Grandfather,s coin collection

clutsy

I inherited my grandfathers millitary memorabilia collection. The family has served in the armed forces for centuries so in among the medals, maps and uniforms there are numerous coins from all over he world dating back to the 1600's. I'm just begining to sort them. I do plan on selling them and would like to know if it's worth the time and money to have them graded, also how do you get a decent photo to post. My scanner is only 300 dpi and detail clearly visible to the naked eye doesn't show on the scan. Any suggestions?
confused and "clutsy"

lordmarcovan

There are likely a large percentage of them which are not worth having graded. My recommendation would be to scan pictures and post them here, but only a few at a time, so that folks will be able to help you ID them. If you upload pictures as an attachment here, you're gonna be limited to 50 KB filesize for each picture anyway.

Give it a try- poor pictures are better than no pictures.

1jester

Welcome, Clutsy!

clutsy

I can identify most of the coins...I did my time in MI and speak a few languages. Some of the coins are in pretty bad shape, but some are suprisingly nice with virtually no wear. So far I've found coins from Belgium, Belgian Congo, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Japan , Phillipines US, Phillipines, Turkey, Poland, Prussia, Ireland, England, Canada, (Newfoundland and Nova Scotia), India, Chile, Equador, Mexico, Germany, German states Rhein, Coblenz, Portugal, French Indo China, Iran, Costa Rica, Luxembourg, Cuba, Netherlands, Great Brittain Fiji. I have bank notes and mllitary pay certificates from those and a number of other countries, but for some reason my children are interested in keeping those, and not the coins. I'm sending a picture of one in bad shape I can't identify other than it's Iranian? I'm going to work on getting better pictures because some of the better coins are really pretty, but they don't look the same with this scanner.

ajaan

Sounds like an interesting group. Any additional info on the Canadian, Newfie, and Nova Scotia coins?

clutsy

so far 2 1917 newfie 25 cent pieces, I only wrote down Nova scotia, 1840 token. My best freind collected coins, her collection was stolen a few years ago. She's going to come over and help sort and organize proabably this weekend. There's another whole box of canadian stuff, and more boxes to go through...not my cup of tea. I told her she can have the coins that aren't worth the time selling to start her collection again. I'm going to work on my computer skills to be able to get pictures...I didn't get the nickname clutsy without cause.

Stork

Sounds like a cool collection. I vote for posting pictures of the Japanese coins first . Welcome to the forums!


Cathy

harasha

My kitty is resting comfortably on me, so I cannot confirm, but the coin is actually clear.
It looks like Agha Mohammed Shah Qajar al Soltan. Late 19th, early 20th Century. I forget who came first after Nasr e Din Shah Qajar, Mohammed or Mozaffer. (spelling?)

satootoko

<< <i>It looks like Agha Mohammed Shah Qajar al Soltan. Late 19th, early 20th Century. I forget who came first after Nasr e Din Shah Qajar, Mohammed or Mozaffer. (spelling?) >>

According to Krause the succession order was Muzaffar (western calendar 1896-1907), followed by Mohammad (1907-09).

I think we're looking at KM#1010, 500 Dinars, AH1326 ~1908, 12mm, 2.305g of .900 silver, mintage 218,000, valued by Krause as $25 F, $50 VF, $10 XF.




<< <i>I vote for posting pictures of the Japanese coins first >>

Me too!

nicholasz219

Yes I would agree with LordM, and say spend the time rather than money in posting most of what you have here first. No one here is going to try and rip you off and you will get some very informed opinions about what your pieces are, what they are worth and which ones if any are worth having certified.

If your grandfather and ancestors took their lifetimes to assemble this collection, I would take at least the time to do some research into the pieces before selling them. Obviously it is your choice to sell or keep what you wish, but by making yourself knowledgeable about the pieces and process first, you will do honor to their collection and memory.

Nick

(And you won't get screwed in the process either.)

TheKidCollector1991

Hi, I'm a collector in the time period of Pre-1900 could you send me a message of all the Pre-1900 coins you have, I would like to buy please. or trade....

Thanks TKC!

clutsy

I know you're not out to rip me off. My brother collects guitars, and said those forums were really helpfull so I should check out coin forums. I checked them all out and found this one to be not only the most informative, but the most fun.
You guys really enjoy what you're doing, I'm almost tempted to start collecting coins, but I have too many "collections" so I'm only keeping what my kids are interested in.
These coins must have just been the change left over when they left a country. The coins were all mixed up in with other things, some didn't fair so well because different metals were all tossed in together, others were wrapped in old cloth. I do have his US coin collection, those coins were properly kept.
As to photos...I'm trying.
Here's an example, this coin has that newly minted shine to it in person, and under the microscope, it does have some obvious mint error or overstrike issues, the stains are blood according to family legend, but the scan looks like the coin is worn out. What scanners or cameras work best for photographing coins?

1jester

Philippine coins are notorious for having weak reverse strikes.

Scanners don't pick up a coin's luster (shine), so many folks use digital cameras.

Preussen

<< <i>I did my time in MI and speak a few languages. >>



Funny, when I grew up in Michigan we spoke only English. I guess times have changed


Sorry, I couldn't resist


You mentioned Prussia...What do you have? - Preussen

1jester

Isn't "military intelligence" an oxymoron?

Just kidding....