need help IDing 9 coins Hey, Some time ago i posted 2 coins and you guys IDed them for me, now i got more... 9 more... Now the first 4 pics (2 coins) may seem poor quality, but it's in great quality... the coins are just in a REALLY bad shape! here it goes: Side A - Side B Side A - Side B Side A - Side B Side A - Side B Side A - Side B Side A - Side B Side A - Side B Side A - Side B Side A - Side B
Sky_Lord,I have identified the countries your coins are from.They are as follows; 1 - Vietnam. 2 - Ancient Rome? 3 - Burma. 4 - Nepal. 5 - Nepal. 6 - Burma. 7 - Burma. 8 - Burma. 9 - Burma. To look up your coins from Burma,you have to look up under 'Myanmar' in Krause.
Ccgnum,it was very difficult to tell from the photo which Emperor of Rome the piece was supposed to have been struck under.
I think it might be more of a problem with the piece. The color is just way off, and it looks cast. It's supposed to be a Septimus Severus denarius. You can somewhat make it out from the legends, or the 3-pronged beard. I'm guessing it was probably some sort of a promotional giveaway type piece from the 60s.
1) Can you read the date/value of it? (EDIT - Date seems to be 1944, value?) 2) hmm besides the fact thats it's very light, it seems pretty good to me... from what metal is it supposed to me made? 3-9) Same as one, and what did u mean in "look up under 'Myanmar' in Krause"
A Roman denarius is made of silver and weighs 3+ grams. A Roman antoninnianus is made of silver and weighs 4.5+ grams. If "it seems light" and not as heavy as a silver coin of the same size, then it might be a modern fake. You do not own a "Krause." The Krause Publishing Co. of Iola, Wisconsin, puts out the Standard Catalog of World Coins. Although published in America for Americans, it is something of a universal reference among numismatists. If you do not own this, then what book do you use to identify coins? "Myanmar" is the modern name for "Burma." Edited to remove inappropriate remarks A new collector, intrigued with world moneys and what they tell us about cultures, etc., is always welcome. As you can see, help is just a question away. Edited to remove inappropriate remarks On the plus side, I am impressed with your command of English. Myself, I am limited to "Ma shlom ka." (Ma shlom ek) "Eza kor hayom." "Tov, toda." and few other pleasantries with the help of a Berlitz.)
lol I do not own a book to ID coins, most of the IDing is done by hand, the internet or with "experts" (For instance, we have someone in the familey who married a japanase women, so we used her to help ID coins from the far east). I will try to get that book thu Coins that we couldn't ID we asked here, thu it's rare. We (my dad and me) started collecting over 2 years ago... That for all the help, even if it's seems "easy" for you! And thx for the english thingy, and i'm doing good. It's actully a really cold day in here, doesn't stop raining!
