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New Member
United Kingdom
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hey guys , so I have all these coins and don't know what to do with them, the condition of these coins are not good, I suspect metal detecting finds , how would one go by identifying coins(there is literally to many to count.) I will post a pictures with my phone camera(not best camera sry) this is just a small box out of the many I have, same sort of coins threw out the lot  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Look on world coin websites such as numista, UCoin, etc. or post them individually to this site and our pros will help you
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12/29/2020 01:29 am
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 United States
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 to CCF. Here is a link https://en.numista.com/Get an idea on any that may have a decent premium and post a full coin photo of each side along with one or two close ups when needed in the proper sections of the forum. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I am curious about the large one with the shield in the center of the photo, and the silver one to its left, which look in nice condition, and at least 300 years old (unlikely they are detection finds based on the condition).
Though replicas are also a possibility.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What about that phone app..."coinscope" I believe should work for most of them or get you close to CCF..hope you find a few gems in that batch...good luck |
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Some nice replicas in that box, the RD-PD is a readers digest prize draw token.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Some nice replicas in that box, the RD-PD is a readers digest prize draw token.
Ha ha... I just found one of those in a bulk lot the other day. Never seen one before. Were they all prize tokens? What was their function? Besides lots listed on ebay I couldn't find anything on their purpose. Thanks |
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United Kingdom
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They were sent through the mail as a promotion along with Prize draw "65" entry details (I don't think it was in 1965 but more recently).
Readers digest were one of those companies who once they had your details would write every month or so, and send rubbish "on approval" in the hope you would buy it....
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Canada
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A box of coins like this would give me many hours of enjoyment searching for the country of origin.Any with Queen Elizabeth II should be easy to track down.Many of those have the country of origin on them. Google any legible wording on the unknown coins and you might just get some indication of origin for checking on Numista.
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United States
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@bbb, first welcome to CCF. Second you may have some luck using the "coin-o-scope" app on your smartphone. I'm in no way associated with this, but have found it to be pretty good at figuring out what modern coins are, regardless of what language inscription they have. Here is a link to a previous thread where I talk a little more about this: http://goccf.com/t/361606"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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