Here are four different world coins. I will scan the obverse (or at least what i think is the obverse) and will put the years under them .i can scan them seperatley or scan the reverse if u need. 1955 for the one with the hole in the middle. 1953 for the Vietnam one. 1948 for the other one thats not in the holder. And August 4, 1980 for the one in the holder. It says 750 Yen but i think (pretty certain) its not a 750 Yan coin but that was the price of it. thats like what. 1/2 a cent. Also, what are the values of these coins, since i do not collect world coinage and am saving up for a $5 indian head.
left one dated 1948, need to see reverse. there are several French colonies that used that obverse for coins isssued in 1948. Could be Cameroon, French Equatorial Africa, French West Africa, St. Pierre & Miquelon, etc. holed coin - Lebanon, 1 piastre, 1955, minted in Paris, KM#19, mintage of 4 million, worth about US$0.35 in UNC. Viet-Nam, 20 su, 1953, minted in Paris, KM#2, mintage of 15 million, worth about US$2.00 in UNC. Tristan da Cunha, 25 pence, 1980, minted in England (Royal Mint), KM#3, mintage of 65,000, worth about US$3.50 in UNC.
I have one of those 1955 1 Piastres coins along with other Middle Eastern coins. All are in 2x2's. Lebanon 1952 50 Piastres 1955 10 piastres 1961 25 Piastres Jordan 1949 10 Fils 1949 20 Fils 1955 5 Fils 1962 5 Fils Turkey 1948 1 Kurus Any idea what they are worth? All are new looking. Wyliecoyote
Nice coins! If uncirculated, then the Lebanon 50p might be worth a couple dollars but besides the Jordan 10f they're all worth $1 or less. You might also try a library for a copy of the Standard Catalog of World Coins for pictures, values and lots more interesting info.
The handwritten notation at the top of the 2x2 does indeed say "Torisutan da kuuniya". The Kanji characters above the 1980, translate as "Western calendar", and probably came from a rubber stamp. If memory serves (no guarantee), in the early '80s the dollar was at the ¥150 level, so perhaps the coin was holdered by a Japanese dealer when it was new, with the sale price in both currencies.
The 20 Su was issued by the short-lived Empire of South Vietnam (1953-55).It was in the late 1950's that the Dong's subdivision became the Xu.St Pierre & Miquelon are located just south of Newfoundland.They now use the Euro as its currency. Aidan.
Pretty close Around 1982 it hit a peak around ¥220 and steadily dropped to ¥180 by 1985, before a sharp decline to ¥100 in 1986. Was living over there at the time and remember watching my money get cut in half 'course I also remember using US nickels in Japanese soda machines. Soda's were ¥50. A US nickel registered as a ¥100 coin. So for 5 cents I got a soda and ¥50 in change. What can I say, I was 9
