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diff --git a/src/changelog.html b/src/changelog.html index 0891fc5..a379286 100644 --- a/src/changelog.html +++ b/src/changelog.html @@ -27,9 +27,543 @@ </p> </section> - <section class="cl-section slant-down"> + <section id=08-06-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> <div> - <h2>18<sup>th</sup> of April, 2023</h2> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Today I got some rolls for a soon-to-occur in-person swap with + another Discord user for a <em>bunch</em> of banknotes, and some + rolls too. I took this time to also get 10 rolls of €2 coins for + myself too and the hunt granted me 3 new finds and 2 NIFCs! The new + finds I got were: Austria 2013, Italy 2011, and Germany 2006 (D; + NIFC!). I also got Netherlands 2005 — an NIFC — but not one that is + new for my collection. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=07-06-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I got more stuff in the mail today, and this time with lots of new + 1- and 2-cent coins for my dateruns! There was also a new + commemorative €2 in there for me. The new commemorative was the + “Falcone & Borsellino” coin from Italy (2022). The new standard + issue coins I got are: Finland 10c (2008), France 1c (2018), Germany + 1c (2005 G, 2013 D, 2014 A, 2015 J, 2018 J), Germany 2c (2003 A, + 2004 A, 2005 D, 2006 F, 2009 A, 2012 D, 2018 D, 2019 F), Germany 5c + (2020 F), Greece 20c (2021), Portugal 5c (2005), and Portugal 20c + (2003). + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=05-06-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I did a 20 roll hunt of €1 coins today. Nothing super notable in + this hunt, but I did get two new finds. I got an Italian 2012 and a + Finnish 2006. Not much, but two finds are still two finds! + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=02-06-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + And it is once again, mail day! Today’s swap comes from Germany + with one new commemorative and twenty new standard issue coins (one + of them being an NIFC!). The new commemorative was “Treaty of + Élysée” (2013 D). This completes all of this designs mintmarks for + me, and now means that I only need 5 more mintmarks to complete the + entire German commemorative mintmark set from 2004–2022. The new + standard issue coins I recieved are: 50c 2005 (G; NIFC!), 20c 2020 + (G), 10c 2017 (J), 10c 2021 (F), 2c 2015 (F), 2c 2016 (G), 2c 2017 + (G), 2c 2018 (J), 2c 2020 (J), 2c 2021 (A), 2c 2021 (F), 2c 2021 + (J), 2c 2022 (J), 1c 2016 (A), 1c 2016 (F), 1c 2016 (G), 1c 2017 + (A), 1c 2018 (D), 1c 2019 (A), 1c 2021 (D). + <br /><br /> + Today also had another coin hunt. This time I hunted: 16 rolls of + €1 coins, 1 roll of 20c, 1 roll of 10c, and 2 rolls of 5c. The new + finds of the hunt were: France 5c (2016), Germany 5c (2013 G), + Greece €1 (2006), Greece €1 (2011), Italy €1 (2005), Netherlands €1 + (2016), Portugal €1 (2015), Spain €1 (2012), and motherfucking + <strong><em>Vatican City €1 (2013)!!!</em></strong> This might be + the best find I’ve ever found since I started collecting… + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=31-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Mail day yet again! Today I got 12 new circulated commemoratives + from Münzenjäger on the + <a href=https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk> + Euro Coins discord server + </a>. + These are: Estonia “Baltic States” (2018), Finland “Markka” (2010), + Greece “Battle of Thermopylae” (2020), Latvia “Zemgale” (2018), + Luxembourg “Constitution” (2018), Luxembourg “Voting Rights” (2019), + Malta “EU Flag” (2015), Monaco “Admission to the UN” (2013), + Slovakia “Constantine & Methodius” (2013), Slovakia “European + Union” (2014), Slovakia “Universitas Istropolitana” (2017), and + Slovenia “Barbara of Celje” (2014). + <br /><br /> + All the coins I recieved from this swap and the swap from the + previous site update were swaps where I gave the exact same coins I + recieved, except I gave uncirculated coins and recieved circulated + ones back. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=26-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + It’s mail day again! Today in the mail I got 5 new circulated + commemoratives from Finland. They were: Sauna Culture (2018), + University of Turku (2020), Åland Islands (2021), Ballet (2022), and + Erasmus Programme (2022). + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=25-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I just did another quick 50c hunt today. During the hunt I found: + Finland 2011, Germany 2022 (F), and Spain 2002. Not super exciting, + but all new finds nonetheless. I also found Vatican City 2016! I + already have it though, so to the Vatican stack it goes. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=23-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Today had another 50c hunt and it was a lot more successful than the + last one! In total I had 4 new finds and a nice keeper. The keeper + was a Dutch coin from 2004 with a mintage of 300K. I already have + this coin so I will probably give it to someone else. My actual + finds were: Finland 1999, Italy 2022, Spain 2010, and best of all… + Germany 2007 (F)! The German 50c is my 4<sup>th</sup> German NIFC + (all the others are also 50c) and my first German NIFC with the + second map! + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=22-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I visited an ATM after work today hoping to get some 2002 notes. I + didn’t get any — but I did get an Italian €20 note with the + signature of Christine Lagarde. That brings me down to only 3 notes + remaining for the €20 Europa series! + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=21-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Today I did a large 50c coin hunt. I went through 800 coins and + sadly there were no microstates or NIFCs… but I did still manage to + get two keepers — Netherlands 2009, a low-mintage coin but one I + already have — and France 2022, a year that is new for me! Both + coins are in excellent condition. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=20-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I got some notes out of an ATM today, and managed to pull a French + €20 from 2002 bearing the signature of Jean-Claude Trichet — that + was pretty cool! + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=19-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I did a €1000 hunt of €2 coins today. It started very slow with + almost no finds, but of the few finds I got, they were of quality! + The hunt got me 5 new standard-issue coins and 2 new + commemorative-issue coins. The standard-issue coins are: Germany + 2014 (A), Germany 2017 (A), France 2020, Finland 2004, and… + <em>Finland 2015!</em> The Finnish €2 coin from 2015 has a mintage + of only <em>169,100!</em> The commemorative-issue coins were: + France “Erasmus Programme” and Greece “EU Flag”. The Greek + commemorative has a mintage of ~750,000. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=18-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Right before my flight back to Eindhoven today, I got two new finds + from the vending machines and ATMs. A San Marino 50c from 2020 and + a €20 banknote from Portugal with the signature of Draghi. + <br /><br /> + After landing, I met with a friend of Petros, a user from the + <a href=https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk> + Euro Coins discord server + </a>. + He gave me an envelope of 2002 banknotes with + a face-value of €180. In the envelope were the following new + additions for my collection: Austria €5 (JCT), Greece €10 (WD), + Greece €20 (JCT), Portugal €20 (MD), and Spain €50 (JCT). + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=17-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Today I left Malta to head back home. I had a layover in Treviso + and did some vending machine hunting which got me a Spanish €1 2015; + a new year for the collection. + <br /><br /> + I also got some banknotes from an ATM and got a new €50 banknote in + the form of an Italian note bearing the signature of Lagarde. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=16-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I got an Italian 20c 2020 in my change today; a nice new find. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=15-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Today I visited the Ġgantija Temples and did a quick shop hunt + afterwards! There was a souvenier shop right across the street from + the temple and I asked to take a look at their €2 coins. In the + cashier I managed to find another Maltese commemorative! This one + was the “The Peace” commemorative from 2017… and it also had the + coincard mintmarks making it a 30K mintage NIFC! That’s why it’s + not yet listed on the site; the coincard variants will be added in a + future update. + <br /><br /> + I also managed to get a German 10c 2022 (D) in my change at the + temple giftshop when purchasing a Kinnie (a fantastic Maltese + drink!), so that was a nice new minor find. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=14-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Today was pretty uninteresting. I wasn’t able to get anything new + besides a Maltese 20c 2020 from a vending machine. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=13-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Today I spent the day exploring Valletta along with “La Maltese” + from the + <a href=https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk> + Euro Coins discord server + </a>. + To our meeting he was kind enough to bring a few new Maltese 1c + coins for me from 2013, 2017, and 2021. He also got me 2 rolls of + €2 coins from which I got Italy €2 2018, Germany €2 2014 (D), and + most excitingly of all, the Maltese “Nature & Environment” €2 + commemorative! + <br /><br /> + At the end of the day I did a vending machine hunt in Valletta which + yieled me four new Maltese €1 coins from the years 2016, 2019, 2020, + and 2021. It also yieled me two Maltese temple commemoratives! + “Sadly” one of them was a duplicate for me, the Ħaġar Qim Temples + coin. The other temple coin was for the Ġgantija Temples which I + thought was also a duplicate, but I later realized that it had the + same mintmarks around the year that is found on the variants sold in + coincards. That made that coin an NIFC find with a mintage of only + 30K! + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=11-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + This was a pretty successful day with a lot of new finds! Firstly, + before my flight to Malta from Pisa I did some vending machine + hunting. This yieled me with a 2021 Vatican 50c coin which wasn’t + new, but also yieled me with the following new coins: Germany 20c + 2015 (A), Greece 20c 2019, Italy 50c 2007, Italy 50c 2011, Italy 50c + 2012, Italy 5c 2016, Portugal 50c 2021, Spain 20c 2016. + <br /><br /> + After arriving in Malta, I did some vending machine hunting in + Marsaxlokk. This also got me a lot of new finds! I didn’t have + many Maltese coins prior so there was a lot to find. The finds from + the vending machines were: France 5c 2017, Italy 20c 2021, Italy 20c + 2022, Malta 10c 2019, Malta 10c 2021, Malta 20c 2019, Malta 20c + 2021, Malta 50c 2017, Malta 50c 2019, Malta 50c 2020, Malta 50c + 2021, Malta 5c 2017, Malta 5c 2020. + <br /><br /> + Finally, my girlfriend got a Maltese 5c coin from 2015 in her change + at a Spar. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=10-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Today I left for a trip to Malta where hopefully I’ll find some nice + coins! My flight left from Eindhoven with a layover in Pisa. At + Eindhoven I managed to get a new coin as change from a vending + machine when buying a water. It was a Germany 20c 2013 with the ‘F’ + mintmark. + <br /><br /> + When I landed in Pisa I put some banknotes into the change machine + and got three new finds: Italy €2 2022, Italy €1 2021, and Finland + €1 2005. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=09-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + It’s another mail day! In the mail today was the Wolf €2 + commemorative from Estonia and a bicentennial Ike Dollar from + Denver. I already had the wolf coin in UNC condition, but this is a + collection of circulated coins so it’s nice to have that now too. + The Ike Dollar is also great to have; it’s the last bicentennial + coin I need besides the NIFC proofs. + <br /><br /> + I also did a coin roll hunt today; it’s been a good while since my + last one! I had a good number of standard- and commemorative-issue + finds today, most of them were common coins I missed but there were + some really nice rarer finds too! + <br /><br /> + The standard issue finds were (all €2): Belgium 2003, Germany 2008 + (G), Germany 2008 (J), Germany 2014 (J), Germany 2016 (G), Spain + 2003, Finland 2003, Greece 2002 (S), and Italy 2004. + <br /><br /> + The commemorative issue finds were: Germany “Erasmus Programme” (F), + Germany “Hamburg” (2023 J), Finland “Treaty of Rome”, Luxembourg + “European Monetary Union”, Netherlands “European Monetary Union”, + Netherlands “Euro Cash”, and Netherlands “Abdication of Beatrix”. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=05-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + It’s mail day! I got my coins from a Numista swap today. In total + I got 7 new coins with 3 being Italian commemoratives and 4 being + Vatican 50c coins. The new coins are: €2 Italy EU Flag, €2 Italy + “Tito Livio”, €2 “National Police”, and all the Vatican 50c coins + from 2010–2013 (all the years of Pope Benedict XVI). + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=03-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I have finally done it, I’ve found a way to hunt coins in the + Netherlands without purchasing bankrolls or going to a casino! + There is a Spar on the campus of my ex-university. This Spar is + special because it has something that I’ve never before seen in this + cashless dystopia — a self-checkout machine that accepts cash! + <br /><br /> + I don’t know how it didn’t come to my mind earlier but by creating a + false purchase of high value (maybe €500 for example) and then + dumping all your coins in the coin funnel you can then cancel the + purchase and get your coins back, except it’s not the same coins, + but different coins of the same denominations! + <br /><br /> + What this in effect means is that I can go and just put my coins in + this self-checkout machine and then cancel my order in a cycle while + getting new coins every cycle. I did this for the first time today + and got 3 new finds! Two of the finds were regular issue 20c coins, + Germany 2008 (F) and France 2020. The other find was a + commemorative issue in the form of the Dutch Erasmus Programme coin! + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=01-05-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + So today was mail day, and it was another American coin. I got a + bicentennial Ike Dollar; it’s certainly one of the biggest coins + I’ve ever held (maybe the biggest ever). It has no mintmark, so + it’s a Philadelphia dollar. This also means that once I get the + version with the Denver mintmark I’ll have all circulating + bicentennial coins from the USA! + <br /><br /> + I haven’t gotten any new euro-coins yet, but there’s a chance I’ll + be heading to Croatia next week so I’m hoping to get some new coins + there, or to maybe even do a vending machine hunt! + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=29-04-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I met up with Dan from the + <a href=https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk> + Euro Coins discord server + </a> + today; he was passing through Rotterdam. He was generous enough to + give me a total of €275 worth of 2002 banknotes. Of these notes, 16 + were new for the collection! They are as follows: €5 Germany (JCT), + €5 Netherlands (WD), €5 Portugal (JCT), €5 Spain (JCT), €10 Germany + (JCT), €10 Greece (JCT), €10 Ireland (WD), €10 Ireland (JCT), €20 + France (WD), €20 Germany (JCT), €20 Ireland (WD), and €50 Italy + (JCT). + <br /><br /> + Thanks a lot for the notes Dan! + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=25-04-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + Today I did what is likely my final vending-machine hunt of my trip + in the United States. During this hunt I got 3 new quarters, one + state quarter, one “America the Beautiful” quarter, and most + excitedly, one territory quarter! My 3 new quarters are (in order + of mint year): South Carolina (P), Puerto Rico (D), and Great Basin + (P). + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=24-04-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I did another vending-machine hunt at Miami-Dade College again + today. There wasn’t too much to get since the vending machines seem + to have been filled up with UNC rolls of the Bessie Coleman quarters + but I still was able to get two new state quarters. These were New + Hampshire (P) and Oregon (P). + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=23-04-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I passed by Dolphin Mall in Miami today; hunted some more vending + machines. Didn’t get too many finds but still a good couple. Got 5 + new “America the Beautiful” quarters and a new “American Women” + quarter. The new “America the Beautiful” quarters were: Denali (D), + Ellis Island (D), Mount Rushmore (P), River of No Return (P), and + Shenandoah (D). The new “American Women” quarter was Edith + Kanaka‘ole (P). + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=20-04-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + 11 new quarters were added to the collection today from a short + vending-machine hunt at Miami-Dade College. Of the 11 quarters, 9 + were state quarters and 2 were “America the Beautiful” quarters. + The state quarters are: Colorado (P), Hawaii (D), Minnesota (P), + Missouri (D), Montana (P), Nevada (P), New Jersey (D), New Mexico + (P), and South Carolina (D). The “America the Beautiful” quarters + are: Denali (P) and Apostle Islands (D). + <br /><br /> + I also passed by a currency-exchange office and managed to exchange + my €500 in cash for my first ever €500 bill. It costed my new + French €200 Europa note that I got from another currency-exchange, + but getting €500’s is a lot harder so it’s worth it. The €500 bill + is German with the signature of Wim Duisenberg. + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=19-04-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> + <p> + I did another vending-machine hunt today. It was a small hunt and + got me 7 new quarters. I got the 6 state quarters of: Maine (D + & P), Michigan (P), Mississippi (D), Texas (D), and Washington + (P). I also got the “America the Beautiful” quarter of Weir Farm + (P). + <br /><br /> + In bigger news, my coins from my swap with Jon have arrived. He + included all sorts of extra goodies but they aren’t relevant to this + site so I won’t be listing them here. The swap got me 11 new 1- and + 2-eurocent coins, a new American bicentennial coin, a new American + Lincoln commemorative penny, 3 new NIFC Dollar coins, 3 new state + quarters, 1 new district quarter, and finally 1 new “Westward + Journey” nickel. + <br /><br /> + The eurocents included were: Germany 1c (2009-D & 2013-A), + Germany 2c (2003-G, 2006-A, & 2006-D), Spain 1c (2002), Spain 2c + (2009 & 2015), and France 1c (2007, 2010, & 2016). The + American bicentennial coin was a half-dollar from Denver. The + Lincoln penny was the “Birth and Early Childhood” penny from + Philadelphia. One of the NIFC dollars was a native-american + space-program dollar from Denver and the other two were presidential + dollars: Chester Arthur (P) and John F. Kennedy (D). The state + quarters were California (D), Pennsylvania (P), and Rhode Island + (D). The dictrict quarter was my second district quarter so far, a + Puerto Rico (P). Finally, the “Westward Journey” nickel was a Bison + (D). + </p> + </div> + </section> + + <section id=18-04-2023 class="cl-section slant-down"> + <div> + <h2><!-- DATE --></h2> <p> Today was pretty successful. I passed by Chase Bank near closing hours and it was a good thing I did too. The customer right before @@ -55,19 +589,23 @@ </div> </section> - <section class="cl-section slant-down"> + <section id=start class="cl-section slant-down"> <div> <h2>Start of Changelog</h2> <p> This is the start of the sites changelog. The site has been around since the 11th of February 2023, and this collection began around April of 2022, so theres a lot of “history” here that won’t end up - documented. If you really care for some reason, you can check the - git-log of the site on the git repository. From now on I’ll be - documenting all my new finds here both so I can look back on it in - the future for fun, and incase anyone finds anything here - interesting. I suppose it makes the site a bit more human. - + documented. If you <em>really</em> care for some reason, you can + check the git-log of the site on the + <a href=https://git.thomasvoss.com/euro.thomasvoss.com> + git repository + </a>. + From now on I’ll be documenting all my new finds here both so I can + look back on it in the future for fun, and incase anyone finds + anything here interesting. I suppose it makes the site a bit more + human. + <br /><br /> I am currently in the United States on vacation, so the next couple of site updates are going to be primarily american coins. </p> |