19 coins for 4$ Here are 19 coins I recently bought at a coin store for 4$. Anyone know if there worth anything or know where they came from? If I don't get any replys i'll probably clean them, try to make them into a necklace, and then give up and spend them in a coke machine :goofer:. Don't worry i'm just kiddin. From left to right: - A bufflo nickel with the date worn off - a 1953 three pence - a 1861 5 centemi with a bearded guy on the back ( where's it from? ) - a 2 centemi very thin date worn off probably about the same date as the 5 centemi - a 1941 farthing, great condition - a 1912 farthing with a warior guy on the front 2nd row -republic de colombia 1963 diez centavos - rdc 1959 5 centavos - rdc ---- 5 centavos - cinco centavos 1965, mexican? - 1956 one shilling - 1901 canadian penny - 1911 canadian penny 3rd row - 1942 eire, harp on front, pig on back - 1965 caribbean twenty five cents - 1957 5 ptas, eagle thing on front, old guy on back - 1943 steel wheaty - 1925 c.5 piece of grain thing on front old guy on back ( italian) -1894 indian head penny that looks like it got shot at I will post the pictures in an hour
Nothing to jump about, that seems to be at or a little below normal junkbox prices. Honestly, the only one I'd even pick up and consider is the 5 centime, which is from Italy. Look below the wreath on the reverse for the mintmark, something like A or B or G.
Woohoo for the colombian coins. I personally have about a ton of old colombian coins (ok maybe it's more like 20 pounds, but it's alot)
I don't know a thing about coins from other countries but if I were you I would try finding out what you have exactly prior to any cleaning. Maybe nothing there but you never know. Many find coins worth a lot in a general type situaltion like that. $4 for 19 coins? Not bad at all. You just have to examine them carefully. Example is at a flea market I go to there is a, so called, coin dealer. He throws all coins in a bin and I mean throws them. All US in a few bins and all foreign ones in another bin. I always look and buy a few. So far in Mercury Dimes I've found many 16S, 18S, 23S, 26S and many others. Some beat up but many in great shape. A few weeks ago I hit it pretty good. A 42D/41 Merc. All Mercury Dimes are $1 each. Less if you buy many. The moral of my story is LOOK carefully at what you have. You can always try cleaning them if you find the ones that are basically worthless. But you never no for sure. Still for $4 for 19, you did OK.
It seems like a decent deal at 19 coins for $4. The first coin in the 3rd row (with the "pig" on it) is from Ireland.
the only thing i can tell you is that the 1894 ihc is worth $1.75 or less because of the damage. the 1943 steel wheat is worth a nickel, and the dateless buffalo is worth a quarter. you can soak that dateless buffalo in vinagar for a couple of months to see what the date is, or buy a bottle of nic a date if you really want to know. i don't know much about world coins, so i guess thats a good deal!:high5:
