Hey all, I wanted to share a few photos of some of my coins from my Grandparents and fathers collection when he was a kid. Theres a ton of old Canadian stuff, Panamanian, German,Cuban and of course the US. I was real excited so I had to take some quick snaps of a few, but I want to take some time to take some real nice ones with my DSLR and macro lenses. There quite a bit of story behind a lot of these, you will see a stripe in some of these coins, thats because when my Dad was young, like 14-16..he would have a piece of paper, and tape them on the 8x10 lol. So they are very clean where the tape was and very clean on the reverse. My dad had no clue gramps kept my father coins with him at all times, even to the end. It was something they did a lot of together. Gramps gave him a bunch from his travels in ww2. Some are quite rough, I like it.
Cant tell about the value of the coins but because they were from people that touched your life they are priceless. I have lots of coins that carry little or no value but each has a story of its own as most of mine were found in yards of homes that have been deserted for years. I keep notes of the finds and sometimes i made notes of something on that day that happened in my life. This will give my family something to read about and the coins as well.
Yes sir, but it has brought me back to coin collecting for sure. Was robbed many many years ago (86). Had great collection, was to discouraged to rebuild. Just recently all these coins came to me, and literally launched me back in time and back into collecting. Just now....so much to learn lol. Looking forward to it. Thanks Pilkenton, me too man, think my favorite as of now is the Standing Liberty. My dads side lived in Beemus Point, NY...lots of Canadians vacationed there back in those days. Here are some pretty cool Pennys. Yesterday I learned what toning was.
Welcome and those are nice coins with lots of history on them. Be very careful with "toning" on coins. It can be a very expensive and addicting part of this hobby.....LOL
Wonderful coins and a great story behind them. Obviously, any value they have is greatly outshined by the sentimental value and family history. You may already know a lot about these coins, or perhaps you don't. If you have questions about any of them...be sure to let us know. The community here is always happy to answer questions. For example, the German coin on the right. That is a 1939 German 2 Reichsmark. It is made out of 62.5% silver and contains 0.1607oz of silver. The mint mark on these can be found on the reverse (the side with Otto von Bismarck). To the left of Bismarck, you will see the dates 1847-1934 and just below that is the mint mark. The mint mark will be A (Berlin), B (Vienna), D (Munich), E (Muldenhutten), F (Stuttgart), G (Karlsruhe), or J (Hamburg). All of these are pretty common for 1939, except for the 1939-E. The 1939-E is one of the better dates in the set. The 1939-A is by far the most common (which is normally true of Berlin minted Third Reich coins).
