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I have found a coin minted in 1927 that has a hole in center. Cant tell if it was minted this way. It has big numbers 10 then C in center with letters mes inside the C. Above this is Leberte Egale across top, then Faternite just below that (some spelling may be wrong hard to see). At the bottom is the date 1927. Opposite side has letters RF or BF (hard to tell) in the center. Appears to be copper. Any idea what this is?
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Sounds French to me. Cmes. would be an abbreviation for centimes.
RF = Republique Francais.
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02/01/2006 10:15 pm
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United States
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Perhaps if you could post a picture of the front/back of this coin perhaps a better answer could be provided...  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Yep, it's French. Could tell you more but my World Coin book is currently loaned out.
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France 10 centimes 1927, KM# 866a, mintage 16 million. The hole is supposed to be there.
It's also supposed to be made of cupronickel, so if it looks coppery then something chemically nasty must have happened to it to suck all the nickel off the surface.
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I have found a 1885 penny is it worth anything?
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Originally posted by carebearkat
I have found a 1885 penny is it worth anything?
Welcome!! Is it a Indian Head cent? Does it look kind of like this?  |
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look anything like this?  if so its a British West Africa coin |
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Carebearkat: it depends where you are. If you're American, then you presumably mean the Indian Head cent like the one pictured above by Becky. 1885 is one of the scarcer dates; catalogue value a few dollars, even in pretty crummy condition. Typically $10 to $20, I would expect? If you're from outside North America, then you presumably mean a British penny (practically no-one else was making "pennies" in the 1880's). The Krause catalogue value for these is US$2 to US$10 in typical low grade; if it's worn nearly flat, it may be worth less than that, but maybe more than that if it's unusually well preserved. 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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Forum Kid
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Wow! Sap a truly great Knight and darksider, We are honored to have you here with us!
You are always first to anser peoples questions!
GOOD FOR YOU!
Your knowledge is an asset to us!
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Can anyone tell me from which country and series this coin is ? I am sure I saw it discussed here a few days ago but my memory is not what it used to be and since I do not know the country nor the name of the bird my webcrawler returns zip A penpal of mine on a german forum asked this question and got no answer  |
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Ageka
any chance of getting a pic of the otherside of the coin ?
Rick
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Ageka
The bird is a Malleefowl, 2005. Australia, Rare Australian Birds series. This series has a $150 and $200 Gold coins. Actual mintages for these coins (from the mint report) are 700 for the $150 coin and 400 for the $200 coin. It did have a "mintage limit of 2,500" but did not sell well. Issue price for the $150 coin was $450, and Issue price for the $200 coin was $650. This was the second of a three coin series.
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03/29/2006 6:10 pm
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Originally posted by toast
Ageka
The bird is a Malleefowl, 2005. Australia, Rare Australian Birds series. This series has a $150 and $200 Gold coins. Actual mintages for these coins (from the mint report) are 700 for the $150 coin and 400 for the $200 coin. It did have a "mintage limit of 2,500" but did not sell well. Issue price for the $150 coin was $450, and Issue price for the $200 coin was $650. This was the second of a three coin series.
Thank you It did not show up on any Australian nor New Zealand searches so I feared it was from one of those tiny islands  |
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