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Hey everyone! I want to start by saying I am not actually a collector. I have a decent size box of coins and stamps from a lot of different places, my parents collected them over their life times. I joined this community because quite frankly, it is just too much to catalog. I can't get them appraised if I don't know what is there. that is why I need your help to identify. I don't think I am allowed to offer to sell or link to my own blog from here. But I have a jewish sheckel, it's really old, not sure if it's real or not, a half coin, 4 silver bits I think it says on it? And thousands of more coins. Any help getting started would be great. Thanks! =]
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New Member
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Edited by Bhann
01/12/2012 12:10 pm
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New Member
Canada
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I apologise for the terrible quality pictures my camera is broken I had to use my android phone camera.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Hi, Bhann, Welcome to the Forums.  We can give you all the help you need to identify your coins, just relax and take it nice and slow, post a few more pics and we'll be here to help you.  |
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to the Community! I have moved your thread to the identification forum.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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to the forums. If you have questions, just ask, there's a lot of people on this forum that can give you answer to your questions. |
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United States
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Welcome to the forum, Bhann!
I'm pretty sure that the top and the bottom pieces are just tourist copies. The bottom is an imitation of a "biblical" coin, and the top is a half of Spanish colonial 8 reales. The fact is that those coins were always minted whole, and then if needed they were cut in half, quarters, or eighths to make change. It looks like your "piece of four" was produced (probably cast rather than minted) as a half coin to begin with.
I'm not sure who ceded to the British in 1874. In any case I would love to see the other side for I'm not familiar with this piece.
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At a guess it was something in the Caribbean, maybe Tobago. Possible Africa like Guyana too, lots of hand offs during that period as the colonial powers fought it out in Europe and consolidated during quieter moments.
Forgot an obvious one, Somalia.
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01/12/2012 3:47 pm
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New Member
Canada
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  Think this may be a british penny - 1896 - If so can anyone guess the value based on what you can see from its current condition? |
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New Member
Canada
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  No idea what this is. The front says peseta una, the back says "francisco franco .. caudillo de espana porla g. de dois .. 1966"? |
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Canada
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Edited by Bhann
01/13/2012 01:32 am
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New Member
Canada
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 Even to me it's kind of obvious what this is. But I was wondering if anyone could verify if this is actually a silver dollar. It's hard for me to tell as it is uncirculated and untarnished. the insert says "The silver dollar marks the 150th anniversary of Toronto. The reverse depicts an indian in a canoe in the foreground and the skyline of Toronot in the background. The design is the work of a Toronto artist, David Craig." Authentic? |
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United Kingdom
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Hi,
The british penny is not really worth anything -- I have a pile of these Victorian pennies lying is a junk box in the corner of my office - It's the sort of thing you get from a 20 pence junk tray.
The next coin is a Spanish peseta and although it's dated 1966 there should be a very tiny date in the star on the reverse that gives the actual date. Again it's not really of any value other than of interest.
The top Canadanian dollar is actually silver - 0.5000 and represents the Parliment library - I think worth about $10 or so.
Similarly the second one is a Toronto commemorative again in 0.5000 silver. Similar value.
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The "100th anniversary of cession" coin is from Fiji; the bearded fellow is Fiji's first and last independent king, Cakobau. The coin is sterling silver, and at just under one and a half ounces, it's value is primarily in its silver content. NGC page. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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New Member
Canada
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 I've seen this coin posted on ebay for around $200, but that is with a certificate of authenticity which I lost, and a box, which even though the coin and plastic case are fine the box is destroyed. Oh well. |
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New Member
Canada
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 Does anyone have any idea what this is? it comes in a book with a few more "medals" happy holidays, glory to god, and so on.. |
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