Found In A Coinstar- 1870 Coin- What Is It? (Id: 1870 Spanish 2 Centimos)

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upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3283 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 3:56 pm Two Cent Piece maybe? Any value? Thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff

nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15570 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 4:01 pm That is an 1870 Spanish 2 Centimos. Composition is copper. World Coin ID is Y-52. I'll dig around in my Krause and see if I can discover mintage. Nice find for a Coin Star. David Edit ... My references state the coin is 20mm in diameter and weighs 2.0 grams. Minted in Barcelona with a total mintage of 115,868,832 coins. Not exactly rare. I don't have an estimate of value .... hoping the experts will be along shortly to provide that. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Edited by nickelsearcher 06/05/2011 4:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff
upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3283 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 4:18 pm Wow, 115 million in 1870, thats high mintage for back then (or so it seems to me). What does "world coin ID (y-52) mean? Thanks for the info nickelsearcher. Report this Post to the Staff
BrokaToe Valued Member United States 175 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 4:19 pm I would say this coin is in EF-45 condition. Nice sharp details and seems to have small amount of mint luster left from what I can tell from these photos. It is listed as KM#661 a 1870 2 Centimos from Spain and would be worth around $10.00 in this condition. Of course the grade I stated is purely my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
wrestling_135 Pillar of the Community United States 802 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 6:05 pm I have heard of people "finding" cool coins in a coinstar. I thought coin stars only give out cash or vouchers, not coins? Report this Post to the Staff
Tam Valued Member United States 200 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 6:25 pm Upstate, there are two primary catalog #s for world coins, y=Yeoman and KM=Krause. There are a few others {specialty catalogs/researchers for more specific countries or denominations within a country that are listed freely in most of the two major catalog #'s}. Sort of a a sharing of information between them all thing. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 8:38 pm That's in a better grade than most I see at shops and shows. Report this Post to the Staff
upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3283 Posts	Posted 06/06/2011 1:36 pm Quote: have heard of people "finding" cool coins in a coinstar. I thought coin stars only give out cash or vouchers, not coins? Rejected coins are where these finds occur.Besides this coin there was a bicentennial US quarter ,2 Canadian dimes,a token of some kind and 2 badly beat up zincolns (which I traded for coppers at the "give a penny"jar) Thank you Tam, I should get one of those Catalog's/books for reference materials Report this Post to the Staff
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