Semi annual: what the heck is it post(warning large scans)

kyuss

I like most of you tend to end up with a pile of coins where either little or no info is known about the coin / token.
So I save them up and when i get a bunch, I post them for all you nice people to look at, and hopefully someone knows, "what the heck is it".
I must say, I was amazed at some of the id's last time(coins were much lower grade).

Thanks in advance, and enjoy the odd assortment

Eric

So on to the coins:

mrpotatoheadd

Don't have time to pull out the catalog, but |'d be willing to go on record with the following:

3: India- state unsure
8: Tunisia
14: Mexico- Jalisco
15: Ethiopia

DCH

2. Indian State-Baroda 2 Paisa 1884
3. Indian State-Travancore 1 Cash ND1901-1910
4. Malacca 1 Keping ah1247(1831)
8. Tunisia 100 Mils 1960
11. Yemen 1 Riyal 1963
15. Ethiopia 50 Cents 1969
16. Szechuan-China 100(50?) Cash 1913

7. India-Bengal Presidency, Calcutta 1 Pice KM56/1829(26mm) or KM57/1831(23mm)
17. Iraq 50 Fils 1959

kyuss

wow, I'm really surprised about:

4. Malacca 1 Keping ah1247(1831)

The guy who sold it to me thought it was a gaming token(chicken fighting of course)... You learn something new every day!

Thanks for the replies

Eric

spoon

Some more gaps filled and guesses:

5. not sure, I'd guess Italian states, maybe Naples due to the horse but I think Soldi is a more northern denom--plus the rider has a halo? - before 1800
9. a Masonic token
10. Spanish token/medallion(?), Isabel II (1833-1868) pictured--this looks like the 1866+ portrait
12. Pudukkottai (India, Independent Kingdom), cash, 1889-1906
14. Mexico (Republic), 1/8 real

Sapyx

That's a fun bunch of coins you've got there. Let's see what we can find.

#1: a bit hard to see, but it looks Spanish; I think it's a Spanish Philippines copper, like an octavo or quarto. Should have a date in the late 1700's or early 1800's - you'll find it below the lion-like thing on the side opposite the shield. Spanish-Philippine experts might pick the type better than I can.

#2, 3 and 4 have been answered adequately.

#5: I can't confirm an exact match, but I'm fairly certain it's Italian state of Parma, a billon (low-grade silver) 10 soldi of Duke Ferdinand I. The coin in particular (KM/C #6) isn't illustrated in Krause, but CoinArchives comes up with some very similar-looking reverse designs (Saint Anthony on horseback) from a century earlier. If this is correct, Krause reports these coins were issued 1784 to 1795.

#6: A card counter; you probably suspected this, with the playing cards on the reverse!

#7: Best fit from the Indian States I can find is British East India Company, Bengal Presidency, 1 pice, undated, issued sometime around 1800. Listed as KM#54.

#8: Done.

#9: a 1 penny token of some kind; if I had to guess, I'd say British, early 20th century, and with the hammer/gavel thingy, either a club piece or some sort of Masonic token.

#10: not sure there. The coat of arms is Spanish, the female head looks like Isabella II, as she appears on the Spanish copper coins. This could be some kind of card-counter copy, but I think it's a real copper coin that's had the rim cropped off , just leaving the central "dump". Perhaps some kind of love token?

#11: Done.

#12: Indian state of Pudukkottai, an anonymous, undated 1 cash issued sometime between 1889 and 1906. KM# 6.

#13: looks like another game counter of some kind.

#14: Mexico, "State series" coins, Zacatecas state, 1/4 real 1858, KM# 386

#15: Done, except the date is Ethiopian Era 1969, seven years behind us. AD equivalent is about 1977.

#16: China brass 100 cash, year 2 of the Republic (1913 AD), some variant of KM/Y #450.

#17: Done.

Sapyx

Update on Number 5: it's actually from the city of Piacenza, which was part of the Duchy of Parma at the time but the coins are listed separately in Krause: it's a variant on KM/C# 7, struck 1784-1795.

The date is just to the left of the crown above the shield, and definitely ends in a "7" - that makes 1787 the only option. KM/C# 7.2, CV $7.50 in VG.

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>#14: Mexico, "State series" coins, Zacatecas state, 1/4 real 1858, KM# 386 >>

Oops- I "remembered" the wrong state.

Guess I should have looked at the catalog, after all...

kyuss

Wow, that's some good info. Thanks guys!