Hi Spider! I came across the following completed eBay auction (after seeing a link to it on another forum) and figured I would scroll down a bit to see just how many countries were actually represented. (As it turns out, QUITE a few!! There are over 600 images on that page!) Anyway, as I was looking at a few of the postmarks in the pictures, I saw that they appeared to be all from the early- to mid-1980s (I'm not sure, since I didn't have the time to look through every one of them). That's when it hit me that this would be the perfect chance for you to fill in some of the missing information from your world coins HELP thread (from a month ago), since many of the coins you were asking about were minted in the '70s and '80s. I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing that -- especially with the Eastern European countries -- the composition, size and weight of the coins listed in this eBay auction would be representative of (if not identical to) the coins you listed in your thread. And since the USSR, Czechoslovakia and West Germany no longer exist, there's no national bank website you can go to to find such coin-related details (or at least none that I'm aware of). The pictures admittedly aren't terrific, but you should be able to make everything out just fine. So, get your pen or pencil and copy away: Romania USSR Czechoslovakia West Germany Austria Bulgaria Hungary Oh, just a word of warning. The pictures above are hosted on the eBay seller's website, so they might be taken offline at any time (since the auction is already over). So get the information before it's gone.... Have a great rest of your weekend! - Andrew
Spidey, Glad I could be of help. As for not listing the Polish coins, there weren't any in your original thread. I do remember you mentioning and posting pictures of some bags of zloty coins, but I thought that they were all modern strikes (and the National Bank of Poland website has all the info you need on those coins). That was a pretty crazy auction! Although I admit that it would be really cool to have all those different coin sets from so many different countries. (And I'm sure stamp collectors would find the various postage stamps pretty interesting -- and collectible -- as well!) Have a good Sunday! - Andrew
oops ur right but actually many r older and some r modern. Well thanks again and i already got info for those Polish coins in my favorites list. Thanks
