I have a strange bimetal coin which has an unrecognizable person on the obverse with the date 1992. On the reverse is a large number 7 and the date 1992. Along the rim is the inscription "BI-METAL COIN". Sorry that I could not upload it here. Tried three times and actually followed the directions. It can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndanielreid/
Never seen anything like it before, sorry... bumping your thread to see if anyone else might be able to help... the photo is on the second page of the link provided.
BuffaloNickel86 Many thanks for putting up the pictures! I ain't really computer literate...... Sort of a functional illiterate.
If by bimetal you mean like the ones posted by BuffaloNickel86, then those are really common. I've seen many of those in bins at flea markets and mostly from Russia I think. Sell for $0.25 each usually.
Just Carl--I am sure that Buffalo took the pictures from where I had posted them on Flickr.com. Yup, that is the coin. From Russia? I do not buy coins from Russian, Estonia, or, Latvia any more ..... got stung badly. Thanks for the info!
I don't either but that's because I don't collect any foreign coins. Not sure if true but one day while I was looking at some of those a guy, said he was from Russia, told me it is illigal to take anything monitary out of Russia. Said he could turn in the guy selling those to the Russian Governement. There are so many around I don't really think that could be true. Imagine the KGB, if still existing, coming to the flea markets. :smile
Buffalo Nickel----- I do not recall where this came from, except that it came in a junk lot from one of the coin shops in South Bend, Indiana. Once in a while, one of the shops will sell me a few pounds of foreign coins. I then separate them by country, and put most of them on eBay. Hey, it keeps me off the streets.
