Franklin Mint British Virgin Islands Treasure Coins of the Caribean

I've got a collection of 20 $25 coins made by the Franklin Mint and they are
titled "Treasure Coins of the Caribean". I've been told they may be worth
$25.00 US Currency each if I brought them to the BVI (British Virgin
Islands). Does anyone know where I might be able to get more information
about the value of the coins if I brought them to the BVI? Thanks!

John wrote:

I've got a collection of 20 $25 coins made by the Franklin Mint and they are
titled "Treasure Coins of the Caribean". I've been told they may be worth
$25.00 US Currency each if I brought them to the BVI (British Virgin
Islands). Does anyone know where I might be able to get more information
about the value of the coins if I brought them to the BVI? Thanks!


In a similar vein, i've got 24 x $50 silver proof coins minted for The
Marshall Islands. (I'm rich!...I'm rich!) Apparently they can be
exchanged for $50 US there...but on a one coin per person per day only
basis. Bummer!!

Anyone have a reliable contact in the Marshall Islands I can trust to
cash these in and forward the proceeds to me? Don't all answer at the
same time now... :-)

John, the main medium of exchange in the BVI's is the US dollar
apparently. However, the coinage of the BVI's is legal tender. That is,
they would be exchangeable for goods and services...and (probably) in
the BVI's for $'s US.

Ian wrote:
John wrote:

I've got a collection of 20 $25 coins made by the Franklin Mint and
they are titled "Treasure Coins of the Caribean". I've been told they
may be worth $25.00 US Currency each if I brought them to the BVI
(British Virgin Islands). Does anyone know where I might be able to
get more information about the value of the coins if I brought them to
the BVI? Thanks!

In a similar vein, i've got 24 x $50 silver proof coins minted for The
Marshall Islands. (I'm rich!...I'm rich!) Apparently they can be
exchanged for $50 US there...but on a one coin per person per day only
basis. Bummer!!

Anyone have a reliable contact in the Marshall Islands I can trust to
cash these in and forward the proceeds to me? Don't all answer at the
same time now... :-)

John, the main medium of exchange in the BVI's is the US dollar
apparently. However, the coinage of the BVI's is legal tender. That is,
they would be exchangeable for goods and services...and (probably) in
the BVI's for $'s US.

IIRC, the Marshall Islands changed it's policy of redeeming their
non-circulating legal tender coins for US cash. So, the $50 denomination
is completely arbitrary at this point, other than to signify that those
are the silver issues (as opposed to the CuNi issues with a $5
denomination). Good news is that the bullion value of those Marshall
Island silver coins is now as high as it has ever been.
Cheers!

? "Ian" ?????? ??? ??????
o.uk...

In a similar vein, i've got 24 x $50 silver proof coins minted for The
Marshall Islands. (I'm rich!...I'm rich!) Apparently they can be exchanged
for $50 US there...but on a one coin per person per day only basis.
Bummer!!

Anyone have a reliable contact in the Marshall Islands I can trust to cash
these in and forward the proceeds to me? Don't all answer at the same time
now... :-)


I don't have such a contact, but if it's the "Ships" collection and you are
selling it, I could be interested;-)

--

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in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi
puttane! F.d.A

Coins, travels and mo http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golanule/my_photos
http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html


John, the main medium of exchange in the BVI's is the US dollar
apparently. However, the coinage of the BVI's is legal tender. That is,
they would be exchangeable for goods and services...and (probably) in the
BVI's for $'s US.

gogu wrote:

? "Ian" ?????? ??? ??????
o.uk...


In a similar vein, i've got 24 x $50 silver proof coins minted for The
Marshall Islands. (I'm rich!...I'm rich!) Apparently they can be exchanged
for $50 US there...but on a one coin per person per day only basis.
Bummer!!

Anyone have a reliable contact in the Marshall Islands I can trust to cash
these in and forward the proceeds to me? Don't all answer at the same time
now... :-)



I don't have such a contact, but if it's the "Ships" collection and you are
selling it, I could be interested;-)


It's the `aircraft of WWII' collection, complete with related literature
......i'd even throw in the case which holds the set free of charge. The
top is stained with my tears when I realised that i'd struggle to ever
get my original `investment' back out of them.

Never fear, silver might go over $50 per ounce at some point........ ;-)

Ian

Edwin Johnston wrote:

Ian wrote:

John wrote:

I've got a collection of 20 $25 coins made by the Franklin Mint and
they are titled "Treasure Coins of the Caribean". I've been told they
may be worth $25.00 US Currency each if I brought them to the BVI
(British Virgin Islands). Does anyone know where I might be able to
get more information about the value of the coins if I brought them
to the BVI? Thanks!

In a similar vein, i've got 24 x $50 silver proof coins minted for The
Marshall Islands. (I'm rich!...I'm rich!) Apparently they can be
exchanged for $50 US there...but on a one coin per person per day only
basis. Bummer!!

Anyone have a reliable contact in the Marshall Islands I can trust to
cash these in and forward the proceeds to me? Don't all answer at the
same time now... :-)

John, the main medium of exchange in the BVI's is the US dollar
apparently. However, the coinage of the BVI's is legal tender. That
is, they would be exchangeable for goods and services...and (probably)
in the BVI's for $'s US.


IIRC, the Marshall Islands changed it's policy of redeeming their
non-circulating legal tender coins for US cash. So, the $50 denomination
is completely arbitrary at this point, other than to signify that those
are the silver issues (as opposed to the CuNi issues with a $5
denomination). Good news is that the bullion value of those Marshall
Island silver coins is now as high as it has ever been.
Cheers!

I've been toying with the idea of pairing them together and making sets
of novelty cufflinks with them. I think they would probably sell better
that way. ;-)

Ian
`get your Marshall Islands silver medallions here'

? "Ian" ?????? ??? ??????
news
gogu wrote:

In a similar vein, i've got 24 x $50 silver proof coins minted for The
Marshall Islands. (I'm rich!...I'm rich!) Apparently they can be
exchanged for $50 US there...but on a one coin per person per day only
basis. Bummer!!

Anyone have a reliable contact in the Marshall Islands I can trust to
cash these in and forward the proceeds to me? Don't all answer at the
same time now... :-)


I don't have such a contact, but if it's the "Ships" collection and you
are selling it, I could be interested;-)


It's the `aircraft of WWII' collection, complete with related literature
.....i'd even throw in the case which holds the set free of charge.

Arghhhhh ... for one moment I thought it was the set I am looking for:-)

The top is stained with my tears when I realised that i'd struggle to ever
get my original `investment' back out of them.

Never fear, silver might go over $50 per ounce at some point........ ;-)

LOL
That would be a nice thing and would make many collectors smile!

BTW Ian, I might have a request to you, can you please contact me (obviously
your above address is not working:-))?
Remember to remove all the capital letters from my address.

Thanks!


--

E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure
in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi
puttane! F.d.A

Coins, travels and mo http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golanule/my_photos
http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html

Ian

gogu wrote:
BTW Ian, I might have a request to you, can you please contact me (obviously
your above address is not working:-))?
Remember to remove all the capital letters from my address.

Thanks!



I emailed you 5th may, but didn't get any response. Maybe its your email
that's not working ? ;-)

Ian

gogu wrote:
? "Ian" ?????? ??? ??????
.uk...

gogu wrote:

BTW Ian, I might have a request to you, can you please contact me
(obviously
your above address is not working:-))?
Remember to remove all the capital letters from my address.

Thanks!



I emailed you 5th may, but didn't get any response. Maybe its your email
that's not working ? ;-)



Hi Ian!
It's working fine, I don't know what happened!
The only "British" e-mail I received is this:
"British Lottery Program YOUR E-MAIL HAS WON THE BRITISH LOTTERY
PROMOTION"
LOL

Have you remembered to remove *all* capital letters, low case lines
*included*?...


Yep.

I'll try once again.

Ian

? "Ian" ?????? ??? ??????
. uk...

I emailed you 5th may, but didn't get any response. Maybe its your email
that's not working ? ;-)



Hi Ian!
It's working fine, I don't know what happened!
The only "British" e-mail I received is this:
"British Lottery Program YOUR E-MAIL HAS WON THE BRITISH LOTTERY
PROMOTION"
LOL

Have you remembered to remove *all* capital letters, low case lines
*included*?...


Yep.

I'll try once again.

Received;-)
I don't know what happened the first time because today I received ... both
your e-mails, the one from the 5th of May and the last one!
Strange are the ways of Yahoo...

--

E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure
in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi
puttane! F.d.A

Coins, travels and mo http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golanule/my_photos
http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html


Ian