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Jbuck, thanks  oriole, some are very distinct - the Macau one comes to mind, other less known, and some may indeed be difficult due to being quite plain. That's why I left the color of the images intact, and the alingment of the numerals has not been modified other than by 45 or 90 degrees. Let's see how it goes. These are correct: 09 is Belgium (silver 2 francs) 97 is Macau (10 patacas) 37 is Bulgaria (silver 100 leva) 23 is Costa Rica (date from the circular counterstamp) 03 is Netherlands (1/2 cent) 73 is Poland (20 zloty "high-rise building") 44 is Germany (zinc 10 reichspfennig) However, 75 is not from Poland. The Polish 10 zloty from 1975 also had the crossed 7, but the numerals were thinner. bart, correct, 16 is a copper 3-kopek piece. The dates on these are incuse but that's not very well visible once there is no raised lettering to compare it to.
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29 a German Reichspfennig
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Not well at all it seems.
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Arkie, absolutely correct, 29 is a 10 reichspfennig coin.
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Indeed, 65 is a British sixpence.
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I also thought the 62 was Bulgaria, but only because I knew their 1962 coins were common. It could just as easily have been a Soviet 15 kopek. (Yes, they still had sloping dates in 1962.)
Is 88 a Chinese 1/2/5 fen? Is 69 from East Germany? (If so, probably 20 pfennig.) Wild guess: is 57 from Italy?
And I'm pretty sure that 19 is a German 50 pfennig (if so, nice coin - that's the less common date for the type).
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january1may, the correct ones are:
19 is the German aluminum 50 pfennig. Rather obvious if someone collects German coins.
88 is a Chinese 5 fen coin. I was wondering when it would be guessed. Of course, the coin is common and well-known but the style is quite plain.
69 is indeed East Germany. This particular coin was the 5 mark 20th anniversary commemorative, although the 20 pfennig also uses that style of numerals and is particularly common.
Yes, the sloping dates style ended... only to be replaced by the tall sloping dates in 1961. Those were somewhat similar to the Bulgarian ones. Anyway, these weren't used on any brass-colored coin in the Soviet Union, so we can be sure it's Bulgaria. I also expected this one to be guessed quickly.
But as for 57, I must say this is not the best representation of the coin in question. With all this talk about sloping dates, it should soon become clear what it is.
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88 is a Chinese 5 fen coin. I was wondering when it would be guessed. Of course, the coin is common and well-known but the style is quite plain. It was literally pure luck. I recently got a bunch of assorted Chinese aluminium from a low-end bargain bin, and wondered if any of the dates were from the long-running 1/2/5 fen types. 88 was the only one that looked right. (Incidentally, is the 98 a 1 jiao?) On a similar "saw a lot of them from a bargain bin" idea: is 06 from Argentina? and is 46 one of those Swedish steel 1/2/5 ore? 17 must be the aluminium German pfennig. I wondered why it seemed so familiar. 32, 67 and 85 ring a bell but I can't recall enough to guess the country. 14 looks like it belongs on a Liberty nickel (but I know that's impossible). Wild guess for this post: is 72 Yugoslavia? I don't think it's the right period for the style, but just in case. |
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17 is the German aluminum pfennig. Good catch!  98 is a 1 jiao coin. 46 is nearly there but not quite that. 72 is not Yugoslavia. There is Yugoslavia among them but it's not that coin. 06 is not Argentina. Not that continent, even. I predict this one may be a problem to guess. Hints: 85 is a not particularly large but quite heavy regular circulation coin. Most specimens are more brownish and dull than this. Within a few years this denomination was replaced by a newer version, which is also here. 67 not from the major land-masses so to say. 32 has a design on the other side that is still used today.
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How do you make spoilers here? I think I've figured out 85, but you gave so many hints that, if I post it, a lot would be given away. (But I think the other one is 91. And if not, 91 is probably USSR.) I've also figured out what 67 reminded me of, and it's India, which doesn't fit your hint, unfortunately. Is the 86 Czechoslovakia? I think I recognize their digit style. Continuing on 14 being a Liberty nickel: 09 is a Wheat penny. (At least that one is in the right date range.) Obligatory wild guess: 51 is British. (I'm more confident that it's from somewhere in the British empire.) And 02 looks French but I'm not sure if there was any denomination of that color. |
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Is 32 from Switzerland? They don't change their designs very often.
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52 surely has to be Austria 5 Schilling
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