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10-15-2008, 08:02 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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|  Recent Purchases.... Just thought that it could be fun to have a similar thread there....for everything else.  
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10-15-2008, 07:30 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California
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| Good idea, Lucky... Then I'll show off a recent coin purchase of mine! I bought the 2008 Royal Shield of Arms Proof Collection from the Royal Mint. When I first saw the news release about these coins, I thought they looked great and decided I needed the set for my collection 
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10-15-2008, 07:32 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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 | That's a neat idea Geist!
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10-15-2008, 10:56 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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| Copyright Lucky, you owe me 5 Dollars Australia for every post made in this thread I just bought a new radiator for my car.
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10-16-2008, 08:37 PM
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I was afraid I didn't get my order in on time and missed out, as they were only producing 10,000 base-metal proof sets. But I found out that I did get in under the wire and then watched over the mail like a hawk 'till they showed up...lol I think the most striking thing about them is the way the designer laid out the coins, representing the shield when all the coins were laid out in a particular pattern. From what I understand, the designer is a college student, who made the design with Photoshop and submitted the design to the Royal Mint during a contest. The mint was so impressed with his winning submission, they redesigned the pound to reflect the overall design... The photo doesn't do them justice, but I don't want to open the case and run the risk of damaging thier finish I'm sure our friends in the UK will be seeing coins similiar to these in circulation some time soon, if not already.
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10-16-2008, 08:52 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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| Yeah, I like how the crest is spread out among the coins.
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10-17-2008, 01:23 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand
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| Il make Heinz richer then
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10-17-2008, 06:35 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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| STOP FEEDING THE B*ST*RD AN D HIS GREED...! Damn! 
__________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" |
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10-17-2008, 12:05 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle
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| I've just had to buy 4 new BF Goodrich all terrain tyres for my 4x4, €200 each!!  They look cool though!
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10-17-2008, 03:30 PM
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| Damn good tyres, Goodrich AT's. I used to run those and the MT on my Land Rover, go virtually anywhere, and don't wear down quick. |
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10-17-2008, 05:45 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle
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| They sure are, the old ones were on it 5 years, the sidewalls started to crack fairly badly so they needed to be replaced.
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10-17-2008, 06:13 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Five years is not at all bad, especially if you gave it some welly off-road! Congrats on your new 'boots'! |
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10-18-2008, 12:01 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: York. United kingdom
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| I just bought 4 channel radio controlled helicopter, tried flying it, but its not for me, think I prefere aircraft |
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10-22-2008, 07:33 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland
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| Just picked up a copy of "Allied aces in Asia" rather cheaply.
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10-23-2008, 12:10 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand
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| Nice Wildcat!
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