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We spent the day putting Franklin's coin counter finds in order see http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8274 but not sure on some coin were they are from. Help please.
Votes so far--
A= Ethiopia
B= Taiwan
C= Japan ?
D=latvia
E= Japan
F= Italy
G= China
H= Thailand
I= Thailand
J= cz
K= south africa
L=
M=thailand
N= croatia
O= china
P=japan
Q=taiwan

a Ethiopia bTaiwan e japan f italy

g China h thailand i thailand j cz l thailand p japan q taiwan l thailand o china

I think c is japan and d is latvia

Not sure though

k south africa
m thailand
n croatia

C is the one yen coin from Japan
E is the 50 yen
P is the 10 yen

D=Estonia (Eesti)

Compare O and G. They both have the same characters, so should have been made during the same era. G appears to be a genuine cast coin. The genuine ones were made from 1600s to early 1900s. O appears to be a modern struck imitation (fake). The fake ones are made as charms, feng shui schlock, or such. . .

L looks like Thailand from a distance. If it has the same bespectacled fellow as the other Thai coins, it's certain. If not, it may be from a nearby SE Asian country. . .

R is too small to make out. At this distance it doesn't look familiar. . .

L is thailand 2 baht

J is Czechoslovakia
EDIT:
I should have said it's Czech Republic. Slovak Republic is separate entity since 1992/1993.

henrysmedford wrote:C= Japan ?

Definately Japan. Y# 70 Yen 3.2g Brass, 19.5mm. As a type coin, this was only produced three years, 1948, 1949 and 1950.

do you have a Krause world coin catalog?

A looks like Ho Chi Minh.

bman wrote:do you have a Krause world coin catalog?

This is DEFINITELY the next step for you guys. I know you have somewhat of a good relationship with a local coin shop. A lot of them will buy new catalogs each year. I have bought the PREVIOUS year's catalogs from them a few times, and occasionally even get one for free! They are like $60 each to buy new, but you can just as easily use one from a year or two ago. All the info is still accurate, and the prices are never really set in stone anyway, especially for world coins. Grab a 20th century volume from the last few years, and that should be all you need for most of your work. You may want to pick up a 21st century volume someday, but they aren't much use yet because a lot of the information is still not available for some countries. You MIGHT want to eventually get the 19th century volume, but you wouldn't use that nearly as often, and could always ask us here if the occasional oldie turned up. I have the 16th, 17th, 18th century volumes, and there's very little use at all for the 16th and 17th, except when I am just researching out of pure interest, or attributing OTHER people's coins!

I can get the 21st century book published in 2011 from a local discount store for $6.99 if anybody wants one.

Try your local library, its free!

You can get a used 20th century 2012 edition for under $20.00 delivered from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1440215723/ref=tmm_pap_used_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=used

Funny story about the local library. I was at our library yesterday and spotted a 2-volume "Foreign Stamps" book set. Being a collector of British coins and stamps, I looked up "Great Britain" and it wasn't even there. AT ALL. So I tried "England." Nope, that's not it either. Then I noticed a little note in the corner of one page that said the low price was 5p.
OHHHHH... waitaminit, this is a BRITISH book!
So, wonder of wonders, British stamps aren't considered "Foreign" if you're from Great Britain.
... Even worse, the books were from 1991.

Wow, nice world coins I got a 2000 Bermuda Dime today

uthminsta wrote:Funny story about the local library. I was at our library yesterday and spotted a 2-volume "Foreign Stamps" book set. Being a collector of British coins and stamps, I looked up "Great Britain" and it wasn't even there. AT ALL. So I tried "England." Nope, that's not it either. Then I noticed a little note in the corner of one page that said the low price was 5p.
OHHHHH... waitaminit, this is a BRITISH book!
So, wonder of wonders, British stamps aren't considered "Foreign" if you're from Great Britain.
... Even worse, the books were from 1991.

Books made before Bill Clinton was in office are better-duhhh