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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2197801, member: 68"]Identifying countries gets pretty easy pretty fast. Some specific coins are much tougher. For example "Dansk" is always Denmark but not all Danish coins have "Dansk" on them. You'll start picking out other clues like "ore" is the fractional currency of Denmark. </p><p> </p><p>Pick up an old Krause world coin catalog. The older the better but there's a trade off between being up to date and accuracy plus ease of use. About a 2004 edition might be ideal. Ignore all pricing in it though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2197801, member: 68"]Identifying countries gets pretty easy pretty fast. Some specific coins are much tougher. For example "Dansk" is always Denmark but not all Danish coins have "Dansk" on them. You'll start picking out other clues like "ore" is the fractional currency of Denmark. Pick up an old Krause world coin catalog. The older the better but there's a trade off between being up to date and accuracy plus ease of use. About a 2004 edition might be ideal. Ignore all pricing in it though.[/QUOTE]
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