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United States
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Along with a primarily US coin collection I inherited came a box of assorted world coins. I have a few from each of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bahamas, British Caribbean Territories, China, Ceylon, Denmark, Camaroon, Columbia, Cuba, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Maylasia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Phillipines, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey & Yugoslavia. They mostly range in date from the sixties to the thirties with a few dating back to late 1800s. Being new at collecting, I really have my hands full studying US coins and don't see myself getting involved in the world coins anytime soon. At first I thought I would just keep them and do nothing with them, but it occurs to me I could sell or trade them to get some more US coins. I started researching them and the process was slow and and cumbersome. I was finding very low values for most of them. I thought maybe I would just photograph them all in a couple group shots and auction off the whole bunch at once. Before I do, I was wondering if anyone could tell me something. Obviously date and condition are huge factors in their value, but in general are there certain countries' coins that are worth more across the board? I might bother to research these a little more and/or sell them separately. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Australia
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Well, whatcha have for the Australians?  |
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 United States
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Only 3 from Australia. They are all cents... 2-1966 & 1-1967. Probably XF or better though I am not very confident in my grading yet. In this case I wouldn't expect any country's coins to have much value at that age and grade. but from many of the other countries I have larger denominations, larger coins, some much older, some uncirculated. There is about 150 coins in total from all countries.
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Norway
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Well, the Norwegian coins might be worth something - but generally coins from the period 1930-1970 fetch low value unless the grade is very close to UNC. There are a couple of striking exceptions but I would not expect you to find them. However, if you like you can tell me what you have from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. I will recognise anything of value quicker than you can check for yourself.
Edited by Litotes
06/06/2008 07:14 am
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United Kingdom
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Every country has its key coins which are worth something, so you ought to search them all imo.
I can help with Hungary and Austria.
If you sell the valuable coins sepparately, you'll probably end up selling the cheap ones for nothing, or even worse, not selling them at all. A bunch of coins is usually both for a few key pieces. At least in theory.
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 Australia
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Philippines, particularly US Colonial Philippines (pre-WWII), is highly sought after in the US.
Anything silver, no matter where it's from, should probably be fished out and sold separately. If you're having difficulty telling the silver apart from the cupronickel and other base metal issues for specific countries, just ask and we'll let you know.
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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OK...thanks...and again, will do my best at grading.
Norway:
(1) 1963 10 ore UNC
(1) 1957 25 ore XF
Sweden:
(1) 1969 10 ore AU
(1) 1955 1 ore XF
(1) 1948 5 "FEM" ore F
Denmark:
(1) 1964 5 ore AU
Austria:
(1) 1955 10 groschen XF
(1) 1957 10 groschen UNC
(1) 1960 1 schilling VF
(1) 1961 1 schilling VF
Hungary:
(1)1947 2 filler XF
(1) 1868 (not sure...says "4 Kb" "Magyar Kiralyi Valto Penz") G
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Australia
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dcv, I'm not sure about varieties, but I think your Australian cents won't hold much value there..  |
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Norway
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The 10 ore (øre) 1963 UNC is the best of the lot. You can sell these here for around $5, but if it should prove to be AU instead you won't get more than $1 for it - if that. 25 ore 1957 is good for $2 of so. The rest of the Nordics will not arouse any interest on their own.
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Valued Member
United States
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Also, I went through them and here is most of what is over 60 years old...
1948-CAMEROON-1 FRANC
1942-CEYLON (SRI LANKA)-1 CENT
1948-ENGLAND-2 SHILLINGS
1914-ENGLAND-1 SHILLING
1940-ENGLAND-1 SIXPENCE
1942-FRANCE-1 FRANC
1873-FRANCE-5 CENTIMES
1894-HONG KONG-10 CENTS
1944-PERU-½ SOL
1945-SPAIN-10 CENTS
1879-SPAIN-10 CENTIMOS
1877-SPAIN-5 CENTIMOS
1941-TUNISIA-2 FRANCS
1944-ETHIOPIAN MINT SET UNC
includes 1c, 5c, 10c & 25c
And then there are a couple Chinese coins - copper - 28mm. They look like some of the Szechuan varieties but so far I have not been able to match up the exact symbols. I think they are from late 1800s or early 1900s
One is a "ten cash" and the other says "TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN" I will photograph these when I have my camera set up.
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Valued Member
United States
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Litotes...thank you so much for the info. And sorry...I mistyped the date on the 10 øre...it is 1962...not 1963 if that makes any difference.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like old travel coins or perhaps bulk world coins to me. Nothing stands out as particular collector coins, but you won't know until you check every one. For instance, Norway coin from 1942 that has a crown will be worthwhile, although it might not get your attention at first glance.
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06/06/2008 2:05 pm
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United States
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The UK Sixpence and Shilling are silver. So is the Hong Kong 10 cents. You also may want to double check those Ethiopian coins. I'm not sure they minted coins or mint sets in 1944.
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Valued Member
United States
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Kurt, Snowman, Thanks. This is exactly the type of info I am looking for.
As for the Ethiopian coins...I wrote "mint set"...maybe bad terminology. Each coin was in a small plastic bag and each bag was stapled to a card that was labeled "Ethiopian Mint Set" , but the packaging was clearly not gov't issue. I suspect that the person my mother bought them from decades ago had packaged them that way. They do, however, appear to be uncirculated.
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Norway
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Your typo was of no consequence - 10 ore 1962 and 1963 have similar mintage and identical value.
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United Kingdom
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The '57 10 groschen can get around 5$ in UNC. The rest of the coins are worth probably aroun $2-3 together.
The 1868 coin is a copper 4 Kreutzer minted at Kremnitz (Kb is the mintmark). These coins are very common here in Romania and below F they're usually worth nothing.
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