Silver Identification
Posted:
Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:35 pmby TXBullion
Can someone help me identify these two coins. I would ask by buddy shinosuke but he hasn't been on for a little while
Re: Silver Identification
Posted:
Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:09 pmby aloneibreak
one on the right is taiwan 5 chiao -- #532 -- year 38 is 1949 -- weighs 5 grams, .7200 silver .1157 oz asw
should be sized between a nickel and a quarter
Re: Silver Identification
Posted:
Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:15 pmby aloneibreak
left is iran 2 rials - cant make out the date though
its at 12 oclock in the second picture - upside down
that would tell whether silver or CuNi
Re: Silver Identification
Posted:
Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:23 pmby Thogey
aloneibreak wrote:left is iran 2 rials - cant make out the date though
its at 12 oclock in the second picture - upside down
that would tell whether silver or CuNi
It looks like the silver one
.600 .0617 asw
Re: Silver Identification
Posted:
Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:23 pmby TXBullion
thanks a lot, the iran should be a silver coin but not sure of the date on it
Re: Silver Identification
Posted:
Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:34 amby uthminsta
It looks like 1322 which would be 1904. But I can't tell for sure.
Member BCNUMISMATICS shared a nice site that helps identify "foreign" numbers. Check it out here:
http://apps.creounity.com/time_machine/ ... o=iran.php