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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A 1965 Very Fine Quarter in my collection. A lot of writing on this piece.

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A 1906 Fine Centavo in my collection. Not just fine, but actually a mule! It is 22mm in diametre and should measure 20mm. This 5 Centavos was struck on a different planchet, which I have not found yet… Purchased for a heck amout of money… or just 6 bucks. Perhaps.

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a coin of unknown origin given to me by my sister (side 1)

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A coronation portrait of Queen Victoria, two 3-pence coins, a sixpence and a shilling- the shilling with the ‘Jubilee’ portrait of 1887.

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A 1915 Very Fine Provisional Centavo in my collection. This is a coin with a freaking number of variants. This variant has a large curved bust with collar facing the bottom left star. Detailed.

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Commonwealth (1649-1660) crown, silver coin, dated 1653 with Sun mint mark used from 1649 to 1657. Obverse ("heads" side): Shield of Saint George’s cross with wreath around, Sun mint mark above followed by the legend in English: THE . COMMONWEALTH . OF . ENGLAND . Reverse ("tails" side): Joined shields …

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Me and Nick at the ‘Pen&Wig’ Pub, 6. June 2006

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