i have over 20 foriegn coins and have no clue were they are from: franc, 1966 forint, 1971,1975 pence 1982,1992 nederlanden, 1965, 1963 groszy, 1990 filler, 1971 pfennic,1960 australia, 1976 one big penny from 1939 any help would be great, i am not a collector, just some of the coins that i got from my grand dad, plus i have plenty of us coins that i have no clue about, if any one is interested in any of these coins, please lmk, thanks, james
In most cases the name of the country where a coin is from is mentioned on the coin ;-) franc, 1966 Probably France (though a few other countries have or had "franc" coins as well). forint, 1971,1975 Hungary. (The Hungarian word for Hungary is Magyar and should be somewhere on the coins.) pence 1982,1992 If you see Elizabeth II, and no country name, on the other side, it is from the United Kingdom ... nederlanden, 1965, 1963 That is the country name (Netherlands). groszy, 1990 Poland. filler, 1971 Hungary, I suppose (see above). pfennic,1960 If that is a 2 Pfennig coin, it is from (West) Germany. If not, it's from the GDR (East G.). australia, 1976 Umm ... Australia maybe? one big penny from 1939 UK, I think. Does it say GEORGIVS VI anywhere? Christian
yes the big penny does say georgivs, thanks, i had no clue with them, i was really stuck on that australia one,(lol) now i know were to look on ebay, thanks
You might also try a library for a copy of the Standard Catalog of World Coins for pictures, values and lots more interesting info.
