I hope you don't mind me asking you people to identify my coins but I have little knoledge of how and what to do to identify them, now don't get me wrong I have looked around on the internet and found very little and thats why I come here for your expertise I hope you can help me. Well I know that this one is dated 1955 but on the backside of the coin it says alot of diffeent kinds of places, im a little confused, any help you could give me ide really appreciate it. Thanks alot. The last post I did the "Manage Attachments" didn't work, but now it does so thats easier for me, thanks.
Lightning, no problem at all, I think I speak for everyone here when I say we're happy to help when we can. As for your coin, it is a 50 Dinara from Yugoslavia, KM #35. It's composition is aluminum-bronze and, depending on condition worth anywhere from 50 cents to $3.
FEDERATIVNA =Federal or Federated or something like that. NARODNA = "People" or People's -- if you know some Russian, but you can skip the word and keep guessing... REPUBLIKA = Republic. JUGOSLAVIJA = Yugoslavia. (It used to be a country, but split up in 1990 when communism came apart. They had a series of horrible wars. The former leader, Slobodan Miloslovic is now on trial in The Hague (Netherlands) for war crimes and crimes against humanity.) We all learn a lot by collecting coins and studying them. Knowing at least ONE foreign language, if only Spanish, will be a good start. I started with German, but whatever you start with, it makes the others all a lot easier. The toughest for me was Arabic. Even Japanese was easier -- way easier -- but ultimately, I could read the mintmark for Constantinople, though I had to be shown "Mohammed rasul Allah" by a native speaker. Some people let Japanese, Arabic, etc., stump them, but, really, you only need 10 or 15 numerals and some very standard inscriptions. So you start with a few coins and puzzle them out with your Krause, and next thing you know, you are the one answering questions! Michael Even more interesting, of course, is the history behind the coin.
