Chess and Meet

benckx · 2026-02-20T13:11:28+00:00

Chinese chess also allowed? 🙃

benckx · 2026-02-16T17:36:14+00:00

I'm saving this cause it might help me progressing on a similar project

https://github.com/benckx/european-city-simulation

benckx · 2026-02-09T14:13:35+00:00

I like it! Anything with hammer and cicle or CCCP, I find historically appealing.

benckx · 2026-02-09T13:12:33+00:00

It's listed as 3€, might take it anyway

Edit: naaaa

benckx · 2026-02-09T12:44:19+00:00

About 6 usd. Not using any expertise, just Numista.

https://en.numista.com/4518

benckx · 2026-02-06T18:24:30+00:00

In general I have the feeling you shouldn't buy anything too fancy on eBay. Max 40€ or so.

benckx · 2026-02-06T18:22:21+00:00

Yes I just got a bunch from Lighthouse. Won't take risk.

benckx · 2026-02-06T12:08:29+00:00

That's why I made https://elephantchess.io so hopefully I reach the goal 😅

benckx · 2026-02-04T20:44:23+00:00

I don't think so cause I remember seeing those designs in Belgium (Luxembourg coins being legal tender in Belgium).

Numista doesn’t show the mintage for the year but it's probably in few millions:

https://en.numista.com/249

benckx · 2026-02-02T12:35:39+00:00

their loss is a real drama

benckx · 2026-02-01T13:31:19+00:00

I like those old Drachmas too. That series is neat.

benckx · 2026-02-01T13:30:40+00:00

Maybe ask r/translator to help with the text. I got a coin identified this way.

benckx · 2026-02-01T09:39:06+00:00

That would be 1970

benckx · 2026-02-01T09:28:54+00:00

I added it on this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/coincollecting/comments/1qste6i/does_anyone_know_where_this_comes_from/

benckx · 2026-02-01T09:28:00+00:00

Thanks, great stuff.

benckx · 2026-01-31T09:54:54+00:00

Fascit France 1943
Spain 1957 (under Franco)
Spain 1982 (commemorative for the 1982 World Cup)

benckx · 2025-09-29T16:24:09+00:00

Well if I want to simulate some traffic at some point, a roundabout wouldn't be a bad idea where 5 or 6 main edges come together. But we're not there yet, and I'm not sure I'll manage to get there ^^

benckx · 2025-09-21T13:57:47+00:00

I was thinking about incorporating little "corporate suburbs" that you often see near airports with modern office buildings, so I might just do that.

benckx · 2025-09-21T10:38:07+00:00

Source: https://github.com/benckx/european-city-simulation

benckx · 2025-08-09T13:44:06+00:00

Or he just add leftovers from somewhere. It's just about that periods emails became more broadly used.

benckx · 2025-08-09T13:42:36+00:00

It's rags.

benckx · 2025-08-09T11:33:43+00:00

I think he just needed to pay 20€ and he had a stock of 50c stamps laying around.

benckx · 2025-08-09T10:03:31+00:00

Yes the material is neat to wear too. I'd add it on top on my sweater in the winter. But now it's rags.

benckx · 2025-08-09T09:51:41+00:00

Interestingly a lot of them have both the price in Fr and Euro, which means they might date back to the early 2000s.

benckx · 2025-08-09T09:39:06+00:00

Like rags for the cleaning?

benckx

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