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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hi. Please forgive me if this posting is in the wrong forum..........I'm new here! My Uncle died last year, and in clearing out his house I have found a collection of coins, presumably from a working life travelling around in the Far east, the Middle east, and Africa. He worked abroad from the end of WW2 until about 1965, so I assume the coins are from that period. Here are some pictures........and yes, they are uncleaned, and some are still wrapped up in cellotape so I don't expect a definitive answer.......but I would appreciate some help as to what to do next with them. Thanks Mike        |
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Pillar of the Community
Bulgaria
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It's have from Italy ,Espania,Libia,England,Ottoman,Yugoslavia and USA.Need better pics to say much better,years and ....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to CCF! Sorry to hear about your Uncle. I would suggest you group them by country and compile a list of year and denomination and post it here. There are many experts on this site that can scan your list and let you know if something is worth a closer look. I would be a little concerned about the ones wrapped in tape. You may want to get them out of there ASAP. If there is anything valuable in there, we can figure out what to do with them from there. |
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Pillar of the Community
Bulgaria
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French,Sudan.Can you open the coins which are wrapped in tape?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome. I agree with Scooby get a list posted! Love playing on the darkside  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
Welcome. I agree with Scooby get a list posted! Love playing on the darkside |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Hi,
Sorry about your uncle.
I suspect, from the pictures you have provided, that the coins consist of actual circulating coins of the time. They will probably be worth much more as a keepsake than anything you could get from them by selling them. Get them identified though- you might get the coin collecting bug :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome and nice coins! Yeah, it looks like there might be some silver there in the wrappers. I agree, you should take them out of the wrappers for better storage.
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Edited by Mike G
01/31/2011 6:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
573 Posts |
One thing to consider for the coins that have little numismatic value is whether they are silver or not. The price of silver has steadily risen the last year or so, and some are thinking it will go much higher.
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New Member
United Kingdom
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I'd rather give them away scot free than have them melted down for their silver! Surely that can't be what you were suggesting?
Mike
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Valued Member
India
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please use some reference books or scan these coins in a computer and post them in the forum, you can identify them, please cultivate the hobby of coin collection, the coins may be your uncle's but please dont sell them for their silver content. Cherish them, if I had a uncle, I would help him in all ways to keep the collection in good condition.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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OK, I think that the 1785 is from Malta, or more specifically the Order of Malta under Emmanuel de Rohan. Unfortunately I can't work out the denomination from the picture. The 1870 Spanish 10 centimos is in around the same condition as one I sold yesterday on ebay for £2.65 (around $4.00). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with a few others that have posted. I wouldn't sell for the silver content. If you have no desire to collect, you could find a local Scout office that may have someone who works with the boys on the coin collecting merit badge. I've done that with my extra stamps and coins.
I would also say that your Uncle must have traveled or knew folks that did given some of the places you are finding. That is quite an eclectic collection. and I do mean that in a very good way. I collect circulation coinage as well for the most part and this could be interesting to go through and perhaps get to know where you uncle may have gotten some of the coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No, he was not suggesting having them melted down.
When collectors trade coins amongst themselves that have no numismatic premium, there is still a "base" value taken into consideration when being traded.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hello, Mike, sorry about your uncle, and welcome to CCF!
So far I don't see anything very valuable. As many members stated before me it could be worth more as a sentimental collection or artifacts of very exotic places (that's what started me on coin collecting).
I can't tell what the 1785 coin is, someone may be more familiar with it, or we could use a better close-up. The 1870 is Spanish 10 centimos, it's fairly common.
The coins that are lined up on the desk:
1st and 2nd - can't see
3 and the last - Greek coins when it was a kingdom
4th (row) - old Thailand coins
5th, 6th, and next to the last (rows) are all Iranian, during the Shah rule
A man riding a camel is from Sudan
and next to those, with grapes is one of the first Israeli coins.
Straits Settlements, Malaya and British Borneo were both British colonies at different times, parts of modern Malaysia.
Newfoundland, a province of Canada, had its own coinage till 1949 (the last one minted 1947).
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