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janknez Pillar of the Community United States 595 Posts	Posted 02/22/2018 3:21 pm I just spent several hours over two days looking through my handy 60X magnifier and rummaging around online trying to identify the KM# and date (or date range at least) of two coins from among a handful of old, mostly worthless foreign coins I just inherited. I stuck with it because they're silver, the ASW between them is worth about 98 cents, I think, but I like any silver coins. Both are badly worn, especially the reverses, but that's definitely Queen Victoria on both, and one definitely says Canada and 5 cents -- definitely Canada KM2. I couldn't find any Canadian 5-cent coin to match the other one no matter how hard tried. Have you ever noticed how closely a tiny silver 19th-century Canadian 5-cent resembles a tiny silver 19th-century British thruppence? I'm so proud of myself for finally deciding to let Canada go and look elsewhere, I just want to share. Report this Post to the Staff

schmidty Pillar of the Community United States 677 Posts	Posted 02/22/2018 3:31 pm I've done the same thing. You are not alone! Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 02/22/2018 4:24 pm Just wait til you get into the ancients, and those with just Arabic script. I can usually get in ballpark of European,even Cyrillic, Central Asian, Holy Land languages EXCEPT that darn Arabic! It covers too many countries, dynasties and eras! Sheeesh! Edited by Crazyb0 02/22/2018 4:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188440 Posts	Posted 02/22/2018 4:50 pm Lesson learned! I am glad it did not defeat you. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Chute72 Pillar of the Community United States 1314 Posts	Posted 02/22/2018 8:12 pm I remember purchasing some Morgans from my local dealer and he threw in a Cash coin (probably just to get it out of his shop.) He said it was a Chinese coin. After days of research, I learned it was Korean. He denies recalling the conversation. Report this Post to the Staff
coin197 Pillar of the Community United States 1963 Posts	Posted 02/24/2018 12:44 am LOL! I've done the exact same thing before. Like going to the library for a catalog, and leafing through it, only to realize I have the wrong country! Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 02/24/2018 06:44 am Way to stick it out! Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5173 Posts	Posted 02/24/2018 8:53 pm Quote: I remember purchasing some Morgans from my local dealer and he threw in a Cash coin (probably just to get it out of his shop.) He said it was a Chinese coin. After days of research, I learned it was Korean. He denies recalling the conversation. To be fair, those cash coins are tricky as chrp to figure out (they all use effectively the same writing system), and the Chinese ones are a lot more common for obvious population-related reasons. Here's a nice rule of thumb for identifying those darn things... Look at the side that doesn't* have four characters around a hole (assuming, of course, that the other one does, but this is the case for most of the common types). If it has weird writing on two sides that doesn't look like Chinese characters, it's from China (Qing Dynasty). If it has a wavey-looking curved line pattern, it's from Japan. If it has one Chinese character, it's probably from Japan (exceptions are possible). If it has several Chinese characters, it's probably from Korea (again, exceptions are possible). If it's blank... toss-up, but most likely it's either Vietnam or pre-Qing China. Check up the common Vietnamese and Song Chinese types, and if you can't find a match, go post it for identification somewhere. Report this Post to the Staff
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