Help identifying ancient/world coins - scans available

Hi, I am new to coins and the coins in question were from what looked like the "catch all" box in the collection. Most appear to be ancient or world coins with the exception of a Hawaiian one. Photos are avaiable in my yahoo album below (please ignore the 1903 1 peso piece, that scan was for another posting). If you could provide an approximate value it would be nice, but based on the lack of good storage I doubt the original collector valued them much. I'm mainly curious as to their origins.

Link: http://photos.yahoo.com/prenumbra2007

Written descriptions:

1) Labeled 1700's VoC" in my pics. I have various coins labeled VoC, dated from the 1700's (pic=1700 VoC). They are about the size of a US quarter and are fairly thin/light weight.

2) Labeled "1891 victoria" in my pics. A well worn coin with the profile of victoria on the front. About the size of a 50 cent piece.

3) Labeled "ancient 3" in my pics. I assume it to be Roman. It is about the size of a 50 cent peice.

4) Labeled "ancient coin 1" in my pics. The coin is fairly thin and about the size of a dime.

5) Labeled "ancient coin 2" in my pics. Another, what I assume to be Roman coin, about the size of a 50 cent piece.

6) Labeled "Asian 2" in my pics. Silver coin about the size of a silver dollar. I would guess from Thailand, but not sure. Seems to be from this century.

7) Labeled "Hawaii dime solder" in my pics. It has a piece of solder on it. It is similar in size to a US dime and dated 1883.

8) Labeled "large asian" in my pics. This coin is about the size of a silver dollar and labeled "100 cash".

Thanks for any input you have. Let me know if there is any problem/confusion in getting to the pictures.

 

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Welcome to the hobby and the forum Wildcat2002.

Great guess!

You have an undated 19.6g, .750 silver 20 baht, issued in 1963 to commemorate the 36th birthday of King Rama IX, Krause No. Y#86. It's listed at $4.50 VF. Strictly from the photo I would grade yours at F, so it's worth a couple of bucks.

An undated Republic of China copper provincial issue from Honan Province, Y#395 or Y#395.1, issued around 1928. The difference between the varieties is that Y#395 has 4mm tassels on the obverse, while y#395.1 has 5mm tassels. My guess from the relation of the tassels to the denomination legend is that they are the short ones, but there are no guarantees on that. They are listed at $3.00 G or $5.00 VG for the short tassels and $3.75 G or $6.50 VG for the long. Again, solely from the pictures, I grade yours at G.

 

Any coin with a VoC monogram is from the Netherlands Indies (now Indonesia).These were issued by the Dutch East India Company,& carry the Coats-of-Arms of the various Dutch provinces.

 

Hawaii ten cents, 1883 per Redbook: Mintage 250,000 value range 55 dollars in fine to 2000 dollars in MS63. Proof 8000 dollars. Of course you know, Hawaii is the only state that had ruling Monarchs. King David "Kawika" Kalakaua I is the second to last reigning Monarch. He died on board a ship during a voyage which then made Queen Liliuokalani, his sister, the reigning Monarch. She wrote a song in memory to him "Aloha Oe" which you probably heard before but never realised it was the song. It's heard on most flights or other times when tourists are leaving the Islands. Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning Monarch because of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

 

Thank for everyones input. I'm still looking for answers about the coins I numbered 2,3,4,5 -- mainly the ancient coins. Also, any additional input about the VoC coins is welcome. Are they tokens or coins? Are they currency only used by the Dutch East India company?

EDIT: Typos

 

Wildcat,the VoC pieces are most definitely coins.
The Dutch East India Company issued mostly Duits
& Bonks.There is a series of coins which have VoC that were used in Dutch Ceylon (pre-1796),a series
that were used in the Dutch West Indies,& a series that were used in the Dutch settlements in India (prior to being sold to the British East India Company).