Hi all. Just discovered this wonderful community. My first post here. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping folks like myself.
I have two coins I need help with.
I
inherited both from my parents and just came across them in some of their stuff. My father collected coins as a young boy and so did my grandfather, so they were likely passed down. I lost my parents young so never really got to know of these coins or ask much about them. So I know little about the lineage or value.
1) The first coin looks like a hammered coin, albeit it is pretty well shaped and the edges are of near even height. it is not very thin nor very light, but not seriously heavy either. a pleasant weight.
on one side, in the middle it says:
17
HENRI IV
1/2 FRANC
1607
and around the edge of that side it says: II-LE TRESOR DES ROIS DE FRANCE. COLLECTION BP.
on the other side it has a bust of what looks like henri, and then 1607 below it.
and around the edge it says REX+HENRICVSIIII. D. G. FRANC.ET.NAVARAE. (the a and e are joined together as a fused letter; the + after the rex looks like a stylized cross)
2) the second coin is a Colonial Indian coin. Appears to be tarnished silver. Thick even edges. Hefty. Beautifully made.
on one side it says:
ONE RUPEE INDIA 1919 and then has some arabic writing below it.
all of this is surrounded by a beautiful flower and petal and leaf motif
on the other side it has a bust in the middle and along the circular edge it says GEORGE V KING EMPEROR
Could you please help me evaluate these coins - more specifically are they rare and/or valuable or more sentimental items? And if I were to sell them what should/could each fetch, please? I'm in the United States.
Thank you!
pictures attached. sorry for the blurriness. my camera is having a hard time focusing on the details despite numerous attempts by me. the human eye still wins.



