These 9 coins are pretty well worn, but hopefully there's enough left of them for them to be identified. These were part of a collection I bought this morning. Thanks in advance for any insight.... Nightowl
The bottom right coin looks like a: Base Farthing of George III (1799) Diameter: 23.50mm Weight: 6.3000g Fineness: 1.000 Copper Obv: Laureated and draped bust of George III right GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX 1799 Rev: Britannia seated left on rock, holding branch and trident, shield resting at side, waves around, ship to left BRITANNIA· 1.FARTHING I found the info here: http://www.treasurerealm.com/coinpapers/england/coins/S3779.html I don't know much about Colonial/ Post Colonial coins and tokens, but enjoyed finding out what this one was. I will look some more, if I get time later this evening.
The center coin is spanish...8 marevedis? Looks like 1887....so that one's later. The VOC coin is a Dutch penny...and those I know are common. The others...I dunno. Nightowl
The top right coin is also Dutch. Here are two Wikipedia links that have more info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_guilder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Indies_gulden
The center coin (top row), is Irish. It is a William & Mary Halfpenny. More info can be found here: http://www.irishcoinage.com/MILL3CAT.HTM
Yeah, that one should have been easy for you! The bottom left coin looks like an 1863 One Cent, William III from Holland.
the center coin of the far right column is an Austrian coin: 1800 1-Kreuzer. Found info on it here: http://www.allnumis.com/coin_1-kreuzer-1800-a_3175,27,974.html
The coin at the top of the leftmost column is a doit (¼ stivers). "Java also used lighter copper pieces called “doits” (¼ stivers), minted in 1811 & 1812. Obverse left; reverse right, with “B” above balemark. The blanks were cast, with obvious tangs not removed. The letter “B” is for Batavia or possibly British, as on the balemark. No value is stated, but there were 4 doits to a stiver and 30 stivers to a rupee. Java was returned to the Dutch in 1815 after hostilities had ended in Europe, under the Treaty of Vienna, 13th August 1814. The delay was mainly due to the sailing time to the East Indies. Zwekkert continued in office, dying in 1819" This one was pretty hard to find. Got the above info from here: http://www.mernick.org.uk/lnc/talks/1999sep.htm
The last coin (center of the bottom row) is either a 1/2, or 1/4 Stuiver, from the Island of Sumatra. The 1/2 or 1/4 would be to the left of the shield, but yours is pretty worn out in that area. Didn't find much info on the coin, just a couple on E-bay that helped identify it.
