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Excellent pieces - now we've got the four colonies covered on this thread! Of the four colonies, if one were to collect just one of each type, it shouldn't be too challenging, excluding the mule. Getting one of each mintmark would make it more challenging, but still just a matter of luck in coming across them: Mintages in parentheses. British West Africa (all c/n) KM#14 1/10d: 1936 (5.9m), 1936H (1.4m), 1936KN (3.0m) KM#15 1/2d: 1936 (14.8m), 1936H (2.4m), 1936KN (2.3m) KM#16 1d: 1936 (8.0m), 1936H (12.6m), 1936KN (12.5m) Also: KM#17 BWA penny with EA 10c reverse East Africa (all bronze) KM#23 5c: 1936H (3.5m), 1936KN (2.15m) KM#24 10c: 1936 (2.0m), 1936H (4.33m), 1936KN (4.14m) Fiji (all c/n) KM#6 1d: 1936 (120k) Fiji (all bronze) KM#6 1d: 1936 (360k) Indian States is where it gets challenging: Jodhpur (no mintage provided; hammered/dump style coins) KM#131/132/133 1/4 anna (copper) 1936 (the types are design elements) KM#140 mohur (gold) 1936 (no price given, so I'm guessing mintage might be very limited, and possibly not issued for circulation) Kutch (no mintage provided; struck coins) Y#63 3 dodka (bronze): 1936 / VS1993 Y#65 1 kori (silver): 1936 / VS1992 Y#65 1 kori (silver): 1936 / VS1993 Y#66 2 1/2 kori (silver): 1936 / VS1992 Y#66 2 1/2 kori (silver): 1936 / VS1993 Y#67 2 1/2 kori (silver): 1936 / VS1992 Y#67 2 1/2 kori (silver): 1936 / VS1993

First year of issue! :-) That's also an interesting pedigree - I'm guessing a bank had just stockpiled a number of coins in their vault?

You're absolutely right, and for the "related / similar" coins that I consider to be (silver) dime equivalents, yes, there were many other grades used, and they add much more variety than would be allowed if one were to strictly go with traditional LMU pieces. For most European countries, yes, their last issues would be during or just after WWI. But even within the strict definition, one can start with the French 1/2 francs of Napoleon (2.5g AR835), and actually continue until present day (US silver proof dimes are 2.5g AR900)

Aside from some pattern British threepence which escaped into circulation, all Edward VIII coins exist only for colonies (and federated Indian states) which struck coins in his name. Does anyone else have some to share? :-)

Great find! I'm going to disagree on the dating based on the "sterling" mark - it (925 grade silver) generally did not come into popular use in America until the mid 19th century - most US silver articles from the first half of the 1800s were coin silver rather than sterling. Early 1800s US (coin) silver spoons are sometimes also seen with a maker's name only but no indication of silver grade. I'm more inclined to put it towards late 1800s, perhaps around the centennial.

I'm happy to see what everyone has to share that's pretty much a dime, give or take. My focus is primarily on those that fall within the Latin Monetary Union 1/2 franc definition (2.5g, 835 or 900 silver), though similarly sized pieces (perhaps 2.0g-3.5g) such as US-Phillipines 10c, Canadian 10c, Dutch 1/4 guilder, and Indian 1/4 rupees, to name a few would also fall into the broad definition. I always like seeing places that have a unique name for their dime equivalent (e.g. Peru's dinero, Chinese jiao, Russian grivennik) since it's much more interesting.

Mexico 1910 At 2.5 grams, this is your standard dime. However, it is struck of 800 silver. This is a bit unusual as most countries with LMU standard sized coins struck in either 900 silver, or 835 silver. Subsidiary silver coinage of Mexico from 1905 to ~1917 were all struck in 800 silver, with the weights corresponding to the LMU standard. This is likely due to Mexico, like China and India, being a silver standard country rather than a gold standard country - so making minors in debased alloy was the only way the mint would be profitable.

Peru 1906 Dinero 2.50g, AR900 Peruvian dimes are probably the most readily available of Latin American issues for pre-WWI issues. They also seem to show up in better grades as well.

Guatemala 1960 A bit larger / heavier in flan size than your usual dimes due to a lower grade silver being used. IIRC, 720 AR 280 CU has the lowest melting point of any silver-copper alloy.

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It's rather cartoonish - the rim beads are the easy giveaway, though lots of other signs as well.

Reminds me of the 1980 1 and 2.5G

The colour and font on the 10000 Colones looks rather similar to that of the 2000s Canadian $20.

I'm leaning towards imitation of Ottoman gold coin (in brass) of the type used on belly dancer belts, tossing at crowds, etc.

Unfortunately it looks like the side with the torch was planed off, and so this would be a damaged coin and not an error

Pretty common issue - aside from some of the 1940s threepence which were sent to the West Indies, virtually all WWII era British coinage is common

The Japanese 10 yen note and the Dutch 1 guilder are both pretty common notes of the era, IIRC - I see way more of the Dutch notes than I do of the Allied French notes, which were actually redeemable until the euro changeover.

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I'm unable to view the pictures, but... 1862 rupees were minted in large quantities, and a typical well worn piece is generally sold for the value of the silver, plus perhaps a small premium King George V rupees are also relatively common, usually $20 or so for a nicer lightly circulated one.

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