Forum: Coins
July 10th 07, 06:37 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Collecting Gold
The reason I buy gold as a part of my portfolio is as a hedge against
inflation. As the previous poster was saying, there are times where a
country's currency will turn to poo but gold will still...
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Forum: Coins
July 6th 07, 09:19 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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The EU, Montenegro and the Euro
A lot of countries use the US dollar or peg their currencies to it, as far
as I know it doesn't affect US monetary policy.
Andrew
"Christian Feldhaus" wrote in message...
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Forum: Coins
June 30th 07, 11:15 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Found a quarter proof?
Thats a nice cat but I don't see no quarter.
"nnote" wrote in message
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Got a '96 quarter today. But unlike usual quarters, with the flat...
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Forum: Coins
June 27th 07, 07:50 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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WTB Common Austrian coins
Many of these are available at www.coinsofeurope.com.au
International shipping starts at AU$4.00.
Andrew
"Dale Hallmark" dalehall at cableone.net wrote in message...
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Forum: Coins
June 20th 07, 07:32 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Views: 644
Coin Contest Time!
I'm in!
Andrew
"PC" wrote in message
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Anyone interested in a coin contest? If enough are, I will post the rules
this...
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Forum: Coins
June 18th 07, 11:27 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins,misc.survivalism,alt.survival
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Forum: Coins
June 12th 07, 08:12 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Is the end of the U.S. Nickel near?
More jobs and raw materials come at a price and it would be the consumer of
junk food that would ultimately pay for it. Hey, maybe thats a good thing,
might help reduce obesity and diet related...
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Forum: Coins
June 12th 07, 07:45 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 62
Views: 1,620
Is the end of the U.S. Nickel near?
How would the poor be screwed from eliminating the nickel. We have gotten
rid of the 5 cent coin here in Australia and you either round down for 2 or
7 cents, or round up for 3 or 8 cents. Many...
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Forum: Coins
June 11th 07, 01:42 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Is the end of the U.S. Nickel near?
Yeah, if I was living in the US, I would be buying junk nickel at 50% of
melt value and leave it for when the coins are made redundant (and
presumably the law changed). If enough people do it,...
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Forum: Coins
June 4th 07, 12:44 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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free listing of coins at usacoinauctions
If you are powersellers on ebay, why are there only 3 coins for auction on
the entire site? Surely just your listings would come to a lot more than
that.
Andrew
wrote in...
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Forum: Coins
May 28th 07, 01:09 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 33
Views: 920
Coin selling guide..1890, 1799, 1804 and 1875
Actually, just having a look at the 1804 dollar in my catalogue, there are
only 15 known so it is very, very, very unlikely yours is genuine. If it is
well you'd probably be a millionare but I...
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Forum: Coins
May 28th 07, 01:04 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 33
Views: 920
Coin selling guide..1890, 1799, 1804 and 1875
If you've got a scanner, scan the coins, put them on a free file hosting
site (google free picture hosting or something) the post a link to them in
this group. Or, give your opinion as to the...
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Forum: Coins
May 22nd 07, 02:08 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Forum: Coins
May 16th 07, 10:39 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Forum: Coins
May 13th 07, 01:57 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Coin show in Australia?
Yeah, I can't imagine little old Adelaide having much in the way of coin
shows, I think there's only about 2 or 3 proper coin shops and they don't
sell much thats of interest to me. Might try to...
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Forum: Coins
May 10th 07, 11:22 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Coin show in Australia?
I'm near Adelaide but willing to travel on holidays. Where would I find out
about when these are on, have done a bit of a web search but can't seem to
find any of them.
Thanks,
"Jeff R."...
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Forum: Coins
May 10th 07, 12:40 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Coin show in Australia?
Hi there,
Does anyone know if there are any coin shows in Australia coming up this
year? I've never heard of any around here but would like to be able to go
to one sometime maybe as a present to...
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Forum: Coins
May 10th 07, 08:55 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,513
Contest to celebrate my new job!
Here's mine:
http://www.coinsofeurope.com.au/hosting/Prussia3Mark1913.jpg
It is a 1913 3 Mark coin from Prussia, commemorates 100 years of the defeat
of Napoleon. I like it because of the...
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Forum: Coins
May 6th 07, 01:08 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Forum: Coins
May 5th 07, 02:15 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Yet another new grading company...
Thinking about it, it wouldn't be too hard to buy some slabs, create some
fancy looking name and label and slab a whole lot of coins (real or fake)
with high grades.
"M K"...
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Forum: Coins
May 3rd 07, 12:43 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,329
Found a 1792 Half Disme
"Edwin Johnston" wrote in message
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Dave Hinz wrote:
On 2 May 2007 20:57:06 -0500, Sid H. wrote:
Check this...
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Forum: Coins
April 29th 07, 03:52 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 2
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My Austrian Coin, want list
Some of these coins are for sale on my website, www.coinsofeurope.com.au
Unfortunately the entire inventory is currently up for auction on ebay but
if you let me know the ones you still require I...
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Forum: Coins
April 28th 07, 06:49 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Forum: Coins
April 24th 07, 05:43 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 10
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Does this toning look OK?
The fact that the seller doesn't even mention the toning anywhere in the
auction would ring alarm bells, obviously they don't want to highlight the
toning because it is not real. If it were real...
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Forum: Coins
April 23rd 07, 12:58 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 2
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Slabbing in Australia
Hi all,
I live in Australia and am wanting to get some coins slabbed through NGC or
PCGS. What I am wondering is what the best way of going about it is and
whether any other Australians have...
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