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Hello all!  I have a huge coin collection from my childhood that I got from various places all around the world. A few of them were also given to me by my grandfather, who acquired them over the years. I would hugely appreciate it if you could take a look through and tell me if you know any, know any more information about them or could even appraise/valuate them even if it is a very rough figure. I know literally nothing about these coins, so any information will be extremely helpful! If they are worth something I would be interested in selling some so I would appreciate it too if you could tell me of good, reliable places to buy/sell old coins like these. I have numbered the coins and added a little information for each, just to make it easier for you. When referring to a coin, please mention it's number so that it is easier and less confusing for everyone. Also let me know if you need specific other pictures for certain coins such as close up shots etc. Thank you so so much in advance & stick around for the last one (I think it's the best)! Here are the coins: 1) This is a 90th anniversary Nelson Mandela 5 rand coin. I have seen online that apparently one was sold for $10,000.   2) I am not sure about these, but I am wondering why one of the heads on the back is facing the other way?       3) The one is a 3 pence from long ago, the other one is also a three pence, I found it at the beach. If you can look closely you can make out the image on the front and the head on the back.   4) These are some South African silver coins that I do not know that much about either. I got them from my grandfather who got them in South Africa.   5) Two more South African silver coins, these two are even older.   6) I am not sure about this one either. The date says 1927.  7) These are some Roman coins, I do not know the date or even approximate date that they were made in so I would appreciate it if someone knew that they could tell me.     8) A french coin I believe, but again I am not sure.   9) Another South African coin.   10) A coin from world war 1 with german writing and russian? I am not sure..   11) Some sort of huge silver coin   12) Another south african coin   13) And another.   14) Not sure about this one.   15) An english coin   16) A russian coin I would like a translation of if possible   17) Not a clue again   18) An american coin   19) A french coin from 1728   20) Probably the best of the lot, this is my favourite one!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am not sure about most of these coins, but a great website to try and look some of these up is numista.com. oh and Welcome!
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Canada
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First of all, you have a lot of pics and they are huge. It took me about 15 minutes to load this page, so I would've appreciated it if you had compressed the pics beforehand. I can help you answer some. Quote:
2) I am not sure about these, but I am wondering why one of the heads on the back is facing the other way? If you read the name on the obverse, you'll find that coins dated 1902-1910 have the right-facing Edward VII's head. Coins dated 1911-1935 have the right-facing head of George V. It's a kind of tradition to alternate which side the monarch's head faces in British and Commonwealth coinage. Yours are worn and corroded, so they won't have much if any collector value. Quote:
3) The one is a 3 pence from long ago, the other one is also a three pence, I found it at the beach. If you can look closely you can make out the image on the front and the head on the back. The one on the right might have been from someone having fun with a sander. The one on the left looks buffed. Quote:
6) I am not sure about this one either. The date says 1927. Italian 10 LireQuote:
8) A french coin I believe, but again I am not sure. French Napoleon III 5 CentimesQuote:
11) Some sort of huge silver coin Churchill Commemorative crown (1 crown is 5 shillings, in case you didn't know), it is cupronickel. They don't sell for much - I've come across them in "1 for $3, 2 for $5" dealer bins. Quote:
13) And another. This one's a British halfpenny. A common coin, and not much collector value at this condition. Yours seem to have some woodgrain toning, some collectors like that. Quote:
14) Not sure about this one. Honduras 20 centavosQuote:
15) An english coin A farthing is a 1/4 of a penny. This one looks to have some nice woodgrain toning too. Looking at your halfpenny, I wonder if it's normal for that era. Quote:
17) Not a clue again French 20 centimesQuote:
18) An american coin Mercury dime, I can't tell what the red spots are. Whatever you do, please do NOT clean any of your coins! Cleaning a coin or messing with its surface in any way will most likely make it a piece of bullion without collectors' premium. |
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Thank you very much for the help so far guys!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
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1) South Africa 5 Rand for $10.000! That must have been some salesman.
A circulated commemorative coin - $1.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The red on the dime most likely is red nail polish. In the 50's60's and 70's it was popular to mark coins with "your shade of nail polish" to see if the coin would come back to you after spending it. Never understood it. But to each his own  acetone will remove it. |
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United States
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Coins were also marked for their use in jukeboxes too. An establishment like a bar or restaurant would paint coins, using them to keep songs playing on the jukebox. When emptied, a jukebox vendor could separate the establishment's coins from the customer's and return the painted ones. If the establishment owned the jukebox, they could tell how much they were earning from customers wanting to run the jukebox. The Mercury dime in question appears to be a 1923. |
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United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That is a very high grade coin, free from contact marks, fully struck, and with lots of lustre. Coins, especially ones intended for circulation, get increasingly scarcer as they grade MS-65 and higher, so value increases.
Yours isn't one of them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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From that article: "Price differentials attest to the scarcity of the MS-68s. Whereas three of these have fetched R100,000 apiece, the relatively common MS-65 routinely retails for R750, about $75."
So a price/value difference in grade/quality/condition between MS-65 to MS-68 might be almost R100,000. Only 3 of the 5 million minted are at that quality. Hard to tell from the photo, but the example above likely wouldn't make it up to quality/grade MS-65, and almost certainly (3/5,000,000 chance) not to MS-68. So it probably is not a $10,000 coin.
In real estate, it's "location, location, location." In numismatics, it's "condition, condition, condition."
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United States
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SlurExe, is the internet connection really that bad in Indonesia, took 15 minutes to load everything? Wow, only took me about 10 seconds lol  |
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Canada
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CHD: Could be worse, my old junior high school has forty computers connected to one modem in the computer lab (and another few dozen laptops on wifi). When everyone is trying to open Google at the same time, it could take up to 5 minutes to load. Here at home, there's usually 4-5 devices using the internet at any time, which sort of explains it.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Visit almost any coin shop and you will be able to purchase a copy of the Standard Catalog of World Coins that will help you get more detailed information about most of the coins you are showing. Sometimes you can get one that is a few years old for less than $20 which won't make much difference at all as far as the prices are concerned.
You have a few that are pre-Modern, but that book would help you with identification and approximate value of most of what you showed.
Also, you can take those coins into that coin shop at the same time and if it's a good store someone might take the time to help you further with those details.
SlurExe97 already did a fantastic job of giving you some good basic and specific information.
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Thank you! If I were to sell this entire collection, how much could I expect from it?
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