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New Member
United States
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Hi, Let me start by saying that I am not a coin collector. I am a stamp collector and I found these in a large stamp collection I bought from a guy that said the collection was his fathers. The stamp collector was largely very common material and it appears his Dad stopped collecting in the 60's or 70's. That was the guys story and the collection indicates that to be true. These three coins were in one of the boxes. I have no idea of the age, value or if they are even authentic. I don't even know if these are coins or tokens or? They appear to be cast copper, bronze or even a mixture of stuff. They do have wear. The small one is a bit bigger than a nickel. They are heavy. I apologize for my lack or knowledge and my poor description. I hope the pictures help. I have posted the front and back of each even though I am not sure which is which.       Thank You for your help. |
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Valued Member
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I believe the bottom one is japanese, from the 1800's. I don't have my books with me.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I believe the bottom is a Japan 100 Mon (c. 1835-1870)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Top two look like Korean cash to me. I don't know what they are exactly off the top of my head.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
731 Posts |
The top coin is a Korean 100 Mun (1866) KM-143. The middle is one of many different Korean 1 Mun pieces. The bottom is a Japanese 100 Mon (1835--70)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coin 1 is like Korea Treasury Department Mandel 13.91.0
Coin 2 is like Korea Military Training Command Mandel 28.15
Coin 3 is like others said about 100 Mon.
Edited by Albert
02/14/2016 4:39 pm
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New Member
 United States
4 Posts |
Albert,
There are only three coins. Images 1 &2 are the same coin front and back. Likewise images 3&4 are the same coin and 5& 6 are the same coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ok I wondered if that was the case, I'll take another look and go back to edit my previous post with corrections.
Edited by Albert
02/14/2016 4:41 pm
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New Member
United States
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Thank You,
Is there any value to these? I assume condition is everything, but I would like to at least know a price range. I will probably give these to my grandson. He is getting interested in coins. I couldn't get him into stamps. If they have value I want my daughter to know that or I may wait until he is older.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No real money at all.
However, a person could attempt to collect one each of the Sang P'yong T'ong Bo coins.
These are basically broken down by about 61 mintmarks.
You already have two.
Japan 100 Mon maybe $5 to $20 as a guess.
Your Korean coins are not so great maybe a dollar more or less to a collector.
Sorry I have no better news.
Same as normally been true for me as well.
It's uncommon to find a truly "nice find" among all the countless numbers of ordinary world coins.
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New Member
United States
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Albert,
That is what I expected, so I am not disappointed.I can't count the amount of times someone has shown me a stamp collection expecting great wealth in what turns out to be very common material. It is rare to find anything different unless they are a collector that spent some serious money in the first place. Back in the 60's and 70's we had companies that sold stamps by approval and they loaded the rookie collector with common worthless stuff. Many of these collections have now passed to family members that have no idea of the value.
It's still a win for me as I can give them to my grandson with a copy of this thread and tell him that these are coins that are 150 years old from halfway around the globe. He will be happy.
Thanks to all for your help,
Pat
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You are most welcome. I value the help I get here so I return the favors if I can. But as you see, sometimes I'm off base but might get it right next time. It just happens that I am working on my collection of Asian coins at this time and I recognized some details on your coins.
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