was given as a baby present for my father (in 1932) and is now a family heirloom:
(pics found on 'net... too lazy to get the coin out and snap my own photos)
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