They were important. They acted as the representatives of the King. It was their lives on the line if the coins were found to contain less silver...
It's rediculous - at best the item is worth the gold content, nothing more. And assuming it does contain 1/4 oz of gold that would be approx...
Well it was the color difference that was making me wonder :confused: I would agree that the first coin is British half penny. Its value...
I have great many very good and detailed books ;) An assayer is a person who test the metal content of coins to assure that they are of a...
The J & D are the intials of the assayers - Jose Rodrriguez and Domingo Eyzaguirre.
24K is pure.
Ian was posting while I was looking these up. I'd happily take his word on the Austrian coin. But I think he missed the date on the Hungarian - I...
The coin on the far left, the copper one, appears to be an 8 maravedis struck in Spain 1602 - 1620. The Maria Theresa coin I think is a...
The coin you are describing is a 10 centimes struck in bronze. The mint mark K stands for Bordeaux and they struck 8,871,000 of the coins in 1856....
Howdy coinpoor - Welcome to the Forum !! It would be quite difficult to obtain a value for a coin like that. About the best chance you would...
Howdy Dazman - Welcome to the Forum !! First of all I would suggest that you get a copy of the Official A.N.A. Grading Standards for United...
I would say the coin would grade at MS62 or MS63. But it is very hard to grade a coin based on pictures. In MS62 grade the coin would be worth...
Spider, do some searches here for words like picture, camera, photography - you'll come up with a lot of helpful information ;)
Howdy lakebreeze - Welcome to the Forum !! I split your question off and started a new thread to avoid confusion. If you can post a pic of the...
You can find web sites that tell you the earth is flat, that the federal govt. is run by aliens and - that silver is going to rocket up in value...
Please post pics of both sides of each coin to help us help you identify them.
Howdy tweetiehicks - Welcome to the Forum !! I'm afraid it's impossible to estimate value for any coin just based on the date and denomination...
The 2nd coin from the left is a 1 reale from Lima, Peru. I have to look up the others to be sure.
Something you will find out is that not everyone uses the correct terminology when trying to describe a coin. They may be trying to say the same...
Howdy rkoustas - Welcome to the Forum !! Your best bet would likely be asking around town and trying to find a dealer you can trust. And the...
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