Co-worker brought in some coins today... MANY PICS

ProofRainbowRoosevelt

Hello fellas,
A buddy at work brought in some coins today, but I have no experience with world coins. I thought I'd take a few pics and find out if any of these coins are worth much, sought after, or rare.
I picked out the 20% that caught my eye. He has an entire box of these world coins his grandfather gave him. Any guess as to what a collection like this would be worth?

Doogy

the Baden-German coin (the large one in the middle), and the Florin near the bottom are silver and worth roughly melt. The rest of the coins are what you see when you buy them by the pound from a world coin dealer ($3-5 per pound). Nothing rare from what i see, especially considering the condition.

However, they are all neat and would give someone a good start to building a diverse world coin collection.

rah1959

The 5 Mark German Hindenburg is silver also...and collectable....many many commons in there....but some interesting stuff.

I buy all the German 5 and 2 Mark silvers I can get....when cheap.....

ProofRainbowRoosevelt

Thanks for the help guys. Just to add, he also had rare written on the outside of this coin. Is this a common as well?

IstilllikeZARcoins

<< <i>Thanks for the help guys. Just to add, he also had rare written on the outside of this coin. Is this a common as well?

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I don't think so unless I am missing something about the coin.

Better dates would be 1942, 1943 and 1944. 1945 also but you'll probably never see it as it has a mintage of only 1.

SaorAlba

BTW the Spanish 50 Centimos of 1892 is also silver, about as much as an old silver dime.

MrEureka

The rare 1937 is the issue of Edward VIII.

lordmarcovan

The 1937 threepence is very common.

I like the Spanish Alfonso XIII "babyhead". That's silver, too.



This is not your average $4-5/lb. material. Common, for the most part, yes, but there are more than just two pieces of silver there. The Nazi coin, the British India half-rupee, and the Spanish "babyhead" also have some silver content.

JoesMaName

<< <i>The 1937 threepence is very common.

I like the Spanish Alfonso XIII "babyhead". That's silver, too.



This is not your average $4-5/lb. material. Common, for the most part, yes, but there are more than just two pieces of silver there. The Nazi coin, the British India half-rupee, and the Spanish "babyhead" also have some silver content. >>



I agree and quite a few dates in the 1800s & early 1900s, more then what you get in current bulk/per pound lots.

wybrit

Better dates would be 1942, 1943 and 1944. 1945 also but you'll probably never see it as it has a mintage of only 1.

Just a point of clarification: the above statement is true for the silver threepences issued concurrently. The better dates for 12-sided nickel-brass threepences are 1946, 1949, 1950 and 1951. None of these dates are rare in lower grades, but very scarce to rare in top grades.

The silver threepence of 1945 had a low but significant number of pieces struck (don't have my books with me), but all were melted. Somehow, at least 1 escaped. There are a lot of modern copies out there, though.

None of the British coins shown are rare. The 1921 florin is .500 silver. The 1872 penny is cool but unfortunately in low grade.