Not much for Other countreys coins but a shoe box?

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by BLACKTALON, Apr 13, 2014.

  1. BLACKTALON

    BLACKTALON Member

    I got a shoe box of coins from a family friend and I am going to be posting pictures to try and get some help on what they are and what they might be worth. I am having a hard time because a lot of the country have English queens or princes on them all from different country
     
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  3. BLACKTALON

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  4. BLACKTALON

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    I know the one is a Nazi coin and one is maybe Italian during ww2?
     
  5. josh's coins

    josh's coins Well-Known Member

    most of them are from Great Britain. 5 francs=france and I think a few may be greek.
     
  6. Travlntiques

    Travlntiques Well-Known Member

    The 2nd coin that was photographed individually is an American Large Cent! Only the reverse is shown however. Can you see the date?
     
  7. doug444

    doug444 STAMPS and POSTCARDS too!

    Your pictures are way too dark, some of the images are sideways, and 7 or 8 coins is about all we can digest at one viewing.
     
  8. BLACKTALON

    BLACKTALON Member

    alittle $$02 or 08
     
  9. BLACKTALON

    BLACKTALON Member

    sorry i have always been a bad photographer
     
  10. doug444

    doug444 STAMPS and POSTCARDS too!

    We can make you a GOOD photographer. First, do you have a scanner? If yes, tell us the brand and model. Take a look at some of my sales ads -- all of them were made with a cheap $40 scanner.
     
  11. BLACKTALON

    BLACKTALON Member

    yes hp psc 2410 photo smart
     
  12. jensenbay

    jensenbay Well-Known Member

    You also have a coin from Mexico (eagle / snake) and one from Israel (menorah). One may be from Hungary.
     
  13. doug444

    doug444 STAMPS and POSTCARDS too!

    A decent scanner. Start by selecting a scanning area (for one coin) of about 3 x 3 inches. Do NOT use the entire 8 x 11 glass as your scan area and then crop away the excess. Make your scan with about 600dpi. When it's done, most scanners have a number of adjustments, including lightness or darkness. Select one setting higher lighting, and then another, if necessary. Do not mess with the "brightness" control, that wipes out the detail on your scan with a field of glare.

    If you want to do 6 or 8 coins at a time, arrange them as close to a square as possible, i.e., like 3 rows of 3 coins, or 2 rows of 3 coins. Again, make the scanning area no larger than one inch beyond the edge(s) of the coins. Dark coins are a problem. Here is a dark 1806 English penny; I have not offered it here because I can't get a good image. This image has been bumped up 3 settings of lighting, and it still doesn't look right, nor does it look much like the actual coin in hand. I may try a macro-lens camera.

    CT 1806 1d obv.jpg
     
  14. BLACKTALON

    BLACKTALON Member

    will try this tomorrow thanks guys
     
  15. doug444

    doug444 STAMPS and POSTCARDS too!

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  16. BLACKTALON

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  17. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    A few more or less well educated guesses. :)

    First image:
    (1) Russia 20 rubles
    (2) France (5 fr, aluminum)
    (3) UK 1 (pre-decimal) penny Elizabeth II
    (4) Italy King Vittorio Emanuele III
    (5) UK 1 (pre-decimal) penny George V
    (6) Israel
    (7) Hungary
    (8) Mexico
    (9) UK 1 (pre-decimal) halfpenny
    (10) too dark for me
    (11) Germany 10? pfennig

    Second image: Germany 10 pf 1943
    Third image: USA 1 cent ...

    Fourth image; numbers at the end correspond to the coins in the first image:
    (1) Hungary 10 forint (7)
    (2) Italy 50 centesimi (4)
    (3) too dark
    (4) Mexico 5 pesos (8)
    (5) UK 1 penny (5)
    (6) France 5 francs (2)
    (7) Russia, same side as (1)
    (8) hard to tell, probably (11)
    (9) UK 1 (pre-decimal) halfpenny (9)
    (10) Israel (6)
    (11) UK 1 penny (3)

    Christian
     
  18. Galen59

    Galen59 Gott helfe mir

    $5.50 for the lot maybe, I'm still sitting on 35+KG I haven't gone into yet,
    I sell mine for .10 each .50 for older, silver, well what ever.
     
  19. YOC

    YOC Well-Known Member

    just type what it says on the coin into google, press images and the coin will no doubt be pictured for you......its that simple with modern coinage usually, and ancients too.
     
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