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The 500 Mark, 50 Pfennig, and 10 pfennig are all German. 2 of them look to be from the 1920s and in pretty good shape. The Etat Francais coin is from France when it was briefly ruled by the Vichy gov't (Nazi collaborators). The 2 New Pence is from Great Britain. I will let someone else help with the Chinese coins...
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Thanks Wheatie fan. That helps a ton. Thanks again Dan
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The three coins that say "yi yuan" on them are all from Communist China; "yi yuan" means "one yuan".
The coin with the square hole in it is a "cash" coin from much earlier in Chinese history, during the reign of the Qian Long emperor (who reigned from 1736-1795). Despite being so old, these coins are among the cheapest and commonest Chinese cash coins. They were cast at numerous mints; the mintmark is on the other side.
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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WOW That is Awesome. Thanks SAP. Dawson will love that. Thanks so much for the info. That is the oldest coin he has now. I am stuck in the middle 1800's/ Cool.
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Is there any Ball park value I can tell Dawson? Here are a couple pics of the coin. Thanks so much for all the info.   |
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The German coins you have are common enough. The 500 Mark coin was Notgeld, or emergency money just after WW1. Later inflation reached the point where Milliard (billion) bank notes were produced, I think I have a 1 1/2 billion bank note and it cost like €2.
The 10 Pfennig is the post WW2, coin which was in circulation up until 2001 when the Euro came in, there is another coin similar to this which ahs different wording, something like "Reichsbank" and a little more, I can't exactly remember, though this is worth more.
The 50 Pfennig was just before the economy went to hell, a nice coin, very germanic.
The British coin is a 2p with the Prince of Wales' emblem on it, it is from the year they came out, 1971, when we changed from shillings etc al. to a proper functional way of counting.
I don't know much about french coins, but I have noticed there are a few different types from that era, WW2, normal french coins have fraternity, egality, and something else-ity, this does not, therefore I believe it is a Vichy France coin one used during the nazi occupation.
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The cash coin is from the "Board of Works" mint, one of the two central mints in the capital, Beijing. It's one of the commoner types, probably not worth more than a dollar or two. Quote:
...normal french coins have fraternity, egality, and something else-ity, this does not, therefore I believe it is a Vichy France coin... I believe the word you're looking for is "Liberty".  And yes, indeed, this is a Vichy State 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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Yeah, and the RMB 1 coins are regular circulation types. The one with the flower is the older type that was replaced with the one with the flower on the back due to high volumes of counterfeiting.
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The 10 Pfennig is the post WW2, coin which was in circulation up until 2001 when the Euro came in, there is another coin similar to this which ahs different wording, something like "Reichsbank" and a little more, I can't exactly remember, though this is worth more. The earlier coin with that design was issued during the allied occupation, after the currency reform in the three Western occupation zones and before the Federal Republic of Germany was founded. So those older (1949) coins would say "Bank deutscher Länder". The 1950 coin from the Federal Republic is extremely common because that frozen date was used for all 10 Pf coins made between 1950 and 1965. The "J" mintmark means it was produced in Hamburg. If you took that coin to a Bundesbank branch office, you could still get 5 cent for it. Christian |
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