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Beautiful Bustie! Congrats!

Here is my latest addition, the first addition to my Saint set in maybe 2 years!

Got the last of the Canadian Locomotive coins I needed, from 2002:

Got these last week, a sov and more additions to the trains on coins collection!

Bob, that is one heck of a nice 1812 half dollar!

Close, NGC gave it a 30, which is a tad conservative, but in my mind a solid VF all the way.

Here's my latest bustie bought from a fellow board member:

That's cool! I don't think mine is the DDR, but I only have a 10x loupe!

Here are a couple new additions that arrived last week, the French 100F is the piedfort issued for the centennial of the Statue of Liberty and the Canadian is the latest in their locomotive series.

Nice V-nickel sample Alan! I had one once about 15 years ago but I think I sold it 6 or 7 years ago, or at least I can't find it anymore, so I'll just assume I sold it!

Nice ones Alan, did you get your album yet?

Congrats Tim!

Alan,

Buy what you like and can afford, and enjoy yourself! I remember people ridiculing me for paying $7 for a silver eagle back when silver was under $4, and they said I was crazy for paying over $400 for a Saint! Of course I feel the same way about what others buy, but I say to each his own. I am really not into most modern coins, but there are a lot more people out there that just love them, so how can you complain?

Anyhow, to stay on topic, I got this one today, along with a silver proof set for 2011:

Heck that's less than face! Nice pickup Chris!

That's as good a name as any Johnny!

Kamillion, I seldom buy online anymore, instead I frequent the local coin shows in my area. We generally have 1 per month (there was one today where I got the two coins below), and it's much easier to haggle and see what you're getting before you get them, and you get to bring them home right away! Depending on where you live, there may be some nice shows around, I think Coin World used to have an online listing of shows too, so you could look up your state and see what's around.

Here are two I picked up at the local show today, the first is a nice variety I needed for the Dansco, the second was a 1/2 off bin purchase for $6 and I was intrigued by the die rotation!

Yes, very nice bust half, I recall seeing that one in Mark's inventory and I was very tempted by it!

Indeed, very nice bust Martin!

I picked this one up for cheap at the local show today, nothing fancy, but it's fun to carry around in your pocket!

Thanks guys, and Alan, I'll assume that's a freudian slip:

"Before I die I'm going to get a god coin,"

I would have thought a god coin comes after you die!

Picked this one up at the coin club meeting tonight, YAY!!!

The silver one is a 1916 Italian 2-Lira, which has a beautiful reverse design and super high relief, almost like a medal. The gold one is just a common Swiss 20F bullion piece.

Got these 2 today along with a whole bunch of silver euro commemoratives from Austria and Germany:

Bobby is absolutely right Alan, Dansco is the company the makes the album (they are the market leader), they make them for many US and world series, and the advantage over whitman folders, is that you don't break your thumb trying to get the coin in the hole, and you can see both the obverse and reverse of the coin once in the album. Overall a nice way to store and display your collection.

Got this one from J.J. Teaparty to fill a hole in my recently started Dansco for Barber quarters: