Banknotes in fire

American dollars are burned during a ceremony in honor of deceased ancestors in the old district of Hanoi, Vietnam.

Posted by andrew, November 3, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Small meeting in Dresden

During last Saturday serge and our old user Catalin has a very calm and cheerful meeting in Dresden, Germany. Catalin is sand collector and he is our most active forum member. He has suggested a lot of improvements and remarks how our custom collectible feature in the CollectionStudio software can be more powerful, customizable and to be most suitable for particular collectibles. We have implemented his ideas, with only one remark – each feature should be suitable for any kind of collectible. That's why right now you can track collection of any type within CollectionStudio.

During this meeting in Dresden we have discussed following existing features and upcoming in nearest feature extensions:

• CollectionStudio Online feature;
• Using notebook camera for barcode scanning;
• GPS coordinate and map pointing;
• Map zooming feature;
• Customizability vs. usability;
• Different collectible types;
• Exchange of discrete materials and “duplicate” field usage;
• New services for collectors.

Unfortunately, we had not so much time to discuss more and more but we hope it was not our last personal meeting.

Posted by serge, October 28, 2010. Post has 1 comments.
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Meanwhile in Czech Republic

Beer is about 20 Kr, and 100 Kr = 4 Euro or 5 and half US dollars.

The smallest banknote is 50 korun. The highest coin is also 50 korun.

Posted by serge, October 21, 2010. Post has 2 comments.
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Sweet collection

Posted by andrew, October 20, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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One and five russian kopecks

The Central Bank of Russia has been long insisting on ceasing the minting of small coins, that are one and five kopecks. The reason is simple - the minting is more expensive than the nominal. To mint a one-kopeck coin they spend 47 kopecks.

The history of a copeck is old and hard, but not to say very ancient. The financial reform of 1534 made a copeck the basic coin, and there was a horseman with a lance printed on it. In Russian copeck is "kopeyka", and the word "lance" in Russian is "kopye". This is why it’s called "copeck".

Posted by andrew, October 13, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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China Minerals Collector & Dealer: Chen Xiao Jun

Mr.Chen Xiao Jun is a professional Minerals Collector & Dealer in ShangHai, China. Since he was a child, he was very interested in natural science and collecting hobby, he was in University 2001, he has began to collect rocks and minerals for long times. He also got the Management Bachelor Degree in 2005, first he worked for a laser company, then he became full time minerals dealer 2006, and start selling minerals since 2005, mostly via internet, he also made a lot of minerals collectors friend all over the world, most of them visited him, also many collector friends just via Internet.

He has a minerals shop in ShangHai, and has three websites, 1. Crystal minerals of China: www.chinaruff.com 2. Fluorescent Minerals of China: www.susanstones.com 3. China Minerals of Chen Xiao Jun Collection Index: www.chenminerals.com And He always keep minerals hunting work all of China, sometimes he visited mine for collecting minerals, sometimes he visited miner or local mining area mineral dealers homes for buying minerals, he like his minerals career very much, and enjoy amazing minerals specimens, he is professional or a has lot experience in Chinese Minerals specimens. After you contacted him, you also will find he was also a very good and kind man, and you will enjoy stay with him. Also some famous International minerals website, you can find his article or some report about him, more details you can find from his websites.

Posted by chenminerals, September 29, 2010. Post has 1 comments.
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Hobby

Posted by andrew, September 23, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Guess the country

Posted by andrew, September 17, 2010. Post has 2 comments.
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I've Finally Caught all the Pokemon

I've Finally Caught all the Pokemon

Posted by andrew, September 2, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Master Modeller Builds Unique Matchstick Armada

79-year-old Phillip Waren has spent the last 62 years of his life creating incredible ship models out of old matchsticks and the wooden boxes they used to be packed in. He started building his amazing matchstick models when he was just 17, using the things around him, and since matchsticks were much more common back then, finding large supplies was a very easy task.

The master modeler, from Brandford, Dorset, has created every ship built in the Royal Navy since 1945, as well as 60 other ships from the US navy and other impressive floating fortresses from 18 other nations. One of the largest ships in his collection is the famous USS Nimitz, the largest aircraft carrier in the world.

Throughout his career as a ship model builder, Phillip Waren created over 400 individual ships, as well as 1,200 airplane models that make his aircraft carriers look more real. The average ship in his collection is made using around 1,500 matchsticks and takes about a month to complete, but for his larger creations he used over 5,000 matchsticks and 200 wooden boxes. These took him about a year to complete. All in all, Phillip Waren used around 650,000 matchsticks, to create his entire fleet.

Although many museum curators told him his matchstick creations are worth serious money, Phillip Waren considers them invaluable, and has never once considered selling them. He decided not to ensure them either because he feels “the purpose of insurance is to replace things when you lose them. These can never be replaced”.

Sadly, his collection isn’t going to grow much bigger than it already is, not because Phillip Waren is getting to old, but because the wooden boxes used as packaging for the matches have been replace by cardboard ones, and his stockpile is running low.

Take a look at Mr. Waren’s detailed collection and prepared to have your mind blown:

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Posted by andrew, August 31, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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