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New Member
United States
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Edited by Sap
11/10/2008 05:00 am
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Australia
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G'day,
1. Dutch
2. Italy
5. Bulgaria
6. Canada
11. Greece
Peter
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you Peter ... I had to laugh at the Canada one, I didn't even see it on there until now! I think I have been looking at coins for too long today!
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United States
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#7 generic arcade token
#9 China
#14 Japan, 10 Yen
#3 Iraq?
#4 Japan?
#13 Sweden?
Edited by bmanofnbc
11/08/2008 4:21 pm
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Poland
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Of these I'm sure:
1 Netherlands cent
2 Italy 5 lire
3 Saudi Arabia 10 halala - dated AH1400
4 Japan 5 yen - dated Showa 50 (1975)
5 Bulgaria 5 stotinki
6 Canada quarter
11 Greece 10 drachmai
12 Japan 1 sen - dated Meiji 17 (1884)
13 Norway 1 ore - world war II series
14 Japan 10 yen - dated Showa 53 (1978)
Edited by DL20K
11/08/2008 4:28 pm
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 Australia
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The ones not commented on so far: #7, #8 and #10 are all tokens - #7 is a generic amusement token, while the other two are named. #8 is from "Lasher's"; I'm not sure who they are, but Googling the name comes up with several possibilities as to it's origin. #10 is pretty badly beaten up, but on one side you can still see the issuer's name "J. Mackay" and on the other "Good for 5¢...". I believe this style of token dates from pre-WWII. #9 is a "Chinese-style" cash coin, but this particular one is actually a Japanese Kan'ei Tsuuhou, issued sometime between the mid-1600's and the mid-1800's. And just to make sure you know: number 5 isn't supposed to be holed like that. It's been turned into jewellery, making it rather undesirable to most coin collectors. 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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Australia
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As for the OP's question about value... none of them are scarce or rare in any meaningful sense of those words. They're the kinds of coins we often see in the "3 for $1" trays in a coin dealer's shop.
The Bulgarian one and Canadian one are silver, but too damaged and worn respectively to be worth much more than bullion value.
The only other one that might be a bit more expensive is the old Japanese 1 sen (#12), which looks fairly well preserved except for the green spots on one side. I'd guess it's still worth a couple of dollars.
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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Belgium
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The Bulgarian is copper-nickel. Only the Canadian coin is silver.
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Poland
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In the Japanese catalog the 1884 sen coin (#12) is listed as having the second largest mintage of the whole series (1873-88) and it's price is 150 yen.
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The Bulgarian is copper-nickel. Only the Canadian coin is silver. Quite right. Sorry about that - next time, I'll actually look it up instead of relying on memory and logic (why would anyone go to that much trouble to pierce a base-metal coin?  ) 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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Poland
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50 stotinki was silver, also small and looking almost the same (as all Bulgarian coins up to the 1930s)..
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Posted 11/08/2008 4:14 pm
