NWDCC Show 3/28/10

[Nighthawk]

Just wanted to share a few odds n' ends I picked up today at our club show. Please enjoy.  Montgomery Ward & Co. uncashed refund check, for 10 cents, August 1944  

[Templar]

WE HAD A VERY GOOD COIN SHOW TODAY.....IT WAS COOL AND RAINY..JUST RIGHT FOR LIMITING THE CHOICES......WHICH OF COURSE HELP US WITH ATTENDANCE.......WELL WE ENTER EASTER WEEK AND PREPARE OURSELVES FOR A HUNDRED WAYS TO EAT HARD BOILED EGGS--------------LETS TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY----GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT WE HAVE AND THINKS ABOUT THE ONES WHO HAVE PASSED ON TO A MORE PEACEFUL PLACE(WE HOPE)............TAKE CARE------BE CAREFUL--------EASY ON THE JELLY BEANS AND CHOCOLATE BUNNIES.........
         YOUR SERVANT AND FRIEND........THE TEMPTED TEMPLAR!

[Nighthawk]

Banking House of Eavey, Lane & Co., Baltimore, Maryland. May 5, 1900 for $303.75 with 2 cent Documentary stamp.  

[Nighthawk]

Great Britain 1 Pound 1919  P357.   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of note above   

[Templar]

50 CENT NOTE---1943----PICKED UP AT THE SHOW TODAY---PRINTED UNDER GERMAN CONTROL

[Templar]

TW0 GERMAN NOTES ----SERIES 1944-----I BELIEVE THEY WERE MILITARY NOTES.........HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM

[Templar]

VERY NICE BRITISH POUND NOTE NIGHTHAWK---------GREAT ARTWORK---HOPE TO SEE IT AT OUR NEXT MEETING--------

 YOUR FRIEND-------TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

Templar, your German notes are what's called AMC, or Allied Military Currency. The 1 Mark, issued in 1944, is listed as P192a.  The 5 Mark, also issued in 1944, is P193a.  

[Nighthawk]

Your other note is from Netherlands East Indies.   

[Templar]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION------I DIDN'T GET TIME TO RESEARCH THE NOTES---I WOULD PROBABLY HAD TROUBLE WITH THE MILITARY SCRIP.......I FIGURED SOMEONE WOULD ENLIGHTEN ME-------THANKS JOHN

 YOUR SERVANT AND FRIEND..........THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

Not a problem........... 

[Templar]

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A COIN SET FROM CANADA----HONORING THE WINTER OLYMPICS----------THERE ARE 15 SILVER TONED COINS FOR THE VARIOUS GAMES INCLUDING THE HANDICAPPED AND A ONE DOLLAR AND TWO DOLLAR COIN------THESE WILL BE PUT INTO CICULATION OVER THE NEXT 3 YEARS----I BOUGHT THEM OFF A DEALER FROM OUR CLUB FOR
$12 U.S.---------------HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THEM CLEARLY

      YOUR SERVANT AND FRIEND--------THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

Nice set Joe. Do you have any of the COLORIZED versions yet?   

[Templar]

NO I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY--------BUT I HAVE SEEN THEM...........BUT LIKE THE COLOR STATE QUARTERS....I DON'T THINK I WANT TO COLLECT THEM

[Nighthawk]

The colorized state quarters ARE NOT U.S. Mint products!!! The colorized quarters from Canada ARE RCM products. There's the difference! 

[Templar]

I DON'T SEE THE POINT-----SOME COINS  I LIKE WITH COLOR ADDED----OTHERS I DON'T..............NOW THE NATIONAL PARKS SERIES MIGHT LOOK VERY GOOD WITH COLOR ADDED

         YOUR SERVANT AND FRIEND...TEMPLAR[COLOR]

[Nighthawk]

The Park Series might look nice with some color in them, but it won't come from the U.S. Mint! They will be aftermarket productions, whereas the Royal Canadian Mint produces some of their coins in color. The U.S. Mint has NEVER done that, and probably never will!   

[AdamL]

The colorized state quarters ARE NOT U.S. Mint products!!! The colorized quarters from Canada ARE RCM products. There's the difference! 

I agree. If they came out of the mint that way, thats fine. But I don't personally care for post-mint coloring. To each his own though.

[Pocketcoins]

I got some Jefferson's with paintings on them in a trade once and they look fine but never have really liked them.

[Goose]

Canadian coins are colorized by their mint, U S coins aren't colorized by their own mint. Yes, it's redundancy (redundancy), but the Canadian mint has it all over the U S mint in designs, ideas, and promotions. In the mid 1960s I began to collect Canadian coins along with my U S coins. My collecting buddies always asked, "Why do you want to collect THAT stuff?" It's quite evident now.

[Nighthawk]

I agree Sir Goose. The RCM (and many other foreign mints) are WAY AHEAD of the U.S. Mint on coin designs and other areas that we will probably NEVER achieve! Just look at other countries paper money for instance. Most of that stuff is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! How come we can't do that? We put a little bit of color into our notes, and everybody gets excited! Big whoop! We have just about the worst looking coins & paper money on the planet from an artistic standpoint! Just my opinion!   

[NoHope587]

Me thinks you should say currently the worst.. A little step back in time and its a different story..

[Nighthawk]

You are absolutely right on that one! Walking Liberty halves, Standing Liberty quarters, Saint Gaudens double eagles, heck, even Buffalo (oops! I meant INDIAN HEAD) nickels. Now THOSE are beautiful designs. The CLASSICS if you will, of American coin designs, nowhere near the JUNK the U.S. Mint has been pumping out the last 50 years or so. Just my opinion.   

[Nighthawk]

Austria 2 Euro Cent 2002  KM# 3083   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above   

[Nighthawk]

Belgium 25 Centimes 1964  KM# 153.1   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above   

[Nighthawk]

Bosnia-Herzegovina 10 Feninga 1998  KM# 115   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above   

[Nighthawk]

Peru 1 Sol 1960  KM# 222   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above    If you enlarge this photo on your computer, you can see a serious die-crack completely around the inside circle and thru the lettering. And also possible doubling on the bottom of the letters "UN"

[Nighthawk]

Peru 1/2 Sol 1960  KM# 220.5   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above   

[Triggersmob]

I like those coins, thanks for showing them.

[Humpybong]

I like them as well....you sure have a great mixed collection.

[Pocketcoins]

And once again Nighthawk comes through with really nice coins.   

[Nighthawk]

Thank you gentlemen! And now........  Iceland 50 Kronur 1977  KM# 19  

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above   

[Nighthawk]

Belgian Congo 1 Franc 1944  KM# 26   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above   

[Nighthawk]

Great Britain 2 Pence 1998  KM# 987   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above   

[Nighthawk]

Australia 10 Cents 1989  KM# 81   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above   

[Nighthawk]

Colombia 5 Centavos 1946(m) Large Date  KM# 199   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coin above   

[Templar]

NOW YOU ALL CAN SEE WHY I HAVE TO GET UP EARLY AND TRY TO BEAT NIGHHAWK TO THE LOCAL COIN SHOWS OTHER WISE I WOULD NEVER GGET ANY COINS WORTH SHARING----THE BIG OAF HAS EYES LIKE HIS NAME AND CAN SWEEP DOWN OF A PAIL OF COINS AND FIND SO MANY GEMS--------ONCE IN A WHILE I FOLLOW RIGHT BEHIND HIM AND IT IS LIKE THAT FISH THAT ATTACHES ITSELF TO A SHARK AND FEEDS ON THE MORSELS THE SHARK DROPS...........JUST FOOLING------BIG JOHN KNOWS HIS COINS AND IS A BIG HELP(AFTER HE PICKS HIS COINS)..........SEE YOU SUNDAY JOHN AT NINE AND TELEGRAPH

      BEAUTIFUL COINS----YOUR FRIEND AND SERVANT------THE TEMPLAR[COLOR