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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2678791, member: 81887&quot;]Hello, and welcome!&nbsp; Here&#039;s what I found after a quick search:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Belgium, 5 francs, 1939, composition is nickel.&nbsp; This is the variety KM#117, with the Flemish version of the country name (Belgie) on the left and the French version (Belgique) on the right; there is also a version with the order reversed.&nbsp; There are some sub-varieties based on the edge of the coin (which I can&#039;t see in your photos).&nbsp; If the edge has lettering and a star, it&#039;s the super-common variety and worth maybe a buck.&nbsp; If the edge has lettering but with a crown, it&#039;s scarcer and worth a few dollars; even scarcer is a milled edge (a bunch of parallel ridges, like on a US quarter) with no lettering, crowns, or stars- that could be worth a few dozen dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Italy, 100 lire, 1956, composition is stainless steel.&nbsp; A beautiful design, but also very common (99.8 million struck), so worth very little (probably no more than a dollar).</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Great Britain, uncertain denomination (would depend on size/weight), 1790, copper.&nbsp; The most interesting of your coins, and not just because it&#039;s the oldest.&nbsp; Great Britain had a problem making enough copper coins during the late 18th century, and there was a gap of about 20 years in which no official copper coins were made at all.&nbsp; 1790 is one of those gap years, so this is not an official British mint coin.&nbsp; However, there were a variety of private companies and individuals who made copper tokens during this time, some of which (like this one) do look very much like official coins, except for the impossible date.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a catalog of this series, but hopefully someone can provide more info.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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