I've inherited a coin collection, and one of the things that had caught my interest where these unopened "American President Lines: SS President Wilson" postcards with unknown coins inside. I have 7 cards, all with different locations on them. There is no return address, nor stamp. The send locations include: Australia, Fiji, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, New Zealand, and Tahiti. Apparently it looks as if it was all written by the same person, and that they where never sent. Do you think somebody used these as a way to store the coins, should I open one to see what is inside? I'm quite curious on what these are and what may be inside. And this is also my first time posting on these forums so hello everyone Pictures below:
Welcome to the forum. You should open them up! See if you can peel the flap open or just use a sharp knife but make sure you do not scratch the coins. Also, when taking the coins out be careful how you touch them. Try not to touch the coins surfaces but on the rims or outside.
I would hold the cutting knife far away until you can figure out the historical value of these. For all we know these could be rare collectables in unopened envelopes.
Haha Alright I'll open one and post a picture of what I find inside. Well I decided to open the Singapore one, after opening I pretty much figured out the mystery behind these. When my father the original owner of these coins collected them was around the early 1970s. The coins dates are 1967 - 1969. So its most likely he bought these and stored them in an envelope and never put them in a casing. I'll post the rest and see if its the same Edit: I am guessing that these are not rare from the one that I had opened? I'm not a collector and know very little about coins.
I guess since your father put them together they have no collectors value. From the OP I thought you meant these were government issued packages
Sorry for the misunderstanding XD. Well it appears to be the same with all of the others. They are all from the late 60's and from the countrys listed.
I'm guessing that your mother & father may have taken a cruise(s), and these coins were collected at the various ports-of-call. Chris
corresponds with the dates "By 1971, the use of containers had again increased; 58% of the company's business moved via container. The increasing use of air travel meant that the company's passenger services had steadily been declining throughout the 1960s, and by 1973, the last liner—the SS President Wilson—completed her last round-the-world trip and was sold off." wiki
