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Message:: [QUOTE="Ian, post: 77492, member: 283"]Firstly, the Belgian coin is silver and worth at least $5 for it's silver content. `Holed' is accurate technically as a descriptor, but that hole is huge. There are two varieties, determined by looking at the lettering on the edge of the coin. Which way up the lettering is in relation to the portrait determines the type. The more common type, even with no hole would only be worth between $7 - $10 judging by the underlying condition of the coin. The other, without the hole it would have been worth anything between $80 -$130. So how do you know which way is which? Hold the coin in your hand with the portrait side facing downwards. If the edge lettering is upright then it is the common type and your coin is worth no more than its silver value. If with the portrait side still facing downwards the edge lettering is upside down then you have a very damaged but `difficult to find' coin and someone somewhere (probably a collector of Belgian coinage) might just pay you a bit more than bullion value for that fact. The probabilities are exceedingly high that you have the common variety, but do check and let us know. The other coin? I don't know what it is excepting that it is relatively modern, Asian, and made from aluminium. With the hole it has no collector value (at least not in terms of monetary value) whatsoever. Without the hole, I suspect it would have a value a good bit less than 50c. Ian[/QUOTE]