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I always get tricked by coins of most countries. The problem is that
its hard too tell or remember which years the countrys put silver in their coins, and when they stopped. I pretty much have the United States and Canada down. Plus its not very confortable carrying around the big cataloge of world coins. Any suggestion that might help? |
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In article , sgt23 wrote:
I always get tricked by coins of most countries. The problem is that its hard too tell or remember which years the countrys put silver in their coins, and when they stopped. I pretty much have the United States and Canada down. Plus its not very confortable carrying around the big cataloge of world coins. Any suggestion that might help? sorcerer's stone |
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On Jan 26, 1:00*am, wrote:
In article , sgt23 wrote:I always get tricked by coins of most countries. The problem is that its hard too tell or remember which years the countrys put silver in their coins, and when they stopped. I pretty much have the United States and Canada down. Plus its not very confortable carrying around the big cataloge of world coins. Any suggestion that might help? sorcerer's stone Not a bad movie! |
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On Jan 25, 10:08*pm, sgt23 wrote:
I always get tricked by coins of most countries. The problem is that its hard too tell or remember which years the countrys put silver in their coins, and when they stopped. I pretty much have the United States and Canada down. Plus its not very confortable carrying around the big cataloge of world coins. Any suggestion that might help? I would suggest: Keep in mind the dates 1920 and 1946. Before 1920, the majority of European stuff is very high percentage silver. In the years 1920 and 1921, you gotta look it up. 1921 and after, most is 50% to 80%. 1946 and after, most is copper-nickel. After WWII, Australia held on to 50% until they went decimal. It is interesting that a lot of British/ Australian 50% silver coinage which was once considered doggy stuff, is now worth some decent $$$ with the high price of silver (or low price of the U.S. Dollar). oly |
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sgt23 wrote:
I always get tricked by coins of most countries. The problem is that its hard too tell or remember which years the countrys put silver in their coins, and when they stopped. I pretty much have the United States and Canada down. Plus its not very confortable carrying around the big cataloge of world coins. Any suggestion that might help? Get a cell phone with a web browser, and a numismaster.com account Well, it may be easier (especially if you focus on certain countries) to make a brief list of the denominations that used to have silver and then went to CuNi or other alloys. As for the last silver circulation coins from around here, Austria used silver (Ag640) for the 10 ATS coins until 1973, Germany (Ag625) for the 5 DEM pieces until 1974. The Netherlands switched in 1967 (1 and 2.50 NLG coins, Ag720), and Switzerland in 1968 (5 CHF, Ag835). All these countries still issue silver coins at face value, but those are rarely accepted by stores and hardly circulate. Christian |
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"Christian Feldhaus" wrote in message Well, it may be easier (especially if you focus on certain countries) to make a brief list of the denominations that used to have silver and then went to CuNi or other alloys. As for the last silver circulation coins from around here, Austria used silver (Ag640) for the 10 ATS coins until 1973, Germany (Ag625) for the 5 DEM pieces until 1974. The Netherlands switched in 1967 (1 and 2.50 NLG coins, Ag720), and Switzerland in 1968 (5 CHF, Ag835). All these countries still issue silver coins at face value, but those are rarely accepted by stores and hardly circulate. Christian I remember a shopkeeper in Munchen telling me I was a fool for spending the 10DM commems from the 1972 games that I got at a bank. I think it was the only time I have ever knowingly spent a silver coin. I got 100FF coins in change in France when I saw them and asked for them, but I kept them. |
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Ukraina Dvi wrote:
I remember a shopkeeper in Munchen telling me I was a fool for spending the 10DM commems from the 1972 games that I got at a bank. Until 1975, the regular 5 DM pieces and the 5 DM collector coins had basically the same specifications - size, alloy, weight. So I suppose they did show up in circulation to some extent. Those 10 DM pieces were "different" from the regular coins, and the same applies to the current ¤10 pieces - they just do not match any regular coin. Worse, they are regional money only. If people want to hoard them as a metal investment, fine. But if you have any 10 DM commems left over, try selling them to coin dealers - they will probably offer you the face value (¤5.11) but, in general, not more than that. So in your case it was the shopkeeper's reply that was foolish, I think g. Christian |
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