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United States
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I know NOTHING about foreign coins. My 11-year old daughter has about 15 pounds of foreign coins, many of which I can't even identify by country. I decided to weed out the pre-1990s coins, just to verify that she doesn't have anything that needs to be protected. I know she has several coins from the late 1800s to early 1900s. This is the first bag I picked up, so I pulled out the older coins and photographed them. I don't need any real info on each coin unless there are any there which might be worth more than a couple of dollars. I just want to make sure she gets anything decent she might have into 2x2s. There's probably nothing good here, but better safe than sorry. I can take a close up photo of any coin you might need to see better. The very dark coin in the first photo is dated 1940. The one next to it seems to eb a commemorative coin about William Taft. The third coin is dated 1952. THANKS!       Edited by mahgobbi
01/18/2008 10:31 am
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United Kingdom
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The Official Blackbook gives Australian Florins from 1911-1936 a value of 15.00 for 'average fine' (Krause gives $18.00 for this specific year despite a relatively large minatge of over 2 million) - but I'd say that coin is well below fine. Still, it might fetch more than a couple of dollars, we're still not talking 'real money' here tho' :( The other Australian coin (sixpence) might be worth something but only really if it's dated 1922 (sydney mm) 1918 (melbourne mm) or 1912 (london mm). I can't see anything else...
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Yep, the Australian florin and the Australian and British sixpences are silver. Your Taft "coin" is a gas station medal.
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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 United States
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Thank you for the responses. I thought that the Florin was probably silver, but I didn't think much about any of the other ones.
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United States
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What about the one dated 1905 with the hole in the middle? That one feels like it could be silver too.
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 United States
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Belgium Copper-Nickel
F - $0.15
however "without cross" is $1.50 in VF but not sure what that is
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United States
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Ok, so just to be sure here, the 1922 and 1941 Florins are both silver, as well as all three of the sixpence coins?
grace - That 1905 coin is part copper? It looks completely silver in color. I'm not going to try to research it for $1.50 tops though. Thanks for the info.
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Belgium
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Copper-nickel is a metal alloy with a silvery color. Though it lacks the real silver shine.
It was used first in the 19th century to replace silver coins of low denominations. In the second half of the 20th century it was the most popular metal used to replace almost every silver (circulation) coin.
Belgium was one of the forerunners in using this metal when it issued its 20 centimes KM#20 in 1860.
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Australia
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Cupronickel or copper-nickel is the same alloy used in American "nickels".
Pre-WWI, putting a hole through the middle of a coin was a standard convention in Europe to signify that, although the coin may look silvery, it's not actually made of silver. Any coin you see that's been holed like that almost certainly won't be made of silver. The only exceptions I can recall are some coins from New Guinea, where coins were holed for other reasons.
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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Hmm, I think the hole was primarily a size issue. The German Reich Cu-Ni coins, for example, never had holes - neither before nor after WW1. Same with the Austrian, Dutch and Swiss (copper-)nickel pieces ... quote:
Any coin you see that's been holed like that almost certainly won't be made of silver.
Ah, if you put it that way, I agree.  Christian Edited by chrisild
01/19/2008 12:31 pm
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