now that ss is over how do i close this account i have searched several times and cannot find that option?

thank you to my ss for the carded 50 cent pieces, one of which (melbourne cup coin) is sitting on display under my pc screen, the other will be there next week. thanks again

sent mine this afternoon finally, and i have something wrapped in tissue waiting for me to open thank you to my ss

found it so sending in the morning, i will also put up the tracking number after i send.

maybe its a little more raised giving that appearance?

we would if it sold at the price of a push bike

been rethinking how i decide to buy coins, for a while it has been ad-hock how i buy.
this is what im thinking of using for a standard.
1, low mintage, error, or just eye appeal
2, for silver as close to spot or below if possible, though nclt i will pay extra for, if the coin meets rule 1 or it is one that appeals to us or fits with other coins in our small nclt collection
3, whats the most i would pay for it, whats the least i would sell it for.
4, what is the market value right now and a couple of months back
5, the most important, will it affect the house budget.

last 18 months has been pretty good to us money wise and i spent a couple of $k, sold at almost a $k worth and still have the better part of what i brought, but the next 12 months may see more selling than buying so value in buying will be a priority for us now. any major purchase will have to be paid for with coins sold and i really hate parting with any of them, even the worst.

mmm bit pricey at that as an investment wouldnt be much room to resell for profit for a long time, but to have a collection of 10 clips would be extremely tempting.

posting mine next week, i still have a coin in mind i want to find and put with the other bits

i would jump on them myself, i reckon ebay would bring at least $7 a coin

does your photo program offer a chance to resize them when you export for uploading? if not try picasa its pretty easy to use and has a lot of useful features for the average person. http://picasa.google.com/

Notgeld (German for "emergency money" or "necessity money" ; "monnaie de nécessité" in French) is the name of money issued by an institution not authorized for money emission. This occurs usually when money is not available from the central bank. The best known emergency money emissions occurred in Germany and Austria around the end of the First World War, which is why the German term is used. Issuing institutions could be e.g. town savings banks, municipalities, private and state-owned firms. It was therefore not legal tender, but rather a mutually-accepted means of payment in a particular locale or site. Notgeld is different from occupation money that is issued by an occupying army during a war.
Notgeld was mainly issued in the form of (paper) banknotes. Sometimes other forms were used, as well: coins, leather, silk, linen, stamps, aluminium foil, coal, and porcelain; there are also reports of elemental sulfur being used, as well as all sorts of re-used paper and carton material (e.g. playing cards). These pieces made from playing cards are extremely rare and are known as Spielkarten, the German word for "playing card".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgeld



During and after the First World War, money, especially small change, was in short supply. Metal was being used in the war efforts and people's natural tendancy to hold onto something of value, (ie) coins and banknotes, furthered the shortage. Eventually to get over this problem, the state bank (Reichbank) appears to have agreed to allow towns, villages and municipalities to issue their own money. These issues were emergency issues. The word not means emergency or necessity and geld means money. These highly collectable, interesting old banknotes, with their different colourful motives and designs, can usually be found at flea markets etc. and will fascinate the collectors out there!! Notgeld was issued by several countries, but this website is primarily interested in the notgeld issues of Germany.
http://www.notgeld.com/intro/what-is-notgeld

shame they dont let you pay them off, would be my only chance to go in the ballot.

seen an old lady with several glad sandwich bags while i was picking up more coppers in a city bank yestie, younger girl behind her had a tin. i only had time to hit one bank and 2 shops yestie $40 something of 1 and 2's and 1.5 oz silver for $30 with a bonus 14 grams thrown in, 2nd shop i met an online friend and picked up a couple of foreign coins that appealed to my eye, worst bit was lugging it home on the bus and not being able to noodle without my glasses lol

its the shape of the denticles above the V that appear raised to me, what i see on my screen when using the microscope is not coming through in the pics real well, but there do appear to be several small marks that have some sort of shape to them that appear to be raised from the fields if only a fraction. i will try again this afternoon to get pics with normal light to see if they show better or a scan.
i picked up 18 of them for $30 so no loss if its nothing , plus 2 other have die cracks.

third purchase from the shop now and this time as i was leaving he was kind enough to give me a 1933 nz half crown, only 2m minted from my quick check last night in vg-f maybe a little better by a smidgin.