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Hi Sokolatis and Welcome to the Forum!  I can tell you about the British coins: Photo #1: A George VI halfpenny of 1943, George V penny of 1920 and Elizabeth II pennies of 1963 and 1964. All very common coins in circulated condition and of little value. Photo #2: A George V penny of 1936 and a George VI halfpenny of 1944. The 1936 penny looks to be in nice condition (around VF) but even so these are both common date coins of little value. (I'll leave our Australian friends to comment on the Australian 1918 penny, and I don't recognise the 1789 coin, which looks like a token - it's definitely not an official British coin). Photo #4: A George III 1799 halfpenny and a Queen Victoria 1898 penny. The 1799 halfpenny is fairly common in this grade although there are a number of varieties based on the number of gunports on the ship - although the coin may be too worn to distinguish these. The 1898 penny is a scarcer date but of no value to a collector in this condition. Photo #5: A Jersey 1877 penny (one-twelfth of a shilling). Struck by the Heaton Mint in Birmingham. Mintage 240,000. Probably worth about $3 in this condition. Edited by NumisRob
08/31/2013 05:10 am
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(I'll leave our Australian friends to comment on the Australian 1918 penny, and I don't recognise the 1789 coin, which looks like a token - it's definitely not an official British coin). We'll need to see the other side of the 1918 penny to grade/value it properly, but 1918 is one of the harder-to-find dates. The 1798 is indeedd an English token; I'll also need to see the other side to ID it properly. Photo 3: the two Rhodesian pennies are fairly cheap and common. The other two are Canadian tokens; post pics of both sides of these in the Canadian section of the forum for a better idea on local value. Photo 4: the lower piece is another Canadian token. See above note. Photo 5: the Prince Edward Island piece is not a coin, but a medal, part of a set of provincial medals given away at gas stations, I believe. Lower left is another Canadian token. I don;t think any of the British West Africa pennies (pics 5 and 6) are special, though there is a scarce 1936 variety we'd need to see the other side of to confirm it. Photo 6: the two at the bottom are from Russia. They are .900 fine silver, though worth more than silver content. The one on the left with the hole in it is from Austria. Photos 7 & 8: Greece, 20 lepta 1831. These old Greek Republic coins can be pricey, but this one is in awful condition; I don't know what folks would pay for it. Here's the catalogue reference. Photos 9 & 10: Ottoman Empire, mid-1800s, Turkish I think. The awful condition makes this one pretty much worthless. 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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Starting from left to right, in reading order... Most of these coins would be put into a bin, but the unit price would be fairly high. They aren't exceptionally valuable, but they are interesting and could hopefully get at least 50 cents each (or the older ones could, anyway).  1. A chinese cash. I'm not very good at attributing these, but coins were made in this style for thousands of years, differentiated only by the Chinese characters on them. It doesn't look extremely old, but I've been surprised in the past. 2. Israel, 1 Agora. This coin isn't used anymore and has a low value. 3. Israel, "Asimon". A telephone token that reportedly saw heavy use during the Yom Kippur war when thousands of Israelis called their friends abroad to ask where the scuds were heading. It's dated using the Jewish era, a fiddly system using letters as numbers and losing the first digit. SECOND ROW 4. Belgian occupation, 25 cents. I think it's from World War II. Belgium kept getting occupied by the Germans, who would issue cheap coins made of zinc or iron. Yours isn't anything special in terms of condition (zinc/iron coins are rare if they're still shiny and gray instead of dull black), but some dates are better than others. 5. British India, 1 pice. This is dated close to the end of the British occupation of India (1947). Yours isn't in bad condition. 6. Another cash, this one is rotated 90 degrees (the side that should be down is facing left).  Ignoring the coins that were also in the last picture: three more cash and a British Mandate of Palestine coin. The older Palestinian coins are worth a bit, maybe a few dollars. I'm not sure, though.  1. 1 Millieme (sometimes shortened to "Mil"), maybe from Egypt. The "Mil" is supposed to be a tenth of a "Cent", but this denomination is no longer in use anywhere. 2. Spain, 50 Centavos. The design was made in 1949, but the date the coin was actually made will be in one or two tiny stars somewhere on the coin. Because of this, Spanish coins are a huge pain. SECOND ROW 3. France, 5 Centimes, 1925. Not worth very much but a fairly old coin. 4. 50 Centavos again. This one is newer. That's as far as I can get for now. Nice collection! |
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Thank you so much about your help you are very kind.Finally I know what I have I am a little disappointed but thats ok .Actually I have 700 more coins from all the countries all dated from 1900-1980 but cant post them all you think I can find anything interesting in there?Btw I wanted to ask you guys what do you think about investing in gold and silver?the last 6 months I bought a pretty good amount in bars.do you think it was the right time to do that?is it better to have it in coins or bars? thank you all for your help
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Nice Macclesfield halfpenny. Its a conder token, worth a small bit. £5-£8?
That 1769 thingy is pretty cool.
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Hey the Australian is here  Anyway with the 1918 Penny it wouldn't be very rare at all in comparison to some other rarer dates anyway I would grade it as Very Fine and as such would have a retail of around $50-60 so you could expect around $25-35ish. Anyway if you have any more Australian coins I would be glad to help out with grading and values. Edited by oh my florin
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sokolatis! Don't be too disappointed! OK, there are no rare coins there and you won't be able to retire on the proceeds if you sold them. However you have a nice selection of World coins, albeit in fairly typical condition for a collection that has probably been assembled over the years from travel, change and swaps. The selection of coins with holes is an interesting one and though not high value, fun! I'd think whoever put them together enjoyed doing so. As to the gold and silver thing, my personal view is that it doesn't matter, providing you don't pay too much over melt for anything. I know the round ones look like coins and people call them coins but mostly they are not meant to be spent and so to my eyes, not coins. If you like the designs, fine, pay a bit more. But in the end they aren't rare and are basically just a way of buying precious metal, so don't go paying a huge markup for a 2013 example if you can get a 2010 for close to bullion (there are websites that list the price they would pay for various bars/coins to guide you). And as for grades, why pay more for an MS68 if you can get an MS60 for a fraction of the price? It's just a lump of silver of a particular weight, either way. OK, now I shall stand back and let the people who collect such things and likely disagree with my views lay into me! Just my opinion, after all. But what I would say is, collect what you like. Doesn't matter whether others think it's a good thing or not. It's your collection - enjoy it! |
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Actually, you do have some nice Canadian bank tokens. Before 1858 (the year of our first government-issued coins), we spent an ungodly mess of foreign coins and private/bank-issued tokens. These could get a few ($5+) bucks each, except maybe the one that's crossed-out (it's chewed-up and ugly).  And these are silver (and all Russian). The top two are probably worth more than their metal value - the bottom two aren't, because they've been soldered to something and mutilated.  |
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Some cool stuff there :)
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thank you so much everyone I really appreciate for your help and all these information. What I am going to do is throw all of them at the floor 700 coins+ take a picture and sell them all together.most of them are from 1900 to 1980 from all over the world.what do you think that a fair price would be?
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The most typical price is 5 for a dollar. Try sorting them in any way you can, country, monarch, size, year. A lot on ebay of 10/20/etc. mixed coins from the 1800s would do fairly well, as could a big stack of a certain coin (like the large copper pennies of the UK). Organization and identification will help you sell your coins. Here's how to set up your photographs for ideal searching: 1. Split up the big pile into smaller piles. 2. Take a smaller pile. Lay all the coins flat so you can photograph this smaller pile - then turn them all so that the date is facing up. An 1858 Canadian large cent in average condition could get $100, while an 1859 in the same condition might not scrape $10. Also, the side with the date usually has more information on it. 3. We might not be able to identify the entire pile, but we can pick out more valuable coins for special consideration. You've already posted a few coins that are interesting and worth more, so if all 700 are like what you've posted so far, photographing each one could flush out some coins in the $5-$10 range, or better. The more piles you make and the more pictures you take, the more likely it is that we can find any silver or rarer coins that should be sold by themselves. |
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