Im new here, what are these coins and does some of these have any value?

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  1. Jesse1999

    Jesse1999 New Member

    I were cleaning out my closets and saw these
     

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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    From what I see most are normal foreign coins (non US).. But I see 2 US Quarters and a metal washer.
    Most you can find for 2 or 3 for $1.00 at flea market coin bins.
     
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  4. Jesse1999

    Jesse1999 New Member

    Okey! How about the first one? what is that?
     
  5. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    That one is interesting but I don't know. Could be a medallion.

    Unfortunately it looks to be a copy or reproduction

    See the letters REP?
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  6. Jesse1999

    Jesse1999 New Member

    Oh yea that’s probably fake, thank you for your help!
     
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  7. Parthicus

    Parthicus Well-Known Member

    The first one is a copy of a silver dirham from the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 AD). I could probably figure out the date and mintmark with a little work (these coins use a very standard formula, and the Arabic script is in fine Kufic style), but since it's a copy I don't know how useful that would be. Since it's a copy it wouldn't be worth much at all; originals range from cheap to very expensive, depending on condition and whether the date and mint are common or rare.
     
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  8. Bmmartin

    Bmmartin Member

    Hello!

    The last two are a 1922 France 1 Franc (open 2 variety) and a 1931 Russia 3 Kopeks (USSR-Era).

    The Russian Cyrillic C is an "S" sound, while the P is an "R" sound.

    Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик
    Soyúz Sovétskikh Sotsialistícheskikh Respúblik
    Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    This is why the Soviet Union used CCCP!

    French coins can be fun because of their privy marks. This one has a cornucopia and torch meaning it was minted in Paris
     
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  9. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Nothing special that I see. Welcome to CT.
     
  10. Legomaster1

    Legomaster1 Cointalk Patron

    Nice collection of coins!
    Without being so dismissive, I would say that you have some good coins in that set.
    2 pound coin- still in circulation, worth $2.63
    2 1 pound coins- not in circulation, but exchangeable in the UK (face value of $2.63 as well)
    50 pence coin- still in circulation, worth $0.66
    3 20 pence coins- still in circulation, worth $0.79
    5 pence coin- still in circulation, worth $0.06

    These coins would only be usable if you're heading to the UK.

    I see a state quarter in that pile- you can spend that.

    And the Deutsche Mark is indefinitely exchangeable at 1.95 DM to 1 Euro (so, it's worth approximately $0.56.

    1961 USSR 5 kopek- worth $0.5-0.75 to a collector

    You would need to post individual images of the rest fo the coins for us to determine their value.
     
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  11. capthank

    capthank Well-Known Member

    Wow! Good eye spotting the REP
     
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  12. Bmmartin

    Bmmartin Member

    If you’re just looking to spend it, there’s a site called foreigncurrencyandcoin that will exchange your old currency.

    It’s basically the US version of the UK’s leftovercurrency site; it’s near Atlanta. There are no fees, but they give rates worse than a forex teller at the airport (and that’s bad).

    However, it might beat trying to sell these online and paying 5-6 shipping costs for each group of coins you send. I’m assuming you would have two shipments otherwise; one for a forex swap and one for obsolete coins on eBay (or wherever).

    You could always do one shipment for all the coins but you get scrap metal prices for the other coins. Why do that when someone on eBay will buy the leftovers for at least $1 + shipping.

    In addition to those Legomaster pointed out, there looks to be a Danish 10 kr that is worth about a dollar and change and some coins you can nickel and dime. The Icelandic 100 ISK is worth at least 50 cents.

    There’s recent Swedish coins in there, but those are worthless; I think Sweden made all of its older coins obsolete in 2016.

    Or you can always go to Europe? Hope this helps.
     
  13. Bmmartin

    Bmmartin Member

    Also, to help you out, these are the only countries I could see that were exchangeable (at least on the exchange site):

    Great Britain (decimal), Denmark, Russia (post 1994), Icelandic, Czech Republic, Germany, Thai, Austria, and India.

    Worthless (other than slight to little numismatic value):

    Great Britain (LSD - predecimal), France, Belgium, Sweden, Czechoslovakia (CSSR), Hungary, Portugal, Greece, Romania Leu (or Moldova), Poland (communist Złotych), ams Italy.

    I’m not sure about Latvia (Latvijas on coin) and Israel (those look like pre-INS coins).

    I’m not sure if I missed any, that’s all I could see for sure.

    I would check the Austrian 10 Schilling and Swedish 50 Öre to see if they are silver. However, I doubt it because I think the Riksbank Governor’s initial (U) is after they had moved away from silver coins.
     
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