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My first thought would be a 20 kurush piece but the weight doesn't seem to line up. Anyone else want to take a shot?

To add, drinks were also often priced at a bit (12.5c).

Something that's often forgotten is that with higher costs of living in the early days of Western North America, coins smaller than 5c were virtually non existent throughout the 19th century, and even the 5c itself didn't really come onboard until the 1870s or 1880s depending on where you were.

The concept of 12.5 tokens alleviates the issue of what happens when someone pays for something with a 12.5c price. If you have a reale, then there's no issue. But if you paid with a quarter, you're only going to get a dime back. The cashier / barkeep may remember, and next time be okay with you paying 10c. The idea being that rounding, in the long run, evens out. Of course, some will cheat the system and pay short bits (10c on a 12.5c purchase) more often than long bits (paying 15c on a 10c purchase), and so the tokens provide a way to take any concept of unfairness out of the equation.

While they are technically "good-for" tokens rather than "redeemable for" tokens (like some "Condor" tokens), I'm sure any issuer would had gladly given you a dime to take back a 12.5c token of theirs.

Aside: Ever wondered why the SF mint didn't strike 1c pieces until 1908? There simply wasn't a demand.

Got to love the earlier colonial notes with their scenery.

Sorry to hear.

Hello Everyone, I just found this forum. I will revive an old post that I found

interesting. At this time I do not have pics but I do have the following

coins with actual dates. They are 1204 Toledo, Spain

1374 Aachen, Germany

1375 Aachen, Germany

1391 Schoonvorst

1402-1405 Aachen, Germany

I have over 160+ different coins with dates before 1500 A.D. I also have one

complete run of the Hungarian denars 1503-1630. Working on three other

runs.

 

When coin collectors show off some of their treasures to non-collectors

they are always asked two questions; how much is it worth and how old is it.

Since I am not wealthy I can at least show some old coins. I will venture

into Greek, Roman and Byzantine as finances allow. I will check back in

a few days if there maybe some questions. Happy New Year!!

Very impressive - how long did it take to find the earlier ones? I take they must be a bit of a challenge/

@Circus - that "1930" piece is actually zinc, and is part of Shell's Prime Ministers of Canada medallion set, which came out at about 1970 or so, and is basically parallel to the US Presidents medallion set (one piece with each fill out). There's also a set of brass coat-of-arms / provincial flower pieces.

:hi:

Well done! I don't have any advice, but I always found the c/n 1/2d and 1d pieces to be pretty nice looking.

Happy New Year!

The "75u" might have been intended to be "750" - the millesimal form of 18k.

Sounds like it's probably an American or possibly Canadian merchant's token. About a century ago, many businesses issued tokens.

Easiest and probably best thing to do would be to do an XRF scan on it.

Lots of quarters are plated - I've seen all types (mostly from TV/newspaper ads) - gold plating, silver plating, and even some oddball ones like platinum plating. Most likely it's been plated and someone broke it free from a set and spent it.

Merry Christmas everyone!

I'm going to vote for fantasy. The Manchu script on the right doesn't really make sense, and the "5" character as well as the "pao" / "bao" character are both poorly written - and multiple cash are usually well done since they were held to a much higher level of scrutiny by the populace.

Additionally, 5 cash is a bit of an odd / scarce denomination.

Definitely different!

Welcome!

Good haul of world - which seems to confirm the trend I've seen for posts re:shows in the Southeast.

It is a lovely series indeed. I very seldom encounter pieces of this series in my part of the world, though.

I'm not familiar with the series, but given that zinc was a relatively low cost metal, I'm wondering if perhaps that quality control / weight tolerance on this issue was more liberal than usual perhaps?

It would appear to be a Pax penny indeed, but the rims appear to be raised, which doesn't seem right - it looks like it might be a cast copy.

On dimes and quarters, just stack them up and look at the edges. The silver ones don't have the copper core and stick out quite readily.

The Seattle '62 medals made a neat series - the gold pieces are pricey and don't come up often, but the silver sets in whitman folders do pop up now and then and are very pretty.

It's a nice classic of Canadian tokens, and among the few to be issued be an entity which still exists today. (Molson Coors is one of the 10 largest brewers in the world today, and trades on both the NYSE and TSX)

Congrats!