fourtrax23
Greenie
Found "mini-cache" foreign pre WWII coins
Hello,
I'm new to this site and this is my first time posting. What I have is an assortment of 32 foreign coins (4 domestic) some of which I have no idea of their origin. I have lots of pics, some not as clear as I'd like. I'll try to get better images of certain coins if required. The story is: My uncle has been dealing with antiques for years. He purchased a roll top desk that needed some work. As he was working on it he found a small green leather coin purse which contained these coins. I think he said one of the drawers had a false bottom to it. He gave them to me about 20 years ago along with a newspaper from the 1880's (not pictured) that was also found in the desk. I'd put the coins away never really examining them, and forgot about them. Last week I found this site and it reminded me of the coins. It took some searching, but I found the purse. I was amazed to see such a variety of coins, some of which are in great condition. I'll post them all, the picture resolution and sizes are massive though. The ones I'm most interested in identifying are the coins that have a lion holding a scimitar on them with asian/oriental characters on them. Thanks in advance, and happy browsing!
**UPDATE** All coins have been identified - Diamond/square with #4 still unknown.
-Back
-Front
-1911 sitting liberty
-Gold Lion/scimitar - unknown coin side 1
-Gold Lion/scimitar - unknown coin side 2
-1941 Australian Penny - Back
-1941 Australian Penny - Front
-Silver Lion/scimitar collection - unknown
- Completely unknown item
- Front/Back "Anna"
- 1942 Ceylon 5 cent
- 1943 India Rupee
- 1935 New Zealand
- Back of an unknown - Vietnamese?
- Front of an unknown - Vietnamese?
- Front - 1932 15 Kon Russian?
- Back - 1932 15 Kon Russian?
- 1935 New Zealand
- 1929 six pence
- 1942 six pence
- 1945 India Rupee
- Back
- Front
- South African
- Unknown Russian "CCCP"
- 1943 India "2 Anna"
- 1918/1935/1938/ Liberty Cent 1911 Half
I have no idea on what some of these coins are, or the estimated value of any of them. Any ideas? Thanks for looking.
Hello,
I'm new to this site and this is my first time posting. What I have is an assortment of 32 foreign coins (4 domestic) some of which I have no idea of their origin. I have lots of pics, some not as clear as I'd like. I'll try to get better images of certain coins if required. The story is: My uncle has been dealing with antiques for years. He purchased a roll top desk that needed some work. As he was working on it he found a small green leather coin purse which contained these coins. I think he said one of the drawers had a false bottom to it. He gave them to me about 20 years ago along with a newspaper from the 1880's (not pictured) that was also found in the desk. I'd put the coins away never really examining them, and forgot about them. Last week I found this site and it reminded me of the coins. It took some searching, but I found the purse. I was amazed to see such a variety of coins, some of which are in great condition. I'll post them all, the picture resolution and sizes are massive though. The ones I'm most interested in identifying are the coins that have a lion holding a scimitar on them with asian/oriental characters on them. Thanks in advance, and happy browsing!
**UPDATE** All coins have been identified - Diamond/square with #4 still unknown.
I have no idea on what some of these coins are, or the estimated value of any of them. Any ideas? Thanks for looking.
--- I'd go with WW2 service mans coin collection .
