Recently, I uncovered a few Foreign coins I inherited. Some look to be very nice pieces, but I don't want to collect them. How do I go about finding people who may want them ? A nice one is a 1934 Sixpence from New Zealand, and a 1945 L Half Rupee, along with some Canadian cents, 5c, 10c and 25c. About all I can find out is that the sixpence and the half rupee are supposed to be "rare" ? I am leary of putting them on eBay for obvious reasons. Any info is truly appreciated.
Thank you. I was not aware that you could offer coins in here. But I would like to trade them for something. There's a lot I want or need to complete and upgrade what I do collect. Thanks again
According to the Krauss catalog, the 1934 six pence from New Zealand has a mintage of 3,600,000. The catalog shows the following values: F 1.00 VF 8.00 EF 25.00 UNC 60.00 BU 100 If you want to learn more about your World coins, then consider posting a few photographs and questions in the world coin section of CT. You may find some interest in collecting them yourself. Do you know why so many countries used the 12 Pence to the Shilling monetary system? It is basically because the number 12 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. The base 10 decimal system is only divisible by 2 and 5.
Collector89s info is for the 1934, your coin. The 1935 has a mintage of 560,000 and is worth a bit more
The half rupee ... India Half Rupee 1945 L KM# 552 There are 2 varieties, Small dot and large dot Values, small dot VF-$2.00 EF-$4.50 Unc-$9.00 Large Dot F-$2.50 VF-$5.00 EF-$10.00 Unc-$20.00
It was my type error. I looked-up & reported the data for the 1934 coin in Krauss. A simple type error reporting a mintage or value could be very bad. Please check your coin's value independently before disposing of it.
Well, this information certainly puts these coins in a different light. LOL I am not afraid of disposing them now. I just didn't want to let a more valuable coin go for a minimum bid of $0.99. As sometimes happens. How does one determine the "dot" variety ? Thanks guys for the info.
I wonder how those two coins got from India & New Zealand to your collection in the USA. Perhaps they were brought to the USA by someone in the armed service. Why not start a collection of World silver coins (one coin per country) which may have been brought to the USA by returning GIs. Thanks for sharing & have fun.
Who knows ? I did send some coins back from when I was in Viet Nam during 1967-69. A few Hong Kong and Chinese coins. And some from Australia. I brought home some Dongs, and Japanese coins that I cannot identify. Mom might have tossed them in with her stuff. She and I were the only ones who had any interest in collecting coins. I did find a old 1887 English coin (holed) that I think might be a shilling ? There are coins from Germany, England, Ireland too. I am just now sorting the junk.
It's good to learn that you aren't a name on "the wall." That you were fortunate enough to make it back to "the real world." What did you do, what was your unit and where you located? Welcome home and thanks for your service to our wonderful nation.
Thanks. I was with an Assault Helicopter Cpmpany. My duties widly varied. We were based in Soc Trang. A long, long time ago. LOL Yeah, lotsa names om that wall for sure.
