$150 All Siver Purchase.

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I am drooling right now. There are some common ones and some with low silver content, but others have some good value. Numista will be very helpful to you.

 

Thanks!

 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces281.html This one has a relatively low mintage, nice coin.

 

75% All Phillipines.

 

I agree with @derkerlegand thar the German 2 marks is also a very nice coin. Good condition and low mintage.

 

9 of the Twenty Centavos

 

Xs 2

 

This one isn't Phillipines.

 

Well Folks How did I do? A Ball Park Value of these would be greatly appreciated though. Im gonna look them up of couse. I just cant seem to get the coin grading down to figure a price.

 

The GB 50% silver ones are pretty common and generally always worth only silver value.

I wonder how many WW2 GIs came back to the US with a pocket full of GB change considering how much 1930s and 1940s coins are in the US now.

 

The Australian tanner or 6 pence was minted in Denver, so were the Philippines coins. The Netherlands Indies was minted in San Francisco. US collectors like them because they were minted in the US for foreign possessions or other countries.

British and Canadian coins were .925 or sterling until 1920. Then Canada went to .800 and Britain to .500 as a result of their WWI debts. The Russian coins are .835 fine as are the Belgian and Swiss coins as they were all either in or linked to the Latin Monetary Union that existed from 1867 until 1919.

 

Some of the coins may be rare but in California most coin shops won't buy silver coins that are less than 90%. That said, they may buy some if they're in really high grade or have true numismatic value. Value is going to take a long time to figure out, hope you like researching as google will become a good friend to you. good luck!

 

It's a fun lot, I'll give you that.

It's also the kind of lot I usually buy at spot, though, so the 20% premium makes me cringe a bit on your behalf.

The Philippine 20c coins look nicer than normal, which in my experience would bring a premium at auction. Make sure to check the mint marks for RPM/OMM, as that could really help you out in terms of overall lot value. I will echo others' remarks about the Russian 15 Kopek and the German 2 Mark, the 1899 shilling might bring a premium at auction (but not much more than 20%) and the 1941 GB Florin is in pretty nice shape too (is it UNC or AU?) The 1877 2 Mark might also do well...were it not for the huge scrape on the OBV.

If it were me the collector looking at this lot, I'd pick out the Canadian 5 cent pieces for my "tiny coin hoard" to keep, and that's about it (unless I found a fun Philippine variety, or maybe the nicer German 2 Mark.)

At least there are a few interesting pieces in there for you - and that's fun! Thank you for sharing!

 

The Canadian 5c and the British 3d coins were a very similar size and composition and were roughly the same value. They were referred to as fishscales in both nations. I have heard that occasionally the 3d coins circulated to some extent in Canada up until the 5c coin in silver was replaced with the 100% nickel coin in 1922.