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Valued Member
United States
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I have seemed to acquire quite a few foreign coins over the years which I know nothing about. First off can anybody tell me the value of I guess its Lira. I have several from Italy that say L.100 or L.50. Does anybody know the value of these? Face value or numismatic. They are late 50's and early 60's. This is just my first question I also have Francs etc. etc.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think most folks will need to have much more detail before they can give any real thoughts n numastic value - pictures would be great. Face value is pretty easy - I think it is zero since italy and France have both moved to the Euro and the period for exchange has expired. Or so I think it has at least.
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Bulgaria
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yes pictuers would be great
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Valued Member
 United States
136 Posts |
Batteries are dead in the camera right now. Could you tell me what the face value used to be in dollars?
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Pillar of the Community
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Well no. The inflation in Italy was pretty bad then. And I'm not so sure you can trade them even at Italian banks anymore.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Well, 100 lire would be about 5 cent (in euro) or 7 cents (in US dollars), but as some have already mentioned, the redemption period is over. For French coins it ended on 17 Feb 2005, for Italian coins the deadline was 7 Dec 2011. Each euro country sets its own deadlines; some have an unlimited redemption policy.
The pre-euro coins from the following countries cannot be redeemed any more: Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal.
The pre-euro notes from the following countries cannot be redeemed any more: Finland, France, Greece, Italy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I find bimetallic 500 lira coins are fairly easy to sell, but there isn't much market out there for any other modern Italian coins unless they're being sold in lots. Some of the dates from the 1950's have high premiums listed in krause, but don't fetch those prices on ebay. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Obsolete European (and other) coins go for about 5-7 dollars per pound nowadays.
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Posted 05/01/2012 11:11 am
