On the plus side, that French 1 or 2 francs in the front looks legit. On the minus side, it's a common coin.
I'm not sure what you want to know. They're from the British colonies in East Africa, which I believe is now Kenya. I think they're nice coins and...
I believe it's from Israel but I don't know much about Israeli coins.
I do really like the pre-World War II Latvian coins, by the way. I think it's something about the font that just looks old fashioned and neat.
I'm not trying to set myself up as an expert by any means, but just as someone who reads the news it seems like a lot of weaknesses of a common...
With what has happened economically in the eurozone recently I don't understand why any other countries would want to join. To me it looks like a...
I'm no Chinese coin expert but I'd say there's almost no chance that's a coin. It just doesn't look like it. Some sort of other token I think.
Thanks for the help. That explains why I couldn't find it. It's got those big green spots on it but I bought it anyway because I'd never seen...
I need help identifying this coin. I looked under Japan in Krause and didn't see any matches. I read a year of 26, but I don't know which country...
Thanks. I think you're right. I couldn't figure out if that second symbol was a number or not but that's what it looks like.
Thanks for the help!
The Krause catalog for 1801-1900. If you aren't familiar with it, it is the industry standard for foreign coins. If you are going to try to...
No, the first is from Bavaria. It has a mintage of 366,000 and silver content of .3067. The catalog I have values it at $10 F, $20 VF.
I need help with this Japanese coin. It's a silver 10 sen, and I can see the symbol for 10 but I can't identify other numbers. I'm sorry the...
Can you help me identify the following three coins? I'm getting better with these other alphabets but these three have me stumped.
I should note though that for whatever reason, African coins in general are popular.
I don't know the reason but I've noticed the same thing, even with non-silver coins. East Africa, West Africa and South Africa all seem to go for...
I collect Mexican coins but the varieties don't interest me. I just want one of each date and don't care about the varieties. Today I purchased...
There's a user here named Jblonde who can probably help you, but he hasn't been by a lot lately. He knows a lot about Mexican coins.
This Canadian dollar also marks the anniversary of the end of World War II.
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