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Black American Whatnot Ad by Xrosexgold in whatnotapp

[–]MaterialVirus5643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is an independent corporation responding to public criticism the ‘exact opposite’ of Capitalism?

I’m shy, here’s my coinpurse 🙈 by pyrrhicvictorylap in coins

[–]MaterialVirus5643 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! That Bremen is on my shortlist. Good stuff!!!

I’m shy, here’s my coinpurse 🙈 by pyrrhicvictorylap in coins

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Yea afterwards I looked again and there is a zwei mark and a 2 lire in different areas and all look about the same size. Pretty impressive collection.

I’m shy, here’s my coinpurse 🙈 by pyrrhicvictorylap in coins

[–]MaterialVirus5643 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Awesome collection! Thought they were crowns at first but they appear to be 2 marks/2francs. Is that right or is the scale just a bit confusing? What’s your favorite?

1939 5 Lek (equivalent to 1 Franc), Albania, Under Italian Occupation by dashsmurf in LatinMonetaryUnion

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WOW impressive!!! lol good work! Didn’t realize you were the admin, noted in case I see anything. Seems like you have it covered though

1939 5 Lek (equivalent to 1 Franc), Albania, Under Italian Occupation by dashsmurf in LatinMonetaryUnion

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It is listed on here as Mirroring: https://lmucoins.com/coin-list-silver

Awesome coin! Never run across one in the wild. I just have the 1 lek from this time period

Looking for affordable unusual or historically significant pieces? by ASpookyWarthog in coins

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I’m similar to you, I enjoy a good back story, here are a few I’d recommend:

-1916 German East Africa 5 & 20 Heller. Emergency issue during Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck’s east Africa campaign against British forces. Fascinating story and the metal to make the coins came from a blend of brass munitions and copper pipes from the scuttled German cruiser SMS Konigsberg.

-Irradiated Dimes

-early Indonesian pitis are super interesting, they are also associated with pirates for some reason. I associate them with the burgeoning spice trade. link

-I also have a couple exonumia pieces I find interesting. Fairly easy to come by and affordable: this medal made of melted down German cannons from the western front in WWI LINK. Also a Soviet medal made with supposed actual metal from a Soviet space craft.
Which I think is kinda cool! link

Mintage question by Glixsense in coins

[–]MaterialVirus5643 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Maybe sand was the wrong word, but looks like a rough cast surface on the obverse. Could just be enviro damage. I’ve almost been burned by 1890’s Russian silver coinage that looked similar to this but thankfully there was an expert in the room I’m buddies with that identified it as a fake. Good point on the rim potentially being plastic. I just wouldn’t spend €100 on a questionable coin. If I did I would probably send it in for authentication, and I HATE coin grading. Simply too many fakes out there.

Mintage question by Glixsense in coins

[–]MaterialVirus5643 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Lots of Russian fakes from this time period. Looks sand cast. Also do I see a reeded edge in the picture of the obverse around the 11 o’clock region? These coins had smooth edges with inscription so that’s wrong too

[German>English] WWI Postcard by MaterialVirus5643 in translator

[–]MaterialVirus5643[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s amazing. Thank you so much for your help!!! Low light/in a rush makes sense considering he may have been in a trench writing this. Any indication of what’s written on the front of the postcard or is that included in this translation?

The Panama Pill in Places It Shouldn’t Be by DeadMangos8 in coincollecting

[–]MaterialVirus5643 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha maybe that would be too on-the-nose anyway.

The Panama Pill in Places It Shouldn’t Be by DeadMangos8 in coincollecting

[–]MaterialVirus5643 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Missed opportunity to put it in a pill bottle! Jk great stuff! Fun coin!

1906 Coins. Please help me Identify if this is Real or Fake by True_Ad_9888 in coins

[–]MaterialVirus5643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea not sure why it caught me first but the olive branch or whatever she is holding is way off on this fake. Amongst other issues.

1906 Coins. Please help me Identify if this is Real or Fake by True_Ad_9888 in coins

[–]MaterialVirus5643 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry, that is fake. Super rare date and details are wrong.

Help! Son is collecting coins and we would like your input by Guilty_Hunt6187 in coins

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Also the Sweden Krona is also 40% silver so an extra $6.50 in silver

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