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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 5822, member: 39"]In most cases the name of the country where a coin is from is mentioned on the coin ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>franc, 1966</b></p><p>Probably France (though a few other countries have or had "franc" coins as well).</p><p><b>forint, 1971,1975</b></p><p>Hungary. (The Hungarian word for Hungary is Magyar and should be somewhere on the coins.)</p><p><b>pence 1982,1992</b></p><p>If you see Elizabeth II, and no country name, on the other side, it is from the United Kingdom ...</p><p><b>nederlanden, 1965, 1963</b></p><p>That is the country name (Netherlands).</p><p><b>groszy, 1990</b></p><p>Poland.</p><p><b>filler, 1971</b></p><p>Hungary, I suppose (see above).</p><p><b>pfennic,1960</b></p><p>If that is a 2 Pfennig coin, it is from (West) Germany. If not, it's from the GDR (East G.).</p><p><b>australia, 1976</b></p><p>Umm ... Australia maybe?</p><p><b>one big penny from 1939</b></p><p>UK, I think. Does it say GEORGIVS VI anywhere?</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 5822, member: 39"]In most cases the name of the country where a coin is from is mentioned on the coin ;-) [b]franc, 1966[/b] Probably France (though a few other countries have or had "franc" coins as well). [b]forint, 1971,1975[/b] Hungary. (The Hungarian word for Hungary is Magyar and should be somewhere on the coins.) [b]pence 1982,1992[/b] If you see Elizabeth II, and no country name, on the other side, it is from the United Kingdom ... [b]nederlanden, 1965, 1963[/b] That is the country name (Netherlands). [b]groszy, 1990[/b] Poland. [b]filler, 1971[/b] Hungary, I suppose (see above). [b]pfennic,1960[/b] If that is a 2 Pfennig coin, it is from (West) Germany. If not, it's from the GDR (East G.). [b]australia, 1976[/b] Umm ... Australia maybe? [b]one big penny from 1939[/b] UK, I think. Does it say GEORGIVS VI anywhere? Christian[/QUOTE]
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