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New Member
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Hey everyone -- I recently inherited a small (roughly 30) collection of coins from my uncle when he passed away. I know very littler, if anything, about coins and was hoping some people here could shed some light on what the coins were and if they hold any value. The majority of the coins are Swiss and Iraqi (my uncle was a Swiss guy who had a construction business in Iraq during the early 70s) they're gold and silver. I tried the best I could to put the coin descriptions into a Excel file, but I can't seem to upload that here, so I've made a Photobucket album of images to help. Any help in identify the coin and value of the coin would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for any and all help! http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/a...her/library/ |
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Moderator
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 to CCF.If you click on " inherited" you will find some info. Give it a few and some members will be along to help you. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Being made up of gold and silver.. the coins hold precious metal (PM) value at LEAST!
I don't have my world coin book on me right now so I can't check mintage or values.. so if someone doesn't do that for you.. I can but it will be in a few days...
You have some very nice coins though..
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New Member
 Canada
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Wow thank you for the replies!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Two of them look like copper to me, as well one of them looks to be a medal rather than a coin. The others, I'm not sure about, but they could be gold and silver.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The Swiss Military Medal (with the jet planes - 00733) is gold plated copper
"Cu vergoldet" on the certificate.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Swiss coins of 1/2, 1, 2, 5 franc dated prior to 1968 are silver. If the auction I attended the other night is any guide, the "special" 5 Fr pieces (ie, not the standard William Tell design) will easily bring $30 or more, which is 4~5 times the silver value. The "standard" type pieces (Helvetia 1/2, 1, 2, William Tell 5 Fr) are closer to metal value.
1/2 Fr : 2.5 g 835/1000
1 Fr : 5 g
2 Fr : 10 g
5 Fr : 15 g
The old 5 Fr of 25 g are more valuable, as are the first few years of the current designs (adopted 1874) for the other pieces, & a couple of other years.
Some of the Iraqi commemoratives may be silver also, but are unlikely to trade much above metal value.
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