A little help please

DBesse27

Hi guys, I'm a card collector only, so I know very little about the coin world. A friend of mine brought me a box of coins and asked me to research what he has. I've done a pretty good job researching the US coins on eBay, but there are a few foreign ones which I could use help identifying, if any of you are willing to help. These aren't for sale and I'm not fishing.

DBesse27

He also has this Festival of Britain 1951 coin. I found a sold one on eBay, but the box was in far worse shape than this one. Is anybody willing to estimate a value of this set for us?

John Conduitt

The top two are Russian.

The first is a 5 kopeks that someone's turned into a cog https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8257.html

The second is an 1840 1 kopek https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8229.html

John Conduitt

The third is Brazilian https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18308.html

DBesse27

Awesome, thank you!

BillJones

@DBesse27 said:
He also has this Festival of Britain 1951 coin. I found a sold one on eBay, but the box was in far worse shape than this one. Is anybody willing to estimate a value of this set for us?

That is a Festival of Britain crown. The festival was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Great Exposition of 1851. It was specifically NOT called a world's fair, and it was limited to England.

The Spink guide says it's worth 15 pounds which comes to a little over $19 US. I guessing that is full retail. It might be worth something like that in the nice box.