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New Member
United States
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I can not even locate the country for this coin:   I know the country, but can not identify the names etc. #1   #2   Sorry for lighting...I had LED desk light and all it did was create a glare where the plastic was. If I need to retake any just let me know. Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
539 Posts |
Japan, Israel, Israel.
I may be able to get back to you more detail in a bit or someone else will join in I'm sure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
539 Posts |
oh, and I forgot. WELCOME
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Pillar of the Community
United States
539 Posts |
so I can tell you quickly that the last two are Israel
5 Agorot KM157. I cannot make out the date with the picture and tools that I have
10 Agorot KM158. Date might be 1996 or 1997 but again picture is not clear enough.
japan coin is a 10 Yen but I cannot make out details.
Hopefully someone with better tools or eyesight (or perhaps lighter and sharper pictures) can help
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New Member
 United States
32 Posts |
Tools? What kind of tools are you speaking of and are they available for free?
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New Member
United States
14 Posts |
1. Japanese 10 yen, the date reads right to left. In this case 4 X 10, showa 40, 1965.
2. Israel, 5 Agorot, need a better picture to see the date.
3. Israel, 10 Agorot, 5754 (1994).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To find the dates: http://dateconverter.net/Once you find the dates you can do a search here: http://en.numista.com/It isn't as good as a catalog but people can easily add stuff to it. If you just have an odd ball coin you can start here: http://(131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed /Inst-ID/index.html |
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United States
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New Member
United States
32 Posts |
I used the LED strip and a LED flashlight to help against glare.   I have around 10 more Israel coins(10s and 5s). Good learning tools for me to learn how to read dates. :) |
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New Member
United States
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Just tried to read it myself...and got a headache trying to read that small...lol.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Silver - spend $20 and get a good magnifying glass - some of them have buuilt-in LEDs.
After that, spend your next $30 on a loupe - fo really fine details.
After that: digital scales (50g, by 0.01g), caliper, and a magnet (any small magnet).
For your photography, get a tripod - a $5 will be fine for coins.
And learn to use your camera's timer.
Include a ruler for scale.
Lighting: depends on what you've already got. My dining table is near a window, and is pretty well illuminated during daytime, so I haven't forked out for a lamp. if I wanted to take pics while travelling, I may have to look into that.
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New Member
United States
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5 Agorot looks like 5756 (1996) best I can tell.
Thanks for the closeup pics. Helps a lot!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your first coin is a Japanese 10 yen.
They are still legal tender with an exchange value of +/- 10 US cents.
Yours appears to be dated Showa 51.
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New Member
United States
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Peter - I have everything you listed except a magnifying glass. Going to stop by Hobby Lobby today after I wake up(work third shift). I even have lighting, but I did not want to break out my filming lighting(amateur YouTube filmer) and set it up as I was leaving for work. Also my camera has been sucking at macro photos for some reason. Those were shot with my Sony HANDYCAM. I need to figure whats wrong with the camera soon to document my grandfathers collection.
I'm not 100% on the Yen date as never had family over there in that time period(or since then). I forgot where I even acquired it. Reason I say that is because the year stated by a forum member does not match what I see on the coin.
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New Member
United States
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I am going to go through and set everything up how I do for movies and retake the pictures to get better quality.
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New Member
United States
32 Posts |
Translated the Yen to 1976. :) Magnifying glass with light helps out A LOT.
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Posted 01/31/2013 4:36 pm
