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* Half Dollar size - 12 new
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* Important questions - 8 new
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* Coin Question - 8 new
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* Keith Zaner fired as editor of Coin Dealer Newsletter - 5 new
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* 25 Million 2008 Sacagaweas? - 4 new
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Active Topics
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Keith Zaner fired as editor of Coin Dealer Newsletter - 5 new
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...I am probably way off, but in my mind, they are pronounced "Gide- roik", "
Fi-Vaz" (like it is spelled!), and "Koo-haj" Just for fun, try some of the
Australian coin designers, and no, they are not natives of OZ. - Sun, Jan 11
2009 11:23 pm
5 messages , 4 authors
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LVM 2 - 1 new
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Ladies and gentlemen of rec.collecting.coins, the message you are replying to
is a part of an ongoing campaign to disrupt the whole of sfnet, the Finnish-
language Usenet hierarchy, by means of cross- posting Finnish-language garbage
messages to other hierarchies. Several bots are currently being run to try to
remove these messages - Mon, Jan 12 2009 1:13 am
1 message, 1 author
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Would the vending industry benefit in any way, from $200, $500, and $1,000
bills? - 1 new
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...Stay near your phone. If the festering fiscal insanity in DC has
predictably Zimbabwean results, you may be drafted to design the $50,000,000.
00 bill. Meanwhile, what the vending industry would benefit from is some
stability in the security features of US currency. I recently tried to use
automated car washes in a nearby - Mon, Jan 12 2009 3:52 am
1 message, 1 author
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Where have all the pint-sized collectors gone? - 2 new
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...You'll note I didn't use that insider term in my reply. I chose it for my "
handle" during the CB era some thirty years ago. Now I suppose the big rigs
simply text each other. You might take comfort after the fact to learn that
your son never knew the term. - Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:31 am
2 messages , 2 authors
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Half Dollar size - 12 new
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...If you don't vote, you can't complain about the gubmint. Personally, I plan
on writing my congressman about my plan for a 12.5¢ coin featuring little
known bit players from Hollywood's golden era. - Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:34 am
12 messages , 6 authors
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Important questions - 8 new
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... We were always told in school that by learning Latin we could readily
adapt to learning other romance languages. Not only were we clueless as to why
they were called "romance" languages, but most of us decided we could
eliminate the middleman and instead take a language that we could actually -
Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:50 am
8 messages , 5 authors
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FA: This should show the state of today's coin market... - 1 new
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Tough dates have always done well. I'm trusting this will still be true,
despite the economy. Now on eBay with no reserves and 99-cent minimums: Key
Dates (1877 Indian, 1885 Lib 5c, 1913-S Ty.2 Buffalo, 1916-D Merc, 1796 Cap
and 1823 Large Cents, etc). Plus a run of better-grade early Standing Lib -
Mon, Jan 12 2009 6:37 am
1 message, 1 author
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Wealth Of Experience Inside Fairmont Coin Shop - 1 new
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FROM: [link] Jan 12, 2009 7:41 am US/Central Wealth Of Experience Inside
Fairmont Coin Shop FAIRMONT, Minn. (AP) ? Signs along Highway 15 advertise
gold, silver, diamonds, coins -- everything you can expect to find inside
Kuehl's Coins. A step through the shop's front door reveals little - Mon, Jan
12 2009 6:48 am
1 message, 1 author
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Coin dealers see many Hoosiers investing in gold and silver - 1 new
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FROM: [link] Coin dealers see many Hoosiers investing in gold and silver
Recession prompts many to turn to gold and silver, according to coin dealers
By Robert Annis Posted: January 12, 2009 Frightened by the financial market
roller coaster, many Hoosiers are ditching their stocks and bonds and - Mon,
Jan 12 2009 7:10 am
1 message, 1 author
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Coin Question - 8 new
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Which was the most recent circulating 20th century US coin series that didn't
include "In God We Trust" as part of its design? If you can answer this
without checking a book or coin, you're smarter than me, when it comes to this
particular question. - Mon, Jan 12 2009 7:29 am
8 messages , 5 authors
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Bagged Mint Coins? - 1 new
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...They do now, but I'm not sure if that was always the case. Some recent bags
do not have much of a premium though. Here was one that sold rectently: [link]
$50 of Keel Boat Nickels for $48.50 + $2.50 shipping, only $1 over face. I
bought two US Mint wrapper rolls (P+D) of WV quarters in a sealed - Mon, Jan
12 2009 10:16 am
1 message, 1 author
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25 Million 2008 Sacagaweas? - 4 new
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They minted almost 25 million 2008 Sacagaweas. That is 3 times the normal
annual production for only Numismatic sales. Has anyone seen a bunch of these
released into normal circulation? [link] - Mon, Jan 12 2009 10:40 am
4 messages , 3 authors
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The Statehood Quarters Program Is Finally Over - 3 new
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:21:23 -0800 (PST), Jerry Dennis ...wow! More than a 200
million difference in the top 2. What about proof (clad and silver) and mint
set numbers? - Mon, Jan 12 2009 10:47 am
3 messages , 2 authors
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Spot Gold Trading Monday (01/12/09) - 1 new
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Hello The economy is not looking good. Still bad. The Dow closed down to 8,474.
05, down 125.13. Spot Gold Price trading closed Monday (01/12/09), at $820.20
dollars per oz.. Down $33.40 dollars. That was a big drop for one-day trade.
Source (as of 01/12/09): [link] - Mon, Jan 12 2009 2:10 pm
1 message, 1 author
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Musings on state quarters, dollar coin designs - 1 new
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Fishing out change for the vending machine today, I noticed that Sacajawea's
face survived the translation to a coin design much better than any of the
sunken-cheeked presidents. Is it the artist, the constraints of striking, or
simply the fact that her face is only slightly turned towards the viewer? The
reverse of the Sackie is - Mon, Jan 12 2009 2:33 pm
1 message, 1 author
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Euro coin counterfeiting in 2008 - 1 new
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Hello In reading the story below does the merchant in Europe, ends up loosing
his money, if the bank determines that it is counterfeit? Does a business in
the United States loose money, if what they return back to the bank is
counterfeit? I see counterfeit coins a lot easier to pass off since you do not
have any security features - Mon, Jan 12 2009 2:43 pm
1 message, 1 author
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PBS Program "The Ascent of Money" - 1 new
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Tues 1/13/09 9:00 PM. From PBS.org: Harvard economist-historian Niall Ferguson
explores the history of money and the global financial system, including past
economic crises and what can be learned from them. Included: financier George
Soros and former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volker. Steve - Mon, Jan 12
2009 4:20 pm
1 message, 1 author
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Children to design UK 50p Olympic coin - 1 new
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[link] - Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:36 pm
1 message, 1 author
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Nigeria lawmakers encouraged to enforce use of coins - 1 new
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[link] - Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:38 pm
1 message, 1 author
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Tony Blair designs bad medal - 2 new
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[link] - Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:41 pm
2 messages , 2 authors
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Tokens not immune to repunched dates - 1 new
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[link] - Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:41 pm
1 message, 1 author
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One ingnored Franklin halves find niche - 1 new
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[link] - Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:42 pm
1 message, 1 author
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Numismatic museum opens in Indonesia - 1 new
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[link] - Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:59 pm
1 message, 1 author
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American silver eagles - 1 new
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I purchased 100 2008 ASE from the mint as an investment. As luck would have it,
I received all coins with the 2007 reverse. Does anyone know the going price
for these coins? John - Mon, Jan 12 2009 6:54 pm
1 message, 1 author
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Possibility of Community Money for the Lehigh Valley Discussed - 1 new
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On Jan 11, 10:32 pm, "Arizona Coin Collector" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote, in
part: ...The entire story is a crock of doo-doo. We beat Ithaca Hours to death
a few years ago. I made a reply to Joey Jolley about this very subject on May
10, 2005 which clarified the entire process. I'm happy to reproduce it here: -
Mon, Jan 12 2009 7:12 pm
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The fate of paper money - 1 new
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...Very interesting take on our hobby of collecting fiat money. It's
particularly timely as I am just now working my way through a fascinating book
called THE CREATURE FROM JEKYLL ISLAND - A Second Look at the Federal Reserve:
[link] - Mon, Jan 12 2009 9:51 pm
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