Visited my dad and look what I found - OLD Rare Coin book, coins, medals, take a look. Lots of pict

jessewvu

I just got back from a little vacation to my home town, this is what it looks like this time of year:



Anyway, I digress. I was looking at some coins my mom/dad received from my moms father. Anything of value? I just took some quick pictures.

This is an old coin I found in his "foreign" ziploc bag.


This is a medal I found that is about 1" in diameter


This medal is about 2" in diameter


This medal is about 3" in diameter and dated 1878


This is an old book titled "Rare Coins" published in 1889


These old tokens for Colgate and Palmolive


And finally, these two commemorative coins I found in the foreign coin ziploc back also. Are either of them worth getting graded?

TomB

The second pic of the trees is very cool. Additionally, the second medal from CT was designed by Henry Kreis, who designed both the Connecticut and Bridgeport commems. This medal shows up on ebay fairly frequently and is not all that valuable, but is still quite cool to someone like me who lives in the area. The two commems on the bottom are not worth the price of certification, however.

ccmorgan

I really like the old coin book!!

RunnersDad

Very cool finds!

cladking

The square tokens are generically known as soap tokens. Most were issued
in boxes of various soaps as coupons for future purchases. There are dozens
of them and these two are somewhat more common ones.

These were mostly issued in substantial quantities and it's surprising how few
survive. They date mostly to the '30's though early '50's but aluminum always
has a very high attrition. Despite this some can be found in high grade.

DUIGUY

<< <i>I really like the old coin book!! >>

TennesseeDave

Neat items.I like the old coin book.Looks like they were offering $1(in uncirculated cond.) for all but the rarest dates of Bust halves.

coindeuce

Despite the separation of the binding on the book, it would likely realize $50-$100 in a numismatic literature auction.

TwoSides2aCoin

Digress ! I'm okay with that

micmt

Your book predates mine by a few years. Mine was published 1910 by the Arnold Numismatic Co. Good to know they are worth something specially since I picked mine up for a dollar.

Dawg144

The German coin looks to be a Prussian Groschen, worth maybe $5-10.

But that book is really something. Neat find!