Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hiddendragon, post: 1686254, member: 25270&quot;]When you are looking at the French aluminum coins, be aware of mint marks. In general, anything with a B or C mintmark is harder to find than those without mintmarks. There is a wide variety of French coins from these years. You&#039;ll notice differences in the design of the 1 and 2 francs depending on whether they were made by the German occupation (Vichy) government or the exiled free government. On some, the mintmark is below the date. On others it is on the other side to the left of the ax. </p><p><br /></p><p>Buffalos with illegible dates aren&#039;t worth it. I just sold a bunch of buffalos with dates that I could read for 20 cents each. There were millions made, and most are still in existence somewhere. The exception is if you can make out a rare date. Sometimes when you turn them to the side the light hits them right and you can see it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another suggestion: Coins from Africa are always popular. I&#039;d buy any African coin that I could find. Older coins from anywhere that was a colony are good. British India, French Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, French Indochina, Netherlands East Indies and so on. Also, most people can&#039;t identify Middle Eastern and Asian coins if they don&#039;t have Western-style writing on them, so watch for coins from those places that just look old. You can usually tell. And unless money is really tight for you, if it&#039;s only 20 cents apiece I&#039;d say if you&#039;re up in the air about something it&#039;s usually just better to buy. You&#039;re going to regret it if you later found out it was a good coin that you didn&#039;t buy, but if you buy something that turns out to be junk, you&#039;re not out much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in