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The coins were marked "BR.AL." Interesting. I went through a few that I have and found two. |
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Germany 3 Mark  India 1/2 Pice  Italy 5 Centesimi  Latvia 5 Santimi  Norway 2 Ore  Sweden 2 Ore  |
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I have a few from from 100 years ago as well. Two types of Halfcrown in 1922, the common later one (50/50 - Ag/Cu)  The coin on the right is the later one. Early type of 1922 - the scarce one and with 50/40/10 mix (Silver, Copper, Nickel)   Notice that the shield's lip touches the crown band, later in 1922 this was changed to show a gap and wear better. This coin is VF but has stains, my guess is the low quality post war production. I heard one story that old shell casings were used for the copper! Also for you a high grade 1922 British shilling!   1922 shillings are very common in worn grades, but above VF they get quite scarce - this is a very high VF getting close to EF. Most 1920s silver did not wear this well, as it was base silver these coins survived in the UK for Decades. |
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I have a 1922 Florin too, but its pretty nasty. Here is an Australian shilling for you.  And a penny   Both quite average  New Zealand sadly did not have any coins but these tokens were issued sometime in the early 1920s.  After world war 1 there was a initiative to get returned soldiers to become farmers and many got free or discounted land blocks in some pretty marginal areas with little cash. Hence these tokens were paid out as wages and credit. There is not much information on when they were made, but many suggest it was sometime between 1918 and 1930 and they were used up to the 1940s. The lettering and shape of them (Round, base metals of brass for low shillings, and cupronickel for the 10/-, 20/- and even 40/- values) all point to the post war early 20s slump. |
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1922 Sweden 2 kronor:  |
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1922 Sweden 2 kronor Nice  . These still showed up in circulation in the 1970s. The portraits of George V and Gustaf V look strikingly similar. They clearly agreed on hair and beard style for a gentleman (Gustaf V had beard on his chin, but it doesn't show too well on these coins). In case you wonder about the text on the Swedish 2 kronor "MED FOLKET FÖR FOSTERLANDET" (you may not, but I'm going to tell you anyway!  ): That is the motto of Gustaf V and translates to "With the people for the land of our fathers." Each king chooses a motto and it was placed on the larger denomination coins until 2016. I believe it is only Sweden and Norway that used to place the king's motto on their coins, other monarchies just lists the monarch's titles (which is present as well on Swedish and Norwegian coins). Edited: Changed motto translation from that of Wikipedia to the official one. Edited by erafjel
01/22/2022 06:25 am
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Japan 1 Sen  Czechoslovakia 1 Koruna  Brazil 200 Reis  Greece 10 Lepta  Belgium 1 Franc  |
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Australia half penny  Great Britain 3 pence  U.S.A. 1922D Lincoln Cent |
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A couple more   Canadian Penny, small size just 2 years after they stopped making the large sized ones.   Imperial (British) penny - the last date of penny until 1926   French 1 Franc and 5 centimes coins. After WW1 good silver coins were replaced with this worthless brass token coinage. |
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Australian 1922 sixpence and lowball florin:   At least Australian silver coins in 1922 were still made of sterling silver, unlike their British equivalents! |
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Numisrob, your florin might be lowball, but at least it's still better than mine.  |
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Here is one I snagged from a dealers junk silver foreign coin bucket a few days ago for just silver melt  . A Netherlands 1922 guilden...   |
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1922 US,Peace Dollar.   |
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1922 R Italy. 10 centesimi,   |
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1922 Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Un Peso.   |
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