Alright, so it's time I finally catalogued all of these world coins I received as a gift from my friend. I was thinking that maybe some of you might want to see some of them?? Here's my list of pre-1949 non-US...I'm assuming everything after that is fairly common. Actually, I'm assuming everything I have is pretty common :goofer: 1835 East India Company One Quarter Anna 1876 German One Pfennig 1877 India One Quarter Anna 1877 Norwegian 50 Ore 1879 Spanish 10 Centimos (pretty sweet surfaces-toning and good luster) 1885 Swiss 20 Rappen 1894 Italian 10 Centesimi (also pretty awesome luster) 1903 Russian coin with 2 on the reverse...can't seem to find anything on it. 1907 Canadian large cent 1911 Denmark 25 Ore 1918 French 10 Centimes 1920 Canadian small cent 1920 India 1/12 Anna 1921 Netherlands 1 cent 1922 French 50 Centimes 1922 French 1 Franc 1923 German 1/10 Mark 1924 German 10 Rentenpfennig 1924 French 5 Centimes 1931 French 50 Centimes 1932 British 3 Pence 1938 British One Penny 1940 Spanish 10 cents 1942 French 50 centimes 1943 South African 1 dollar 1945 Island of Jersey 1/12 shilling 1946 Irish 1 Dollar (looks pretty funny) 1948 Swiss 1 Rappen 1949 Spanish 50 Centimos 1949 British 1 Penny 1949 French 5 Francs Let me know if you want to see any of them! Some pretty interesting designs around the world.
If it's copper, about the size of a US quarter, with a crowned double-headed eagle within a circle on the obverse, and the "2" is above some wording in the center, you have a 2 Kopek, Y#10.2; one of 29,200,000 minted at St. Petersburg that year, and valued at between $1.50 and $10 in the 2008 35th Ed. Krause. (If the description doesn't match, you have one that Krause doesn't list, or it isn't Russian.)
It has the crowned double eagle on the obverse, but on the reverse there's just a large 2 with some leaves under it, and the date small under that. The coin's about the size of a cent. Thanks anyway! it probably isn't in there...
Perhaps it isn't Russian. Among others, Serbia and Bulgaria use the same script. There is nothing remotely similar to your description for Bulgaria in Krause, but for Serbia KM#23 is a bronze 2 Pare, about the size of a US cent. The problem is, that Krause lists it as a one-year issue: 1904. A clear picture would definitely help.
ok, this is as good as it gets for pics right now. i don't have my :decent: equipment on me, or rather, I don't have the right lighting. So, here you go = )
I would like to see these 2 please. 1835 East India Company One Quarter Anna n 1946 Irish 1 Dollar (looks pretty funny). Is that funny, like haha. Is it amusing, does it make you laugh? (From a movie or something)
For TheNoost I thought it looked pretty hilarious...looks like a robotic chicken. but maybe that's just me = )
I'd also like to appologize for the terrible pics...I have to use my brother's camera because mine's out of batteries, and as soon as i took that last pic, his camera died too. soooo yeah. i need a better camera.
wow, that Irish dollar is funny! Now I have to find one. I like the E. Inida coin as well. You have a really nice friend.
the irish coin is actually a penny, that's what the 1d stands for. It comes from the abbreviation for denarius.
Hello sketcherpbr, the pic in your post#6 is Austria coin km#2801 2 Heller (1892-1915) http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Austria_all.html
... pitch and spin for the gambler ... Your funny Irish coin is a penny, not a dollar. There is a thread about them in this section. Before you posted the picture, I had it narrowed down just by the year. Ireland has always been a poor country and did not mint coins every year. As it turns out much of their production -- especially of pennies -- was for export to the USA as tourists took them home. ... ah! I see now, going back, you thought it was a "dollar" because of the "d" but in British money d means "pence" and Ardatirion already pointed to the Roman word "denarius." The denarius of Rome became the "penny" of the Germans. In fact, if you look, the coin says PINYN ("penny"), though the letters are a bit parochial.
It can't hurt to check to see if this is the 1907-H, which is a scarcer mintage. The H mintmark will be below the date:
nice inference, that's exactly what I was thinking about the D :thumb: That's really interesting about Irish coinage, I had no idea they didn't produce coins annually. They must really mass-produce when it comes time!
I just checked, and was unfortunately disappointed to see there wasn't an H below the 1907...but oh well, I still like the coin!
