My friends beautiful coins

Dallife

My favorite is the last one. Couldn't get a good picture of the toning though. The coin is so beautiful, I couldn't believe it!!

lermish

ummm....

ChrisH821

The only coins are the Buffalo Nickels, the rest are rounds.
I agree the last copper round does have some nice color on it.

Dallife

@ChrisH821 said:
The only coins are the Buffalo Nickels, the rest are rounds.
I agree the last copper round does have some nice color on it.

What are rounds?

ChrisH821

Rounds are coin-like items with no monetary value and privately minted, typically made of precious metal like silver or gold, or copper as you have pictured. "Fine clad" doesn't mean anything so that one was likely made just for the design.
Coins are issued by a country and will have a monetary value on them.

AUandAG

A coin is minted by a Government for use in commerce, generally. The Buffalo Nickel is a coin. The other pieces are bullion and minted for their precious metal content (silver, gold, platinum). The copper piece is just a fun piece because copper is not a precious metal. Governments do make bullion coins such American Silver Eagles and Gold Eagles. The clad piece is a trinket that has about 50¢ worth of gold plating.
bob

gumby1234

@Dallife said:

@ChrisH821 said:
The only coins are the Buffalo Nickels, the rest are rounds.
I agree the last copper round does have some nice color on it.

What are rounds?

Bullion pieces made by private companies.

ricko

Definitely not coins, except for the Buffalo nickel. They are souvenir metal rounds, no numismatic value at all. Cheers, RickO

bsshog40

It's a shame that people fall for these basically worthless rounds. Unless a person actually collects stuff like this, Ebay auctions on these can be quite deceiving.

johnny9434

if i was a stacker that would be good. nice buffalo thou

Aspie_Rocco

Copper rounds can be an inexpensive fun detour from numismatics. I have a Dansco album full of copper rounds and silver rounds that is heavy but fun to page through. Some heat applied to a copper round can make some vibrant colors.

WilliamF

Rounds are cool
I have a 20th century type set with only copper rounds + a bunch of random ones

Dallife

Oh wow guys, thank you so much for all the information! I didn't know those existed and my friend thinks they are real coins. I should just stick to my pennies lol

bsshog40

@Dallife said:
Oh wow guys, thank you so much for all the information! I didn't know those existed and my friend thinks they are real coins. I should just stick to my pennies lol

It looked like you thought they were real also! Always good to research what you buy and always read the small print on ebay.

291fifth

I wonder what your friend paid for that stuff?

TomB

@291fifth said:
I wonder what your friend paid for that stuff?

That is what I worry about, as well.

thefinn

@AUandAG said:
A coin is minted by a Government for use in commerce, generally. The Buffalo Nickel is a coin. The other pieces are bullion and minted for their precious metal content (silver, gold, platinum). The copper piece is just a fun piece because copper is not a precious metal. Governments do make bullion coins such American Silver Eagles and Gold Eagles. The clad piece is a trinket that has about 50¢ worth of gold plating.
bob

Coins also have denominations. The gold medal Art series issued by the U.S. Mint in 1980-82 were 1/2 oz. and 1 oz. gold in the same fineness as the krugerrand, but had no denomination.

Crypto

1 ounce clad lolololo