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For a friend, what can he be told about these coins?

I only recognise one or two of them, though he's wondering about all of them. Info about them would be great, as I'm not much of an "expert" on foreign coins..



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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    1 - Bolivia 4 Soles KM 96a.1 13.5g of .667 silver or .2895asw.
    Potosi mint. The assayers were Joaquin Zemborain and Luis de Aguilar ( the J and L on the reverse)

    2 - 1 Gulden from the Netherlands Antilles - island of Curacao KM 45 10g of .720 silver or .2315asw
    Minted in Denver, the D is on the reverse between the date and the O of Curacao - a 1 year issue and the only 1 Gulden from Curacao
    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
    Collecting:
    Conder tokens
    19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    6 - Netherland Antilles 5 Cents KM 6 CuNi. Minted from 1957-1970, the date in on the reverse. "19" is in the shell to the left of the 5c and the year is in the shell to the right of the 5c - it appears to be 1962
    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
    Collecting:
    Conder tokens
    19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    4 - Bolivia 8 Reales KM 84 27.073g of .896 silver or .7799asw Potosi mint
    Assayers were Juan Palomo y Sierra and Pedro Martin de Albizu

    5 - Bolivia 2 Reales KM 83 6.782g of .896 silver or .1950asw Potosi mint
    Assayers were Luis de Aguilar and Juan Palomo y Sierra
    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
    Collecting:
    Conder tokens
    19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    3 - Chile 1/4 Real KM 73 .846g of .896 silver or .0243asw Santiago mint
    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
    Collecting:
    Conder tokens
    19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    These are all out of my main areas of collecting but I really like all of them. Cool stuff.
  • Spiffy469Spiffy469 Posts: 661 ✭✭
    I'm with you sumnom

    way outta my league and all

    but i really like the bolivian ones

    Jeff
    I collect bits and pieces of everything
    or should I say I ACCUMULATE!
    I also dabble with the darkside image

    Ive recently gotten more into currency, especially modern star notes
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