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The Danish were using the rigsdaler up until the early 1870s after which they switched to the kroner. I have a couple silver Danish coins one an 1856 16 skilling rigsmont and another a 1910 10 ore.

No I'm talking about the 1867 coin mentioned by haywire

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Are you talking about a Swedish 5 Ore? I don't think the Danish had ore coinage out at that time.

Actually I think towards the end of his reign he did restore the monarchy to a certain extent but I would certainly not consider the period of his rule as "monarchy"

Did the lady know what she was selling?

It's a shame they didn't go with Peddle's design... it looks more historically accurate and is more artistically pleasing to the eye than Barber's edition

There should a coin version of a Razzy (the awards given out every year for the worst movies that coincides with the Oscars) that would be just as entertaining. Top of my list is anything produced by the likes of the Franklin Mint for countries like Liberia or Somalia. I actually saw guitar- and motorcycle-shaped coins that had Somalia on it... talk about trashy. We could basically take the same categories used for the Coin of the Year and flip it for the worst coins.

Sorry I should've added that clarification... yes you are correct. The small cent I am using is the pre-1982 95% copper cent; the dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars are all pre-1964 90% silver weights; and the nickel is the non-silver 20th century variety, which I believe is the same weight. In other words, the weight reference is more in line with the kind of coins we are collecting rather than handling on a daily basis.

Hey everyone

One set of coins I have been intrigued by of late has been pre-1950 Danish territorial coins for Iceland, Greenland, the Faeroe Islands, and the Danish West Indies among others (and I'm sure I might be missing a few). The Greenland ore coins from the 1920s have a polar bear on them. I am wondering if anyone here has coins from these areas?

I got to print this out for my own library

that is awesome!

That's what I was thinking... its easy to determine or guestimate a coin size when you are getting it from a store but it is a little difficult to fully grasp the size if you are buying it off the internet and are trying to look it up online. For instance I know my Guernsey 4 Doubles I just bought is a little larger than a standard US quarter.

I have been trying to get in on those South American dimes for a while. As it stands the only silver coin I have from South America is a 1936 Venezuelan Bolivar.

Hey there everyone

This is something I did a while back to help me gauge coin sizes in terms of diameter, thickness, and weight. What I did was take the standard sizes of US small cents, dimes, nickels, quarters, half dollars, and large dollars. Here's what I got:

Small Cent

Diameter: 19.05 mm

Thickness: 1.55 mm

Weight: 3.11 g

Dimes

Diameter: 17.91 mm

Thickness: 1.35 mm

Weight: 2.5 g

Nickels

Diameter: 21.21 mm

Thickness: 1.95 mm

Weight: 5 g

Quarters

Diameter: 24.26 mm

Thickness: 1.75 mm

Weight: 6 g

Half Dollars

Diameter: 30.61 mm

Thickness: 2.15 mm

Weight: 11.5 g

Large Dollars

Diameter: 38.1 mm

Thickness: 3.1 mm

Weight: 26.73 g

The 1964 quarter is 80% silver too btw

btw I would take a magnet to the 1968 Canadian quarter... if it is not magnetic, it is half silver. Halfway thru that year they switched silver to non-silver coinage w/ no identifying marks differentiating them

I just recently found my grandfathers and moms old coin collection. Idk if these are rare or not so could someone knowledgeable in this tell me?

 

Europe:

 

UK:

*Half Crown 1939 (it's heavy and sunken in on both sides, idk if its supposed to be)

*Three pence 1960

*Six pence 1961, 1966

* I can't tell what these are, some say three pence but some just have 3, but there all around the same size. The years are 1895, 1938, 1918, 1936, 1916, 1908, 1900.

*I think this is Irish, it says leat reul and 3 with an upside down reversed p next to it. The year is 1934.

 

France: 1 franc 1964

 

Spain: 10 centimos 1959

 

Germany: 5 pfennig 1888, 50 reichsdfenning 1939, 50 pfennig 1950, 10 pfennig 1950 1972 1977,

 

Belgium: 1970 coin with 1FR on it

 

Norway: 10 ore 1962

 

Switzerland: a coin with a 20 on it from 1971

 

Denmark: 5 ore 1971

 

The Netherlands: 1 G 1969 1971, 10 cent 1970 1976 1978

 

Italy: it says bvono da L.1 and the year is 1924, a coin from Florence (it says florin) and the year is 1940, then I have a bunch of 100 lire, 50 lire, 10 lire and 200 lire from the 1960's and 70's.

 

North America:

 

Canada:

* 25 cents: the years are 1968, 1992, 1984, 1973, 1974, 1971, 1964.

*5 cents: 1968, 1960(this one is shaped differently), 1965, 1980

*10 cents: 1971, 1973, 1968, 1940(has George VI on it)

*1 cent: 1977, 1969, 1973, 1991, 1964, 1972, 1965, 1976, 1985, 1975. Then there are some older ones with George V and Edward VII on them from 1919 and 1902. There smaller then the modern ones and look silvery, not copper.

 

US:

*I have about 100 wheat pennies so I'm not gonna type all the dates.

 

* I have Indian head pennies from 1908, 1906, 1905, 1882, 1901, 1903, 1902.

 

* then there's this weird one cent coin from 1851. It's even larger than a quarter.

 

*i have three old dimes. One looks ancient and beat up, it's rough on the edges, faded and has a hole in the top. The year is 1858. The other two are really unusual. One is from 1916 and the other from 1939.

 

* 1776 Spanish 8reales. I'm pretty sure it's real.

 

South and Central America, and the carribean.

 

* Cuba: 1 c from 1958

*Chile: 10 centesimos 1969

*Columbia: V centavos 1946, diez centavos 1959

*Brazil: 5 centavos 1995, 10 centavos 1967

*Nicaragua: 25 centavos 1965

*Bermuda: 5 cents 1970

*Peru: a bunch of inti's and nueve sol(I know these are worth nothing)

*Dominican republic: 1 peso 1991, 25 centavos 1967, 10 centavos 1967.

*Mexico: 1 peso 1971.

*El Salvador: I have a bunch of colons but I'm pretty sure there worthless.

 

Asia:

* I just have one coin but I can't tell what it is. I'll post a picture of it.

 

I can post a picture of any if you need.

Ok I think most of the stuff has been answered but would like to follow up on some unanswered points:

The 1858 dime would be (or rather SHOULD be) a seated liberty dime and given your description it would be what is known as a cull. Its still cool tho and has silver value so I would hang onto that. The 1916 Barber dime and the 1939 Mercury are also great old coins with 90% silver in them (ppl will buy them as investments or as collector items depending on condition but there is always a market for them).

Indian head pennies are also cool coins to have and could range anywhere from roughly a dollar up depending on condition, rarity, etc.

100 wheat pennies are worth about a dollar...you might get 2 cents for them and get 2 dollars out of it lol... I will always keep a wheat when I come across one tho so keep em they are awesome

The 1851 cent may be your most valuable US coin in there... it is whats known as a Coronet Head Cent and can vary on price depending on condition. I would check on ebay to see what these are selling for to give you a good idea of how much to expect... according to the NGC price guide (which is really more a shot in the dark than anything else but does give good general ideas of value and rarity) the price can vary from $18 from a coin in Good condition upwards to over $2,000 for an uncirculated (which I am betting this coin comes nowhere near). Is this coin well circulated/worn?

The Swiss coin is a 20 Rappen and is I believe copper-nickel and rather common.

Here's what I got (using ebay photos):

The value is whatever someone is willing to pay for it

Once I get everything I will photograph... I am actually excited because most of them (with the exception of the US quarter, which is really bought for investment/bullion purposes (and for cheap)) are all XF+

Hey there everyone thought I'd sharee my new purchases for the month from ebay (I get paid once a month with my job and today was payday):

1889 Guernsey 4 Doubles

1920 Ceylon 25 Cents

1293//24 (1898) Turkey 1 Kurush

1944 US 25 Cents

I will go to "a place" tomorrow and pick me up an 1870 Canadian dime too. Not exactly the Art quality haul but thats the beuty of this hobby is that you can still get cool stuff for cheap.

I received word from my father that the grab bags he bought from the place in St. Augustine yielded an 1860 half penny, 1837 Belgian 2 centime, 4 Indian heads, an Liberty nickel, an 1865 US 2 cent piece and an 1894 Greek 5 lepta among other things. With coppers like that who cares about silver lol. Not bad for $10 combined. I will photo and send when I get back to Jax.