|
| Author |
Message |
Smoothbore
User is Offline
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Posts: 13
Location: Cleveland, Oh.
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:43 am Post subject: What are these? |
|
|
Can anyone help me identify these coins I picked up at a show over the weekend? I think C is of the Netherlands and A is English or of some English colony. I just want to be sure. [img]
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Topher
User is Offline
Joined: 15 Apr 2007
Posts: 293
Location: Toronto, Canada
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
B is Israel, and I think the last one is Japanese. I have it, but I can't remember where it's from. Got pics of the other side? I'll know when I see the other side. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Smoothbore
User is Offline
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Posts: 13
Location: Cleveland, Oh.
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Here are the other sides. Sorry, I should have included them too  .
Thanks for the help. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
David Jones
User is Offline
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Posts: 238
Location: Hills of Kentucky
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
A: Great Britain 2 Shillings (1953-1970)
B: Israel 10 agorot (1960-1977) aluminum bronze
C: Netherland Antilles 1971 10 cents (1970-1985)
D: Japan 5 Yen (1949-1958) old script
Topher thinks for the hint on B. I have some and was just wondering where to start looking for it. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
acanthite
User is Offline
Joined: 08 May 2007
Posts: 261
Location: Western hemisphere
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
A little more info for you:
The Israeli 10 agorot is dated JE (Jewish Era) 5720, which = 1960 AD
The Japanese 5 yen is dated Showa Era year 26, which = 1951 AD
And a question. When you took photos of the reverses, did you rotate the 5 yen by 90 degrees from when you took the obverse pictures? I ask because if you did not, then the coin has a rotated die which in Japan is fairly rare. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Topher
User is Offline
Joined: 15 Apr 2007
Posts: 293
Location: Toronto, Canada
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| David Jones wrote: |
| Topher thinks for the hint on B. I have some and was just wondering where to start looking for it. |
No problem. I've got a few Israeli coins, and can recognize Hebrew, I just can't read it.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Smoothbore
User is Offline
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Posts: 13
Location: Cleveland, Oh.
|
| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:08 am Post subject: |
|
|
| acanthite wrote: |
And a question. ?When you took photos of the reverses, did you rotate the 5 yen by 90 degrees from when you took the obverse pictures? ?I ask because if you did not, then the coin has a rotated die which in Japan is fairly rare. |
I did. Just to be safe here is another one, and this time I took care not to. Again thanks. This is really cool to be able to get help this way. I want to keep getting more world coins but I don't have any photo refrence.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
acanthite
User is Offline
Joined: 08 May 2007
Posts: 261
Location: Western hemisphere
|
| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:24 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Smoothbore wrote: |
| This is really cool to be able to get help this way. I want to keep getting more world coins but I don't have any photo refrence. |
Glad to help. If you want to keep getting world coins, my suggestion is to buy whatever looks interesting and research it, or post it here and someone will probably know. Also, the following page is very useful:
http://worldcoingallery.com/
If you have about $40 to put out, buy a Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000. Its an excellent reference guide and a lot of book for the money. Some libraries have it in the reference section. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Topher
User is Offline
Joined: 15 Apr 2007
Posts: 293
Location: Toronto, Canada
|
| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
Look for an older edition of the Standard Catalog on ebay, or over at www.abebooks.com - I managed to get an ex-library copy for a lot less. Only thing is it's one year older, which is rarely a big deal. Saves you money to spend on more coins.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
