2007 Canada Nickel

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This has been a nickel packed week. Got this at the same local store and luckily it is new to me. It is very shiny like most Canadian coins. I find it nice that most five cents coins have the same general size and feel at least this will keep them circulating for a while, even out of country.

Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) logo is nice and bold on the front. There are no major varieties for this type and year but I still looked real close.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 5 Cents / Canada
Year: 2007
Mintage: 221,472,000
Metal: 94.5% Steel, 3.5% Copper, and 2% Nickel
Value: $0.05 in Extra-Fine

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1991 Peru 50 Centimos

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First of the fifty céntimos after the reformation. If you notice a coin/currency trend among Central and South American countries you are correct. They often change governments and with it change their entire monetary systems. The instability does not make the coins rare mainly because the lack of proper accounting. They tend to flood the country with these new coins and notes but the exact numbers may never be known.

BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU 1991

50 CENTIMOS

The reverse  has some braille but I am not sure what it says. Also the mint mark of the Lima mint is a combination of the letters LIMA. It is a very simple but cool way to make an original mark.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 50 Centimos / Peru
Year: 1991
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: $0.20 in Fine (currency exchange is at $0.19)

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2004 $50 Bill, EC-A

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The first of the colorized fifties. When I first saw it I thought one thing...sherbert. It looks like rainbow sherbert. Pale pink, orange, and purple make this look like Monopoly money. With this update to color the U.S. finally caught up with the rest of the world in terms of money security.

If you have the ability to save a $50 bill I suggest you do as the trend has been to make less and less of these each year. The current series of 2009 was last printed on October of 2011. In the U.S. $20 bill are the popular notes and as technology gets better cashless is preferred by a growing young population.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $50 Note / Philadelphia
Year: 2004
Printings: 22,400,000
Printed: January 2005
Run: 6th of 7 from EC16000001A - EC19200000A
Value: $55.00 in Crisp-Uncirculated

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2007 Venezuela 5 Centimos

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Friday I go in to my local store and the cashier asks if I want to trade a nickel for a Venezuelan nickel. Apparently a customer did not have exact change and gave the cashier this coin. I was using a debit card but since I always carry extra change I gladly trading it. Being friendly does work.

REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA · 2007 ·

5 CÉNTIMOS

There is a small group of people around me who know I collect and often leave change aside for me to trade/buy. I make the same deal with all of them that if it is worth anything above ten dollars that I would split the value with them. It does not matter if I keep it I would still honor this agreement since it only seems fair. Unfortunately I have yet to be given a coin above a few dollars and most are less than the value the cashier thought they were getting.

This is my first Venezuela find in a decade and the first since their latest reformation. These are known as Bolívar fuertes or "strong dollars" in that country. Having to assure your own country that this is strong money is never a good sign. 

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 5 Centimos / Venezuela
Year: 2007
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Copper Plated Steel
Value: $0.25 in XF

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1984 Paraguay 10 Guaranies

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Para-para-Paraguay. Para-para-Paraguay. What? It is better than a 10 Justin Guarinis joke.

My one and only Paraguayan coin and all I can do is musical puns. I could have done food puns since this is another one of those FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) coins but that may be insensitive.

REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY GRAL. GARAY 1984

 ALIMENTOS PARA EL MUNDO 10 GUARANIES

That is the bust of General Eugenio Alejandrino Garay on the obverse. A soldier and journalist from way back in the day.

The reverse has FOOD FOR THE WORLD in Spanish above the denomination added for the FAO.The cow head was always a part of the design.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Guaranies / Paraguay
Year: 1984
Mintage: 20,000,000
Metal: Stainless Steel
Value: $0.10 in Very-Fine (less than $0.01 in exchange value)

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2011-D Dime

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The ongoing quest to find one of every coin every made in my change , even the common ones, continues with this dime. I got the Pennsylvania version late June last year and a little over a year passed when this Denver version showed up in my change. Noticed it because it was very shiny.

I have found nearly all the circulated dimes from 1965-2012 with the following exceptions.

• 2007-D
• 2009-D
• 2012-P
• 2012-D 

There is some reasons for this like 2009-D was a very low mintage and 2012 is very new. Strangely though 2007 dimes were made in the billions so I should have at least one but either they are not circulating well or I have not noticed any.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Cents / United States
Year: 2011 P
Mintage: 754,000,000 (estimated )
Metal: 91.67% Copper, 8.33% Nickel
Value: $0.10  in AU-50

Still have not found a 2009 nickel

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