For a friend, what can he be told about these coins?

DominusDeus · January 5, 2005 11:35AM

I only recognise one or two of them, though he's wondering about all of them. Info about them would be great, as I'm not much of an "expert" on foreign coins..

farthing · January 5, 2005 11:57AM

1 - Bolivia 4 Soles KM 96a.1 13.5g of .667 silver or .2895asw.
Potosi mint. The assayers were Joaquin Zemborain and Luis de Aguilar ( the J and L on the reverse)

2 - 1 Gulden from the Netherlands Antilles - island of Curacao KM 45 10g of .720 silver or .2315asw
Minted in Denver, the D is on the reverse between the date and the O of Curacao - a 1 year issue and the only 1 Gulden from Curacao

farthing · January 5, 2005 12:01PM

6 - Netherland Antilles 5 Cents KM 6 CuNi. Minted from 1957-1970, the date in on the reverse. "19" is in the shell to the left of the 5c and the year is in the shell to the right of the 5c - it appears to be 1962

farthing · January 5, 2005 12:12PM

4 - Bolivia 8 Reales KM 84 27.073g of .896 silver or .7799asw Potosi mint
Assayers were Juan Palomo y Sierra and Pedro Martin de Albizu

5 - Bolivia 2 Reales KM 83 6.782g of .896 silver or .1950asw Potosi mint
Assayers were Luis de Aguilar and Juan Palomo y Sierra

farthing · January 5, 2005 12:15PM

3 - Chile 1/4 Real KM 73 .846g of .896 silver or .0243asw Santiago mint

sumnom · January 5, 2005 3:50PM

These are all out of my main areas of collecting but I really like all of them. Cool stuff.

Spiffy469 · January 5, 2005 4:13PM

I'm with you sumnom

way outta my league and all

but i really like the bolivian ones

Jeff

For a friend, what can he be told about these coins?

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