I'm not well versed on bullion weights of foreign coins. Particularly Canadian, British and their territories. Is there a good website to find this info? I'm finding I really like Canadian and British coinage. I went to an antique mall today and the guy had a jar full of foreign silver coins. I didn't know I'd find them there or I would have done my homework before I went. Anyway, I ended up getting a bunch of shillings, six pence, three pence and some Canadian quarters. He sold them by the gram. The price clearly stated on the jar. At the time I knew he was selling them high but I didn't quite realize how high for the bullion content that most of them contained, which was mostly 50%. He weighed it all on the same scale as if it was all .999 fine. Even if it was all .999, he was charging well over spot. Most of the stuff is early 1920s to 1940s. Some earlier, some later. A few of the six pence are still very sharp. Is there much numismatic value associated with these? Also, how many troy oz of silver are in a 1962 1/2 Franc? I can't find anything on them. I purchased less than $70 worth but I'm afraid I over paid badly. Although I do really like the coins and I won't be selling, it was a stupid, knee-jerk, spur of the moment purchase.
If you don't have the Krause catalogs go to Numismaster and sign up. You can look up everything except values for free.
Well, I signed up. If you're refering to the find my coin link, it worked for a 1940 Washington quarter but it won't even find a 1957 Canadian quarter. No 1/2 franc comes up.
It finds them all for me. Of course part of your problem with the 1/2 franc might be that there is no such thing as a 1962 French 1/2 franc. But the site pulls up 10 full pages of 1/2 francs for the entire history of the country - Click Here Here's your quarter for example - 1957 Canada quarter So I don't know what you are doing wrong, but you're doing something wrong.
Vess, Thrash around Amazon dot com or somewhere like that. I got a paperback Krause World Coins (10th Ed.) 1901 to Present for something like $2.99 + $4.99 shipping. It's great. Sometimes it's really, really nice to get away from the computer screen
Since he is not so much interested in coins but rather in silver, the 1/2 franc coin (a nickel piece) will be a disappointment anyway. However, that coin was apparently issued in various precious metal versions for collectors, including a piedfort silver piece (Ag 950, 11g) dated 1962. Don't ask me about the mintage though ... Christian
You're right. It's not a French piece. I'm sure it's a Swiss coin now. I didn't look under check pricing before.
Vess - when you use the Numismaster search function, if you are not certain of the information, just leave the appropriate boxes blank. Only enter what you know for sure and it will bring up all the coins that fit. Then all you have to do is scroll thru til you find your coin.
