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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shlomo, post: 446286, member: 16034&quot;]I am digging through some of my old collection bought back in the 70s when I was a teenager.&nbsp; A few of them are marked with unique identifiers.&nbsp; Back then, I thought it was some kind of grading system, but now I read on this board that they (appear to) identify the coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Most of them start with Y and might end in a lowercase letter.&nbsp; For instance, a West African coin is marked with Y-3, and some Swiss coins are marked Y25a and Y31a.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But some start with C, like a German coin (Bavaria) C-193. Or maybe it is an &quot;e&quot; (they are hand written) becuase two coins from Turkey are marked e-207 and e-208.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But then to confuse me even more, a couple have two numbers on them.&nbsp; In my German collection, a coin is marked with both Y-538 and J-99.&nbsp; Another is marked Y-84 and J-356. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If anyone could help me understand these and point me to where I can research them, I&#039;d be grateful.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>:high5:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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