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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JJK78, post: 653447, member: 19207&quot;]Hello everyone,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I dug out a box of foreign coins that was collected by my uncle when he was in the Navy and would like some help identifying a few coins and see if any of them are rare etc. which I doubt but you never know!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I also wonder if there is a good website that I can use to help identify some of the coins I have?&nbsp; Hopefully I won&#039;t have to go out a buy a foreign coin book as I still have a lot to learn about US coins before I move on to foreign ones<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ll get a better list together if necessary, but most of the coins fall into these groups, please forgive me if my guesses are wrong, i know nothing of foreign coins, sorry<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :</p><p>1,2 &amp; 5 Deutch Mark coins (Germany?)</p><p>1/2, 1, 2 &amp; 5 Franc coins - front = republique francaise (France?)</p><p>5, 25 &amp; 50 PTAS - front = de espana (spain?)</p><p>5, 10, 20, 1/2 Fr. &amp; 2 Fr. - front = confederatio helvetica or just helvetia. ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have included pics of the 2 most interesting I have found - can someone tell me more about them or point me in the right direction?</p><p>The first is a 1937 &quot;10 Reichspfennig&quot; coin with an Eagle and swastika.&nbsp; The second is a 1951 20 Francs Republic Francaise coin - as you can see from the pics<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anything worth researching here or should I just throw it all into a big foreign coin ebay lot? Also have some foreign bills, should I post them here or in the paper money forum?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>THANKS!</p><p>J[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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