Hello everyone! I received a collection from my grandfather. They are from all around the world with dates from the seventeen to the mid nineteen hundreds. If anyone can identify some of the coins I have, please give me all the info you can, thanks! Please also let me know which ones are common and which ones are rare, thanks! Spanish http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05326.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05323.jpg Chinese? http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC053101.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05312.jpg French? http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05333-1.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05335-1.jpg Mix: http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05328.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05331.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05337.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05342.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05345.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05348.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05355.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05349.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05352.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC05356.jpg
ryanbooks, the coin that you posted under "Chinese", on the top left it is a Japanese 1000 yen coin commemorating the Tokyo Olympics '64. Face value alone is a 10 dollar coin but I see it going for 20-30 dollars easily. Nice coin.
4th set of pix under mix, middle row far left: Vale Por Un Jornal/1884/RLS monogram Central Santa Lucia Gibara/Plow This is a Cuban Merchant/wage token for use in the company stores. Oriente Province, Issued by Rafael L. Sanchez Rulau# ORI 30, 1884 CN 35mm $15 F, $20 VF
The last coin in the first mix is Danish West Indies. Hang onto the Central Santa Lugia thing, whatever it is. Otherwise there's not a lot there to get excited about. There's lots of silver so don't give it away.
The french ones are : - 5 centimes 1912 and 1916, both common - 25 centimes 1904, common - 1 franc silver 1898 (date of birth of my grand mother :smile) common so worn, scarce to rare in high grades of preservation Other french coins : In the second group of "mix" the top right one is a 50 centimes 1925, common In the fourth group of "mix" the second left in the 2nd row is a 20 francs 1951, common, first left in the 3rd row is a 25 centimes 1920, common, and the second right in the 3rd row is a 100 francs 1955, common. Hope that helps Cucumbor
The "Spanish" coins are: - Philippines (under United States rule) 1 centavo - Argentina 2 centavos - Chili 20 centavos - Argentina 20 centavos - Philippines (under United States rule) 5 centavos - Cuba 5 centavos (patria y libertad = homeland and freedom) The second Chinese coin is a 50 cash from Szechuan (1912) , the third is a cash coin from Peking (Board of revenue/ emperor Kao Tsung reign name Chien-lung 1736-1795), the fourth a Hong Kong cent of George V. The first mix: - a 5 centavos of Mexico - a 1/2 stiver of Essequibo and Demerary (British Guiana) of George III. With a mintage of 215,000 this coin is quite rare. - 10 centesimi of Italy, Victor Emanuel II, common - 2 paisa from Baroda (India princely states) - 1/4 anna Bombay Presidency (British India) - 10 centesimi Italy Victor Emanuel III, common - 5 lepta (or obol) of Greece George I, common in this condition - 2 cents/10 bits Danish West Indies / not quite common second mix: - Brazil 2 cruzeiros common - Denmark 2 kroner common - Turkey 10 kurus Christian date (1926-) - Turkey 5 kurus Islamic date (1341) - France 50 centimes - Austria 6 kreuzer (mintmark B= Kremnitz Hungary) 0.438 silver - Colombia 20 centavos 0.900 silver - Cuba 1 centavo - Austria 10 heller - 1 öre, can be Swedish, but not a good scan to identify it properly - 5 pfennig German Empire 3rd mix: - German States/Prussia 2 mark Wilhelm II silver - Greece 2 drachmai Paul I - Russia 50 kopeks Nicolas II silver - Greece 2 drachmai Republic - Mexico 1 peso silver - Hungary 1 forint Freanz Josef silver - German States Hamburg 2 mark, not so common coin - German Empire 1 mark silver - German Empire 1/2 mark silver - Mexico 5 centavos - Italy 20 centesimos
