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Posted 02/17/2025 1:51 pm
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Current count is at 47. This doesn't include five Judean items or the dozen or so German States coins.
Not too shabby! Current count is at 47. This doesn't include five Judean items or the dozen or so German States coins.
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Some of these coins were acquired when I was a youngster. In the 1970's I would send a few cents away to companies advertising in comic books for an assortment of world coins. I was fascinated at seeing so many different designs, especially the "scalloped" aluminum coins from Israel.
I remember getting some "grab bags" from magazines back in the early 1980s. It explains all the duplicates in my non-US collection. Some of these coins were acquired when I was a youngster. In the 1970's I would send a few cents away to companies advertising in comic books for an assortment of world coins. I was fascinated at seeing so many different designs, especially the "scalloped" aluminum coins from Israel.
