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  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 5,149 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I see some 40% silver dates.
    Could be worse; could be 0%.

  • That’s a great point! Is is really that bad of a collection?

  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 12, 2024 11:02PM

    @Rickratchet said:
    That’s a great point! Is is really that bad of a collection?

    In general, people don't usually acquire valuable coins by accident, and it's not normally a winning strategy to buy coins one knows nothing about, while at the same time hoping for a jackpot.

    It's not hard to look up sold prices for coins on eBay, by the way. None of your coins are in pristine condition, to say the least, so looking at sold prices at the bottom end should give you a good idea of what they're worth.

  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You're probably also better off asking about the non-US coins on the World Coins subforum. We don;t get anywhere near enough activity over there and more posts are always welcome.

    Your Japanese 1 yen is dated Showa Year 30 (AD 1955), which is the first year of issue and a scarce coin in high grade. Your Australian penny is also scarce in higher grade but we'd need to see the other side to grade it properly, though the side we can see is looking kind of corroded in spots.

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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm also having a little difficulty in telling which pictures of the Kennedys belong with each other.

    Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
    Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"

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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 15,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 13, 2024 12:34PM

    The U.S. coins worth more than face value are the 1965 and 1966 Kennedy halves, whose current melt value is about $4.25 each.

    The world coins should be shown on the World & Ancient Coins Forum - corrected link: https://forums.collectors.com/categories/world-ancient-coins-forum

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • The coins are all posted in order front to back I don’t think I missed any

  • And that link to world coins didn’t work

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 15,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Rickratchet said:
    And that link to world coins didn’t work

    Sorry, here you go: https://forums.collectors.com/categories/world-ancient-coins-forum

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @IkesT said:

    @Rickratchet said:
    That’s a great point! Is is really that bad of a collection?

    In general, people don't usually acquire valuable coins by accident, and it's not normally a winning strategy to buy coins one knows nothing about, while at the same time hoping for a jackpot.

    It's not hard to look up sold prices for coins on eBay, by the way. None of your coins are in pristine condition, to say the least, so looking at sold prices at the bottom end should give you a good idea of what they're worth.

    Repeating the earlier comment so that it doesn't get lost. @IkesT is on target. Your coins don't exactly have "no value"... but you may have already spent more time taking and posting pictures than your coins are worth.

    Does any of this surprise you? Why would you think that these coins have any value to speak of?

  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,960 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't see much.

    A couple aren't common but they are common enough in higher grade collectors don't care.

    A few I don't know for certain.

    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,960 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do set aside Chinese coins. Most have no value though.

    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,992 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As stated above..
    Not up on world coins but a little bit of silver there. I'd save the 65 and 66 Kennedy halves.
    The Ike dollar is a spender.
    bob

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com

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