hi, newbie here w/a couple of questions. i had a coin collection given to me from my grandmother that my grandfather had and was trying to find prices of the coins. i borrowed a world coin book(2006) from the library and it only went back to 1901. if i posted the coins could anyone telling what there worth or where to go to get this info? thanks.
Welcome to the Hobby of Kings, and the best discussion forum about it. If you have a large number of pre-20th Century coins you might ask your library about using an inter-library loan to get the volumes of the Standard Catalog of World Coins covering the 17th-19th Centuries. If the volume isn't too great you can post clear pictures here, and some of us with those volumes will try to help you. The condition of each coin is a major factor in valuing it, so pictures that show detail are essential. One thing you must keep in mind is that the SCWC, like every other printed price guide, is only a guide and usually out of date by the time it is published.
thankyou. well i determined that (according the book) that most of these coins are xf. condition. nothing special abut them. the lib. doesnt have any other books that i can use as i tried already. Austria - 1881 & 1885 1 Kreuzer, 1895 10 Heller, Colombia 1881 2 1/2 centavos, France 1900 10 centimes, this japan coin i think is 1873-1884 (year 15) 1-Rin, last 2 are Mombasa 1888H & 1888CM 1 pice. if this is too many ill understand and thankyou for your time.
You missed my point. Public libraries have a vast network through which they temporarily exchange books on what they call "Inter-library loans". With that system just about any library has access to almost any book, at least for short term non-circulating use. Anyhow, XF is valued in the 2001 3rd Ed. 19th Century volume of the SCWC (not the most recent edition) as follows: Austria 1881 1 Kreuzer, KM#2186, $1.50, mintage 37,900,000 Austria 1885 1 Kreuzer, KM#2187, $1.25, mintage 29,000,000 Austria 1895 10 Heller (1.25 Kreuzer), none listed Colombia 1881, 2 1/2 centavos, KM#169, $30, mintage 123,000 France 1900 10 centimes, KM#843, $8, mintage 5,000,000 Japan 1882 1-Rin, Y#15, $8, 3,632,000 Mombasa is now known as Kenya. There are multiple varieties of the 1 pice, minted at Birmingham ("H") and Calcutta ("C/M") for the British East India Company in 1888. Without pictures it's impossible to guess which ones you have, and even with pictures it may not be possible for someone with no expertise in the series to attribute or evaluate them.
coin picture. http://http://worldcoingallery.com/...e=nmc/mom-1p88&desc=Mombasa km1 1 Pice (1888) is a picture of the coin 1888. thankyou you for going out of your way to find that info. for me. the local lib. isnt very big and didnt offer any other way to get the info that i needed. this collection of around 400 coins i have isnt really worth that much i beleave and was just wondering if i should keep it or sell it. thanks again for your time.
Repaired link: http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/mom-1p88&desc=Mombasa%20km1%201%20Pice%20(1888)
Well, if you don't think you will ever get into coin collecting as a hobby, you might as well sell it, as long as it has no sentimental value to you. If you think you might enjoy this hobby, I would start organizing and cataloging the collection. It'll give you a lot of first-hand experience. Even if you decide to sell it, you ought to organize it anyway as it'll be easier to sell, and you'll know at least what the value is (approximately) so that you get a fair price for the collection.
sorry for the broken link. i have written most of all these coins out and are in the process to putting them in a list that my wife made for me w/ yr,coin, cond., price and amount of each i have. i tried to scan a 307 ad roman coin to have you guys take a look but didnt work. im not sure what i will do w/ them as like i said i dont think alot of these foregin coins are worth much. he bought alot of them from littleton coin co. got alot of the same coins.
I guarantee that he seriously overpaid for any that he didn't get in one of their "introductory specials". I'm afraid my knowledge of Mombasa varieties is too skimpy to hazard an opinion on the one you posted.
