Selling WW2 group French/Italian coins brought back by FIL after the war. +Some 20's French tokens
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Group of 30 foreign coins brought back from the War and put away ever since. When my sister-in-law's Mom recently passed at age 94 all of her Dad's old coins came out of hiding.....mostly typical stuff from the USMint and things picked up along the way in the 1960's to early 1980's. Maybe someone can use these. Make me an offer. First reasonable offer and they're gone. It's more about the gesture than the $$.
The odd balls are the French Tunisia, 1919 British half penny, an Albanian, and a 1941 Third Reich. 2 Italian coins are 10c from 1974/76. All others are 1938-1945 WW2 era. The French 50 centimes, 1, and 2 Franc coins/tokens are generally wholesome F-VF. The 14 French bronze coins are sort of neat as they are original and unscrewed with.
The Italian nickel and copper coins in higher grades up to XF/AU but most seem spotted. I put the worst side up for photos. Italian coins are ugly....like Ike dollars. But the French coins are classics. 4 of the French pieces are Commerce Industry 1 or 2 France Tokens from the early 1920's (post WW1 recession). Interesting that those tokens were still around into WW2. Just trying to get my SIL something for this group....and give them another good home for 75 yrs.
I have photos of the group....hopefully they load up ok.
Not part of the group of 30 above is a 1878 Nicaraguan 1 centavo....a decent uncirculated with some light verdigris/spotting. A lot of that would probably come off in an ammonia rinse or something similar. A presentable example of this one year type coin. Best offers.
I'll include 7 Indian cents. 6 are common date goods. The 7th an 1892 is pitted and corroded - a cull.
This thread is needed therapy. See my other thread on today's coin show experience.
Thanks
Roadrunner
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Dragged these to a coin show today along with some Whitman albums of pennies and nickels. Didn't get much love....lol. Was told at best $4/lb for this stuff. Had to chuckle a bit. This "new" market is a surprise for me. Glad I stepped away from most of it back in 2012.
The Nica centavo is a standout piece in the whole group.
Thanks SaorAlba. I agree, it is probably the only "valuable" coin in the entire group. Wouldn't think a lot of coins survived from Nicaragua from 140 yrs ago. My knowledge of the country is limited to the past 50 yrs. Independence from Spain was obtained in 1821. Tough times in the post US Civil War era of 1866-1870's.
Pretty neat !!!