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Canada
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also will it hurt the value if I clean them with jewellry cleaner or metal polish?
Absolutelly, as almost all experts agree to this point. DON'T clean nothing and moreover as you don't know nothing about coins and numismatic. Collector don't like cleaned coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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We need closer better pictures of each coin so we can determine year,grade and then value.
And welcome to the forum
Feel free to call me Will.
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Canada
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I see some Canadian silver and large cents so there is some value there. Can't really speak for the rest of them but the Ontario token on the bottom right looks interesting, and also the coin above it looks like a test token witch may be worth a bit.
Also never clean your coins! I can't stress this enough. Any coin collector can pick out a harshly cleaned coin and will value it at much less then a problem free example. Even the lightest of cleanings will leave hairline scratches that a collector can pick out. Don't clean your coins!
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I would like to either sell them or trade them for something We love coins but trade/sale is prohibited until we know you better  Stick around, we'd love to see better pictures and can help with values. We can help make sure you get a fair price when you do sell.  |
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The medals bottom right and upper left are Shell giveaways - very common worth around $1 each in decent condition (from these pics, they look pretty good). It looks like there's an Edmonton Trade dollar in there, 1975 with a catalogue value of around $3. As mentioned, closer photos of the individual coins will lead to better evaluations. |
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United Kingdom
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I can safely say the 2 uk 1/2d's and the 1d are worth nothing.You can't give them away.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I would find a drawer of your own to put them in- Keep 'em
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Canada
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cherish them with all your heart and remember your
Dad
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Canada
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I agree with torgemco. It's not really a coin collection, but a collection of coins that obviously held some significance to your father. He has some British and other European coins - when was he there? Why?
Their monetary value might not be much, but the memories as you try to figure out what they meant to your father...
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Canada
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Keep the coins.
I have 17 coins that were all kept hidden in a wallet in a desk in my parents' home, which we never knew existed until we found them last summer. Some are silver, some are pre-20th century, none are particularly valuable for sale. All of them were important in some way in telling the story of one side of our family, and we can guess most of the story.
I agree with the comment above - keep them. They all have a story to tell.
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Edited by Mustang_Crazy
01/12/2014 10:35 pm
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Photobucket is the best option and take a picture coin by coin.
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Posted 01/11/2014 07:36 am
