A 1996 Very Fine Dollar in my collection. Mr. Bustamante, claims the coin, is the National Hero of Jamaica. Well done, Mr. Bustamante. Well done.

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A 1960 About Uncirculated Centavo in my collection. Surprisingly good quality for an obsolete coin; hairlines, sharp detail.

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Akin to the US State Quarters books, aspiring numismatists in Europe can collect all the different coin values from the different countries in the EU. Taken within OCS Japan Bookstore.

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Image from "Worn, Torn & Soiled" by Erik Goldstein and Joseph R. Lasser in the September 2008 issue of The Numismatist

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From The Portraiture of Caligula at portraitsofcaligula.com Photo courtesy Bern Museum Here is a link with a radiate attribution in my opinion: flickr.com/photos/julio-claudians/225441496/sizes/o/in/se… This would make Caligula the first living princeps to appear radiate on Roman Imperial Coinage? Nero has that destinction by most numismatists? For Provincial coinage of …

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A 1973 Very Fine Cent in my collection. Worth the buy at a flea market; Fijian coins have a low mintage, such as this 240,000 struck 20 Cent.

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A 1078 Very Fine Cash in my collection. Hosts the "Yuanfeng" era with clockwise writing rather than up-down reading. Currently my oldest coin.

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taken with a DP1 the color is Skrewy, offcenter, with vignetting but Ilike it, cuz Ilike the sculpture. Jeffersonian Swansong. 2004 Andrew Alper

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An About Uncirculated Quarter in my collection. To the collectors who do not know about colourization- this coin was coloured by the mint themselves. No one actually scribbled it with a red pen. Many coins from Canada have colour(s), and this is my first.

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