OK. The other day, my parents pulled me aside and wanted to show me something. Apperently, Grandma and Grandpa used to travel the world, and collected coins from countries they visited, and some US coins. We'll discus the US later, but they had pre-Euro coins: $1000 Juana De Asbaje portrait on front. Back reads: Estados Unidos Mexicanos, dated 1988. CIEN PESETAS On back with crest. Front: 1982, portrait and name Juan Carlos Rey De Espana. 5 PTAS On back with crest and sword/angel wings. Front: Portrait and words:Francisco Franco Caudillo De Espana Por La G. De Dios, dated 1957. Back reads: For Sverige I Tiden IKR. Front reads: Carl XVI Gustaf Sverige, portrait, dated 1984. Back reads: 5$00 (not a typo) and a crest with 4 surrounding stars. Front reads: Republica Portuguesa, portrait of a ship on ocean, dated 1979. Can anyone help with identification and/or modern value? (I'm not looking to sell, I just wants to know some more information. I can give more, minute info on each, but i didn't want to overwhelm the thread, if that makes sense.
Hmm, the coins from Mexico and Sweden are not exactly "pre-euro". Neither of the two countries has the euro. The Spanish 100 pesetas from 1982 is a common piece; about 300 million pieces were issued in '82/'83. As for the 5 pesetas coin, "1957" is the autorization date. The production date (two digits) is in the star next to the eagle. Not worth much either, unless the coin is in excellent condition. The Portuguese coin is a 5 escudos piece (the $ symbol means escudo but also serves as a separator between escudos and centavos). About 20 million were issued ... Christian
