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Bedrock of the Community
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Volvicch, I'm sorry about the way you acquired these coins and you have my condolences. The smallest one is a ducat. The 1915 ducats are still being minted, so the value is essentially in the gold. See https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26247.htmlI don't know much about the others, but they are beautiful coins! To get an idea of their value, a good resource is ebay sold listings - not asking prices for current items. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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@Hondo Boguss: thanks for your reply. It would appear that the two larger coins could be re-strikes, but I have no way of telling. If the ducats are still being minted why are they stamped "1915"?
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Bedrock of the Community
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If the ducats are still being minted why are they stamped "1915"? From the Numista page on the 1915 100 Corona ( https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pi...15147.html):Quote:
1915 Restrike
Coins dated 1892 were restruck in the 1960's through the 1970's for sale to the United States. From 1933 until 1974, purchase of gold bullion coinage was prohibited by the United States government. However, later in the prohibition an exception was made for coinage minted prior to 1960. Mints across the world, including the Austrian Mint, restuck coins with older designs to exploit this loophole. Even if restrikes, the 100 Corona coins still contain 0.98 ounces of gold, so they are quite valuable. Your French 1855 20 Francs may have a slight numismatic premium above the gold - see the previous auction sales listed on the Numista page: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3390.htmlInordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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@Hondo Boguss: Thanks for the links, this was exactly the kind of information I was looking for.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I would buy a scale, if I were you.
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@Keith67: I have scales, loupe and calipers at home but I'm abroad at the moment. I'll Update the post with the weight of each coin when I can.
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Looking forward. Nice photography, by the way.
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Pillar of the Community
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They look genuine to me. Those are nice gold coins, good to have, not so much for collector value but for their gold value. If you don't need the money I'd hold on to them as gold appreciates over time. Gold spot price has gone up considerably the last ten years.
Edited by livingwater
02/25/2024 09:28 am
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The 1947 Mexican 50 pesos gold coin comes to mind.
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They are gold bullion restrikes. They are less than an ounce but barely. any good website that does bullion will tell you the value.
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The reason the Habsburg coins are dated 1915 is, to get around the US law as Hondo said, but also due to the fact that they stopped minting Austrian Gold coins in 1914 so easy to tell a restrike apart from a original. Same thing for Hungarian Habsburg coins, but 1908
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George V coin is a gold sovereign. It should be 22 mm and 8 grams.
From the picture, I can't see the mint.
1915 is a common date. Nice looking coin, though.
It seems genuine to me.
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Update post. So I've come back home and I'm updating this post with the weight/measurements of the coins:
1 100 Corona: 33.89 grams/36.2 mm diameter
2 100 Corona: 33.93 grams/36.1 mm diameter
Gold sovereign: 8 grams/21.9 mm diameter
20 Franc: 6.42 grams/20.4 mm diameter
Ducat: 3.48 grams/19.8 mm diameter
Thanks to everyone for their replies in this thread
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Posted 02/25/2024 03:11 am
