Foreign Nickel

[cooyon]

I found a site: http://www.pubachat.com/5-francs-semeuse-nickel-1970-2001.php look at the bottom of the page.

It claims that it is the standard 25% copper, 75% nickel.

Cheers,

Actually it says 75% copper 25% nickel nickel plated (Moi, je parle francais comme une vache Espagnol)

[mtalbot_ca]

Good one!

[Cu Penny Hoarder]

Thanks guys. I thought there might be more nickel content than that... shucks!

I have 100's of the 1/2, 1 and 2 Franc coins... 5 cents a piece from my LCS

[cwgii]

ALBANIA
¼ lek 1926-27
½ lek 1926-31
1 lek 1926-31
ALGERIA
5 dinars 1972-84
ANGOLA
50 centavos 1922-23
20 escudos 1971-72
ARGENTINA
50 centavos 1941
AUSTRIA
10 heller 1892-1911
20 heller 1892-1914
BAHAMAS
25 cents 1966-89
BELGIUM
50 centimes 1922-34
1 franc 1922-40
10 francs 1969-85
50 francs 1987-2001
BRAZIL
50 centavos 1967
CAMEROON
100 francs 1971-72
CANADA
5 cents (100%) 1922-42
5 cents (100%) 1946-50
5 cents (100%) 1955-81
10 cents (100%) 1968-2000
25 cents (100%) 1968-2000
50 cents (100%) 1968-2000
1 dollar (100%) 1968-86
2 dollars (ring) (99%) 1996-present
CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES
50 francs 1961
100 francs 1966-71
COMOROS
25 francs 1981-90
50 francs 1975-90
100 francs 1977-90
ECUADOR
2.5 centavos 1928
5 centavos 1928-37
10 centavos 1928-37
20 centavos 1937
1 sucre 1937-46
EL SALVADOR
25 centavos 1970-77
50 centavos 1970-77
FRANCE
25 centimes 1903-17
5 francs 1933-38
½ franc 1965-2001
1 franc 1960-2001
2 francs 1979-2001
5 francs 1970-2001
10 francs (core) 1988-2001
20 francs (core) 1992-2001
FRENCH POLYNESIA
10 francs 1967-present
20 francs 1967-present
50 francs 1967-present
GERMANY (EMPIRE)
25 pfennig 1909-12
GERMANY (REICH)
50 reichspfennig 1927-39
1 reichsmark 1933-39
GERMANY (FEDERAL)
2 marks (plated) 1969-2001
GREECE
5 lepta 1912
10 lepta 1912
5 drachmai 1930
HONG KONG
10 cents 1937
HUNGARY
10 filler 1892-1914
20 filler 1892-1914
5 forint 1971-83
10 forint 1981-83
INDIA (BRITISH)
¼ rupee 1946-47
½ rupee 1946-47
1 rupee 1947
INDIA (REPUBLIC)
¼ rupee 1950-56
½ rupee 1950-56
1 rupee 1950-54
25 paise 1957-63
50 paise 1960-71
1 rupee 1962-74
IRAQ
4 fils 1931-39
10 fils 1931-38
250 fils 1970-73
500 fils 1971-82
1 dinar 1980-82
IRELAND
3 pence 1928-40
6 pence 1928-40
ITALY
20 centesimi 1908-38
25 centesimi 1902-03
50 centesimi 1919-38
1 lire 1922-38
2 lire 1922-39
JAPAN
10 sen 1933-37
50 yen 1955-75
LATVIA
10 santimu 1922
20 santimu 1922
50 santimu 1922
LEBANON
50 piastres 1968-80
1 livre 1968-81
LUXEMBOURG
1 franc 1924-35
2 francs 1924
10 francs 1971-80
50 francs 1987-91
MACAU
1 pataca 1968-75
MADAGASCAR
10 ariary 1978
20 ariary 1978
MALAWI
20 tambala 1996-2003
MALTA
1 lira 1986-2007
MEXICO
5 centavos 1905-14
MOROCCO
50 centimes 1921-24
1 franc 1921-24
NETHERLANDS
5 cents 1907-09
10 cents 1948-2001
25 cents 1948-2001
1 gulden 1967-2001
2.5 gulden 1969-2001
5 gulden (plated) 1987-2001
NETH. ANTILLES
10 cents 1970-85
25 cents 1970-85
1 gulden 1970-85
2.5 gulden 1978-85
PAKISTAN
¼ rupee 1948-51
½ rupee 1948-51
1 rupee 1948-49
25 paise 1963-67
50 paise 1963-69
PHILIPPINES
10 pisos 1988
POLAND
10 grosze 1923
20 grosze 1923
50 grosze 1923
1 zloty 1929
20 grosze 1949
SLOVAKIA
5 korun 1939
SOUTH AFRICA
5 cents 1965-89
10 cents 1965-89
20 cents 1965-90
50 cents 1965-90
1 rand 1977-90
SPAIN
5 pesetas 1949
SWEDEN
5 kroner (plated) 1972-present
SWITZERLAND
5 rappen 1932-41
10 rappen 1932-39
20 rappen 1881-1938
SYRIA
25 qirsha 1968-76
50 qirsha 1968-76
1 pound 1968-76
THAILAND
5 satang 1908-37
10 satang 1908-39
TUNISIA
½ dinar 1968
TURKEY (OTTOMAN)
5 para 1909
10 para 1909
20 para 1909
40 para 1909
TURKEY
25 kurus 1926-28
VENEZUELA
25 centimos 1965-87
50 centimos 1965-85
1 bolivar 1967-86
2 bolivares 1967-88
5 bolivares 1973-88
1 bolivar (core) 2007-present
WEST AFRICAN STATES
100 francs 1967-2005
YUGOSLAVIA
10 dinara 1938

Well now. Bump. And several countries I had never heard of.

Value now??

[Cu Penny Hoarder]

I used to take this list with me every time I sifted through my LCS junk bins. Fished out plenty of 99% Ni Canadian and French Francs. Sadly, he has no more junk bins.

[Recyclersteve]

I used to take this list with me every time I sifted through my LCS junk bins. Fished out plenty of 99% Ni Canadian and French Francs. Sadly, he has no more junk bins.

It is indeed very sad when dealers no longer have junk coin boxes. Ditto for bid/buy boards.

[Silver4face]

True, another sad thing is when dealers jack up the price of their "junk coins". In my area, an LCS raised their foreign coin price from ten cents to 25 cents. Years of plucking old coins and foreign nickel at a dime each were great, but are gone now. Was in this particular LCS two days ago and bought 9 coins at 25 cents each. At the old price, I would have bought more than 50 coins including a few French nickel coins.

[Silver4face]

Also, now is probably not a good time to sell foreign nickel because the commodity is slumping right now - what are people willing to pay? Also, I can't justify plucking foreign nickel at 25 cents each unless it's a coin backed by numismatic value. Most of them aren't.

[uthminsta]

Been inactive for years here, but some things are just too "realcent" not to share. I was at the LCS yesterday and sold some coin books. Ounce of silver each. I countered with "that plus a handful of your junk world coins?" He said yeah, so I pulled a few other goodies... but found several French half-franc and one-franc coins. Made me think of this thread.

[AGgressive Metal]

Been inactive for years here, but some things are just too "realcent" not to share. I was at the LCS yesterday and sold some coin books. Ounce of silver each. I countered with "that plus a handful of your junk world coins?" He said yeah, so I pulled a few other goodies... but found several French half-franc and one-franc coins. Made me think of this thread.

Nice - I've literally sold hundreds of pounds of french, dutch, and other foreign nickel since this thread. Nickel is in the tank right now but staying too low for too long will shake out high cost producers and limit supplies eventually.

[mtalbot_ca]

Thanks for sharing!!!

I purchased 60lbs of world coins for a Treasure Hunt project, only found about 3lbs of foreign nickel coin.

Cheers!

[Recyclersteve]

Been inactive for years here, but some things are just too "realcent" not to share. I was at the LCS yesterday and sold some coin books. Ounce of silver each. I countered with "that plus a handful of your junk world coins?" He said yeah, so I pulled a few other goodies... but found several French half-franc and one-franc coins. Made me think of this thread.

Nice - I've literally sold hundreds of pounds of french, dutch, and other foreign nickel since this thread. Nickel is in the tank right now but staying too low for too long will shake out high cost producers and limit supplies eventually.

Just seeing this now and totally agree.

[Recyclersteve]

One thing nice about Canadian .999 nickels is that they weigh 4.54 grams each. So 100 of them equals (just about exactly) 1#. Pretty cool when trying to quickly determine the value of or number of coins in a paint can or other container.

I was just auditing my .999 holdings yesterday. It made the job a LOT easier.

[68Camaro]

One thing nice about Canadian .999 nickels is that they weigh 4.54 grams each. So 100 of them equals (just about exactly) 1#. Pretty cool when trying to quickly determine the value of or number of coins in a paint can or other container.

I was just auditing my .999 holdings yesterday. It made the job a LOT easier.

Slightly off topic, but related to coin weight vs weights and measures: the US copper alloy cent was designed to be 10 troy oz per dollar. I'm not sure that is as useful as the Cdn nickel size at 1 avp lb per dollar, but still interesting.