Hey Numista. I'm glad I found this community to get apart of since everyone here has been so helpful. So today I bought a 3-5 pound lot of foreign coins for $10. I found some cool older coins as well as a pair of Asian coins I am unable to identify. Can anybody help out?
Photos of unidentified coins: https://imgur.com/a/NJiFx
Within two minutes of uploading, a guy on imgur immediately commented he'd give me $5 for each coin and another guy offered $9. So hopefully they're real?
Here's some other coins found, I'm still new to the hobby and not sure how to grade older coins: https://imgur.com/a/wKjwS
Some other stuff I found: 20-30 "sales tax" tokens from various US states, 15-20 swastika German coins, and a few hundred other coins I have yet to look through.
How'd I do on this?
What I collect: US, 3rd Reich Germany, Philippines, Ancients, Vatican City, North Korea.
These two Qianlong coins should be genuine and they are very well conserved regarding their age; However, 5$ each is the great maximum cost cause they are common.
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I agree for the identification of the Boo Yuwan coin although I can not easily differentiate varieties
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Verweis : "Arusak"... I think the second one is DH#22.213.
I still hesitate between 22.212 (Top vertical stroke of "qian" seems slanting), 22.213 (you see a connecting stoke between head and body on "tong", but it's not so obvious) and 22.214 ("long" seems left protuding).
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Verweis : "gridironshowcase"... Here's some other coins found, I'm still new to the hobby and not sure how to grade older coins
This lot is much more interesting with the 1/2 Penny Conder tokens and the nice 10 Shilling
Unfortunately, the 10 Cash - Guangxu "F. K. CUSTOM" doesn't look genuine to me (peripheral serrations are too well preserved, some approximations on the design around the dragon, chineese characters of the face are very similar indeed, but do not inspire confidence. Compare with this genuine coin (over $200 ...) However, if genuine, the lot worths more than 9$
Hey all, thanks for all of your help. As I continued looking through the coins from this lot, I found a whole lot of 1700's/1800's tokens and coins. Some in decent shape, and a few in admittedly poor condition. But I thought you would enjoy seeing them.
https://imgur.com/a/T6AZ9
1. 1920 German Notgeld coin with 100,000 mintage.
2. Interesting token, only saw it sell for a few dollars on eBay.
3. That Greek coin from the OP but with both side pictured.
4. Civil War token that I was not able to identify or find in Numista's catalog.
5. Nice 1800's Russian Empire silver find
6. 1789 Token from Ireland
7. Poor condition Danish West Indies coin from the 1800's.
Does anybody have any more info on the Civil War token?
I also received some, mostly, Japanese bank notes some in decent condition, others well circulated if you want to check those out here: https://imgur.com/a/uLfKB
These were all from the same lot! I don't know anything about foreign bank notes, so any advice is appreciated.
What I collect: US, 3rd Reich Germany, Philippines, Ancients, Vatican City, North Korea.
Verweis : "pnightingale"I'm guessing that $10 plus shipping? Either way I'd be buying another lot ASAP. If it's as good as the first one, buy all you can carry.
You've found a great source for bulk coins.
I got it from a local jewelry store for $10 total. They only look for gold and silver, even though there was a lot of silver in it.
What I collect: US, 3rd Reich Germany, Philippines, Ancients, Vatican City, North Korea.
Verweis : "pnightingale"I'm guessing that $10 plus shipping? Either way I'd be buying another lot ASAP. If it's as good as the first one, buy all you can carry.
You've found a great source for bulk coins.
I got it from a local jewelry store for $10 total. They only look for gold and silver, even though there was a lot of silver in it.
Keep it a close secret....
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Yes. You won't get rich but you will end up with a great collection for little cost.
The token civil war token, is a H restrike of an earlier Hard Times token and has a modest value, certainly enough to pay for the entire lot several times over. The originals struck in the 1830's and referred to a long forgotten negotiation with France.
The Cronebane halfpenny is a Conder token and as with the previous specimen, has more than enough value to cover your entire outlay. I'm sure there are a few other coins with similar value.
If your inbox is being flooded with offers on these coins, I'd very strongly advise you to wait until you have a firm grasp of the values before accepting any of them. While most Numista members are honest, there are those whose eyes light up at the prospect of separating a novice from his better coins. A genuine collector won't mind waiting until you get a second opinion or do some more research, if you find yourself being pushed into a deal you can be sure that you are about to be lowballed.
Non illegitimis carborundum est. Excellent advice for all coins.
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For Conder tokens you will need the D&H catalog as there is a wide difference in price according to variety. Fortunately it's long been out of copyright and can be freely downloaded as a PDF file.
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Verweis : "pnightingale"If your inbox is being flooded with offers on these coins, I'd very strongly advise you to wait until you have a firm grasp of the values before accepting any of them. While most Numista members are honest, there are those whose eyes light up at the prospect of separating a novice from his better coins. A genuine collector won't mind waiting until you get a second opinion or do some more research, if you find yourself being pushed into a deal you can be sure that you are about to be lowballed.
Thanks for being honest and helping me out! My inbox definitely been much more active after this post, all of the offers have include most of the coins here even though their exchange list doesn't really offer much comparable in age to the ones they're asking for.
Verweis : "pnightingale"If your inbox is being flooded with offers on these coins, I'd very strongly advise you to wait until you have a firm grasp of the values before accepting any of them. While most Numista members are honest, there are those whose eyes light up at the prospect of separating a novice from his better coins. A genuine collector won't mind waiting until you get a second opinion or do some more research, if you find yourself being pushed into a deal you can be sure that you are about to be lowballed.
Thanks for being honest and helping me out! My inbox definitely been much more active after this post, all of the offers have include most of the coins here even though their exchange list doesn't really offer much comparable in age to the ones they're asking for.
I found one more cool token. I'm a bit lazy to grab a picture of this one and a bunch of others I have found, but it's this one in the same-ish shape: https://www.spiritmart.top/tokens-us-trade-c-33_34_35/1876-token-horace-waters-centennial-concerto-organ-ms62-ngc-ny-advertising-p-3042.html
I noticed on your swap list you have silver Swiss 1/2 francs listed at $0.50, that is way below the silver value, those coins probably do not have any value above the melt value unless uncirculated but that should still be about $1.14 The numista page has the melt value at the bottom.
There's two coins in your swap list I need, the 1872 1d and the 1921 Shilling, depending on condition. If you would like to send me a photo of both I'll make you a fair offer.
And yes, don't accept 50c for the two silver half francs!
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Verweis : "pnightingale"There's two coins in your swap list I need, the 1872 1d and the 1921 Shilling, depending on condition. If you would like to send me a photo of both I'll make you a fair offer.
And yes, don't accept 50c for the two silver half francs!
Thanks for the both of you catching that typo. Could you remind me which one are you specifically referring to for the 1872 1D?
What I collect: US, 3rd Reich Germany, Philippines, Ancients, Vatican City, North Korea.
Verweis : "pnightingale"The Cronebane halfpenny is a Conder token and as with the previous specimen, has more than enough value to cover your entire outlay.
Are those Cronebane Conder tokens worth much? I have one from Ireland ("Associated Irish Miners Arms") and also an interesting "John of Gaunt" halfpenny. I don't have a good source for token values, but I kept them since they did circulate as coins. I'll have to track down the D&H catalog PDF!
Verweis : "pnightingale"The Cronebane halfpenny is a Conder token and as with the previous specimen, has more than enough value to cover your entire outlay.
Are those Cronebane Conder tokens worth much? I have one from Ireland ("Associated Irish Miners Arms") and also an interested "John of Gaunt" halfpenny. I don't have a good source for token values, but I kept them since they did circulate as coins. I'll have to track down the D&H catalog PDF!
What does D&H stand for?
What I collect: US, 3rd Reich Germany, Philippines, Ancients, Vatican City, North Korea.
Conder tokens typically sell for between $10 and $50. There's a whole lot a varieties for just about every issue so they are difficult to price, especially as many of those offered are incorrectly attributed.
The D&H catalog will help you to identify your coins but doesn't offer any help in the way of values. For that there are a couple of good websites. I don't have them bookmarked but they are easy to find with a web search.
An interesting perspective for you - way back in the 70's I used to buy Conder tokens in bulk for 30p each and sell them for 50p.
Non illegitimis carborundum est. Excellent advice for all coins.
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