Help ID a Vets coins ( foreign coins)?

[Holly_squirrel]

Help ID a Vet's coins ( foreign coins)?

My Dad was in the Air Force during Vietnam and collected coins from each country. Can you ID any of them for me? Thanks!



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[unclemac]

1-2-3-4 Ethiopia

5 german 10 pfenig

6 british 3 pence i think

7 Japanese 10 yen

8 british 10 pence

9 german 2 marks

10 some british possession 6 pence

11 japanese 100 yen

12 japan 1 yen

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[Holly_squirrel]

Well I knew it would be easy for you guys on here , but I didn't know it would be that easy! Thanks

 

[ivan salis]

yes we tend to be that good. --we like coins.

 

[Erik in NJ]

UncleMac is correct on #6 -- it's a British three pence coin, also commonly called what sounds like "thruppence."

 

[ivan salis]

yes as in the movie -- mary poppins * --three pence or a thurppence -- your have in the old english money system --a farthing (1/4 penny) a haypenny (1/2 penny) , one penny ( equal to 1 pence ) , tuppence (two pennies) , thrupence (three pennies) a six pence (six pennies) , a shilling (12 pence) , a crown (24 pence--1/10th of a pound )-- there were 240 pence to the british pound sterling.--pre 1919 the silver coins of britian were indeed sterling silver * and until 1947 they were still 50% silver --after 1947 the silver was removed for everyday type coinage.-- the cost of fighting WW1 and WW2 - destroyed the british econonmy and forced the removal of silver from its coin money base.

 

[unclemac]

yes as in the movie -- mary poppins * --three pence or a thurppence -- your have in the old english money system --a farthing (1/4 penny) a haypenny (1/2 penny) , one penny ( equal to 1 pence ) , tuppence (two pennies) , thrupence (three pennies) a six pence (six pennies) , a shilling (12 pence) , a crown (24 pence--1/10th of a pound )-- there were 240 pence to the british pound streling.

....now fit in florins and sovereigns!

 

[Erik in NJ]

Was the name "pound sterling" derived from the value of one lb. of Sterling silver? Even though they seem to have removed the silver from their coins, they retained the large pennies well into the 60's which is suprising to me as there must be quite a bit of copper in those large pennies, no? And they kept the larger coppers for about 100 years longer than we did. We went to a small cent in what? 1857-8 or something?

 

[Peyton Manning]

nursing must be tiring me out, can't even think of anything witty to say, since I know nothing of those coins.

 

[ivan salis]

the old english big penny - weighted 1 oz and could be used as a scale balance

 

[Holly_squirrel]

You guys are making my brain hurt

 

[Peyton Manning]

relax, there's no test

 

[Mackaydon]

Give you dad a 'Welcome Home' for me, please.
Don...

 

[Holly_squirrel]

Give you dad a 'Welcome Home' for me, please.
Don...

Ya know I had never heard that phrase before and didnt realize it was a veteran thing. Till yesterday . I'm going to visit my father in law and my Dad said tell him " welcome home " for me. I was like "what"? He told me nobody said it to you guys when you came back, so veterans say it to one another. How awful, after putting your lives on tbe line and suffering mentally for your country that you come home to contempt.

 

[Mackaydon]

I say it to everyone wearing a VN cap.
A simple "Thank you" response and another bond is formed.
Don... (USAF '63-'69)

 

[Holly_squirrel]

I say it to everyone wearing a VN cap.
A simple "Thank you" response and another bond is formed.
Don... (USAF '63-'69)

My Dad is extremely patriotic as well. It's a special elite group that served during Vietnam. Tough as hell , yet extremely sentimental. Not ashamed of shedding some tears.thank you.

 

[kuger]

Welcome Home Don...and Holly's dad

 

[CRUSADER]

No.10 the British Sixpence is 1 year off the last silver version, shame in a way. Many times we have been silver skunked with this exact same coin.