Identify this coin set and your a star

sanford

Can anyone give me or direct me to some info on the 'Discovery of America 500th Anniversary CoinCollection". The inside of the case reads "The British Virgin Islands, The DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, 500TH Anniversary Coin Collection, SOLID STERLING SILVER, LIMITED EDITION, I own 2 sets and have found close to no info. thanxs mc I forgot to mention its a 25 coin set and all coins have a $25 value marked on them. Strangely enough, all coins have Queen Elizabeth 2nd on one side and, and different scene's of Christopher Cololumbus sailing and landing in the new world(the queen and dollars?) HOPE THIS HELPS

JrGMan2004

Sounds like it's just a silver round... a picture of the coin would really be helpful in identifying it...

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AbesNeighbor

Sounds like it was probably someone besides the US mint that made them... Like the Washington Mint or Silvertowne or somebody like that.

dthigpen

See Russ' post.

Russ

Is this the set you're talking about?

Russ, NCNE

Gonfunko

Assuming the seller's claim that the coins are in the Krause catalogue, that would suggest that they're official issues. However, I'm assuming that they were contracted through some foreign mint, since the British Virgin Islands do not have their own mint (Or I would have gone there when I visited). In fact, U.S. currency is used in BVI.

Numismanic

Russ, your a star!

fcloud

Welcome to the boards.

cladking

Welcome aboard. You might want to try this question on the darkside (world and ancient coins forum).

Keep in mind that these coins are redeemable at par to the US dollar. So far as I know they don't
really circulate but they are actually redeemable. It's easy to get 80% of face on them in this country.

sanford

I believe they do Pobjoy mint,possibly...

sanford

yep, any info?

Russ

<< <i>yep, any info? >>



Did you check the link I provided?

Russ, NCNE

flaminio

<< <i>Did you check the link I provided? >>

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sanford

yes i did, your not quite a star yet...(that was me making the purchase..my ebay name is fishraynman)..the guy i purchased them from didn't have any info except for low mintage and beautiful set, so the search goes on...

Russ

So you dropped $450 on a set you know nothing about?

Russ, NCNE

INXS

<< <i>So you dropped $450 on a set you know nothing about?

Russ, NCNE >>



Whoa, oh no!!!!!!!!!

JadeRareCoin

Your set is an official issue of the British Virgin Islands. Although they mint their own coins, U.S. currency is still the medium of exchange on the islands. Each of your coins could be spent for $25 face value on the islands.

Your coins are in Krause as "The Discovery of America" series (Columbus discovered the islands), and are KM #104 through KM #131. The 2003 catalog lists them at $32 each in terms of value. Each coin contains .6406 oz. of .9250 silver. I have owned this set in the past. We sold it for $375, but it was a couple of years ago. The price of the eBay auction lot ($450) is not terrible, but believe me that you will have a heck of a time selling the set for that amount.......unless you relist it on eBay. Hope you enjoy your set.

JadeRareCoin

.............furthermore, the entire set was minted in 1992, though not dated. I believe that the Franklin Mint strikes all coinage for the British Virgin Islands, although that is not listed in Krause for some reason.

flaminio

<< <i>Each coin contains .6406 oz. of .9250 silver. >>

So does this mean that they have 0.592555 ounces of silver in them? Wah! They never told me there'd be math!

Julian

The coins cannot really be spent for money, as currency.

As I understand it, you may deposit the money into a BVI account, and you may get credit for it in about six months.

I believe this to be accurate.

Conder101

They were struck by the Franklin Mint. It looks like the Franklin Mint struck all of their coinage until 1997. I don't know who took over after that. It does mention at the beginning of the BVI section that FM struck their coins from 1975 - 85 in three different finish qualities, and every coin is listed as DateFM in the catalog. Te FM mint mark does show on the coins in the auction but not clearly enough to be identifiable.