Trouble Identifying A Few Coins | Brazil, Greece And Britain

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rightlight New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 08/15/2011 12:04 am I've been going through my grandfather's coin collection and I came across a bag labelled Mixed Coins. The majority of the coins I could identify but two of these stumped me mainly because of how worn/damaged they are. The last one stumped me because of the uncommon characters on it which made it difficult to search for. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry that the pics don't show much detail. Above the 40 in the center of the coin appears to be either a flower or 4-leaf clover and surrounding the 40 are smaller clovers/flowers. The letters I can make out above the head appear to be GIVS and the date on the back appears to be 1723. Dated 1966 Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

mmorgan22 Pillar of the Community United States 570 Posts	Posted 08/15/2011 12:21 am The last one is a 50 lepta from Greece KM#88. The first one might be from Brazil? not really sure though. The second one looks like it's from Great Britain. Report this Post to the Staff
rightlight New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 08/15/2011 12:41 am @mmorgan22 thanks for the help, based on your guess for the second coin I was able to find out what I think it is; a George I Halfpenny. http://www.predecimal.com/images/mi...fpenobv.jpeg Also the tip you gave on the first one seems to be correct. It appears to be a 40 Reis, thanks Edited by rightlight 08/15/2011 12:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 08/15/2011 01:00 am The top one is indeed Brazil, a counterstamped 40 reis. The original undertype coin would date from the 1820s or early 1830s, the counterstamp was applied in 1835 if I recall correctly. See this example on WCG for a similar coin in better grade. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 08/15/2011 02:54 am Spain often has date (as opposed to series) in little stars. Dunno if that applies here. Report this Post to the Staff
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