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New Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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First  Always good to post coins one by one with both sides (or clearly number them). But from what I can recognise there does not seem to be any valuable coin amongst them. |
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Canada
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from what I see, what you have are all common coins. 10-25 cents each, so probably not worth selling.
www.numista.com if you want to have some fun (that's where the "value" is) looking them up.
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 Australia
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Hello and welcome.  All of them are "obsolete" coins, in the sense that you can't take them to Mexico, Turkey, Germany, France or wherever and spend them. Even the Canadian cents are now obsolete. So for most of them, the only value they have is to collectors. 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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New Member
 United States
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Ok thanks guys. Just wondering if there was anything I could do with them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You could possibly sell them as part of a garage sale, perhaps $1 or $2 for the lot.
Technically, the 2 pfennig can still be exchanged for euro so it may not be obsolete.
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12/29/2014 1:45 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The Canadian cents can still be spent anywhere in canada, or taken to the bank. The 67 penny you posted has some known errors, double dates etc. you can check out this site http://www.coinsandcanada.com for all years and varieties. |
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Germany
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Technically, the 2 pfennig can still be exchanged for euro so it may not be obsolete. Right. But you would have to go to a branch office of the Bundesbank and ... get 1 cent for it. Does not sound terribly attractive to me. ;) Christian |
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Canada
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I believe the term you're looking for is "demonetized" instead of obsolete. Obsolete usually reffers to something that is still able to be used, but out-of-date or "old-fasioned". Demonetized means the government has officially refused to recognise a currency as legal tender. Usually these acts are included by a sub-agreement, which is why some banks will still exchange & accept them. For example, we in Canada just phased out the penny, but it is still able to be brought to ANY bank or business, and honored as payment. I am actually still able to purchase pennies from some banks, but is becomming less and less of a common occurance. Also, dont get discouraged to the values of your coins because its very easy for anyone to view a small lot of coins and say "ah not worth anything"....what is difficult is the identification & research, catalog referencing, error & variety examination & cross-check among a list of other things. Without pictures of BOTH sides of every coin, it is impossible to give a proper value assesment. And one more thing... just because a currency is demonetized, doesn't mean it holds no numismatic value...I am about to sell a 20-mark coin for $500, but could not buy a $5 footlong with it as it is not recognised. Just keep that in mind....Dont loose hope just yet!
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Canada
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can't speak for all of them but the canadian cent is most definitely "obsolete" and not demonetized.
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