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| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 375 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 98.20.51.73  Rating: |
Are there any numismatist's in this crowd? Awhile back I was given a freezer bag full of coins from all over the world. Many of then are from places that no longer exist, inccluding, but not limited to South America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Eastern Europe, and some from Canada. I've looked up a few of them online, and still have no idea of how to list them or how to describe them. One I will mention is called a 'mite', which was the smallest valued coin ancient Hebrew times. I think it was created because the Romans wanted none of their coins to be worth less than anything the Jews had. Can anybody give me some ideas about what to do with this stuff? Jack, please don't... we don't want to get metl poisoning from roasting a Dachshund that has been force fed coins! | ||
| latvia-69 (Latvia69)
Registered Member Username: Latvia69 Post Number: 3 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 74.235.203.145 Rating: |
yes! take a long trip,sell your coins and come back with some bus related posts | ||
| latvia-69 (Latvia69)
Registered Member Username: Latvia69 Post Number: 4 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 74.235.203.145 Rating: |
yes,take a long bus related trip to sell your coins and come back with bus related posts so that i may learn something bus related | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 377 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 98.20.51.73 Rating: |
Here's a bus related post for you.... naah, I can't say that. No Kibitzing from the tootsie toy section (Message edited by Dallas on February 17, 2011) | ||
| Cory hart (Chart1)
Registered Member Username: Chart1 Post Number: 56 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 166.137.141.112  Rating: N/A |
If you would like I could give you a 100 for the bag and you don't have to worry about them anymore. | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 518 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.128.245  Rating: |
...just shooting from the hip here.... the 1st thing that came to mind was that the South American ones are scrap value metal..no collectors. So with them the right guy could go sit on the beach away from the "plant" in the sand & watch the faces & enjoy spreading cheap happiness & memories of the day for all involved.... If you wuz a Diver you could salt a frequently used place or send'em to Mikey he'll eat ANYthing..!! But I'd seriously consider Cory's offer above ..my gardener sez with the recession a Benny for a bag of anything is a good deal....fwiw maybe FF needs an Aux anchor... | ||
| C. K.. Sparks (Kozycade)
Registered Member Username: Kozycade Post Number: 57 Registered: 7-2010 Posted From: 71.161.40.2 Rating: N/A |
Dallas The only one you mentioned by name was a mite. correctly called "Widows mite". There are two distinctively different yet similar “widow’s mites”. They are the smaller lepton and the larger Prutah coins which were both minted with similar images under Alexander Jannaeus, King and High Priest of Israel from 103-76 BC. These bronze widows mite coins were not Roman coins at all, but were in fact true Judean coins that were minted during the inter-testimonial period of Jewish history when Israel was a self-governing nation. They are generally sold in sets of 10 ranging from roughly $255 down to $30 depending on grades of coins with 7 to 10 different grading values. Sold individually they are valued from $3.00 to $44.00 or so realizing that values are set according to collectability. Kade | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 378 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 98.20.51.73 Rating: |
Bingo! Thanks Kade! I knew it was a Widow's mite, but neglected to type the whole name. I think this particular item is not much for condition, although, then again, I have nothing to judge it against. I did have an idea awhile ago since I don't know much about these coins, and that was to embed them in the new flat surfaces in the bus, covering them with Bar Top finish to about 1/4" depth. Kind of a mobile motif for traveling and the money pit that is being traveled in! Maybe I could intersperse some old stamps I have also. | ||
| C. K.. Sparks (Kozycade)
Registered Member Username: Kozycade Post Number: 58 Registered: 7-2010 Posted From: 71.161.40.2 Rating: N/A |
Dallas...Dont forget to throw in them ole fish hooks in the basement that only caught the big ones on the way back from the fish market.... I would suggest that you take them and get them apprasied by a local coin dealer that you know is trustworthy. It only takes one in the bottom of the bag to equal hundreds if not a thousand... | ||
| niles steckbauer (Niles500)
Registered Member Username: Niles500 Post Number: 990 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 173.78.39.41 Rating: |
Eastern Bloc Bully - If you stop posting beligerent comments in a labeled OT thread - then maybe in the future if you have a legitimate question or concern ... someone with more intelligence might answer ... then again maybe not - FWIW | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 521 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.128.245 Rating: |
YAH..!! what HE said...!!! . . . way to go Niles I don't care what they say about you when your not here you're OK...! if you think I say that to everyone ask Nellie ..... (and then think about it) maybe I'm HER!?!?!  | ||
| les marston (Les_marston)
Registered Member Username: Les_marston Post Number: 280 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 68.151.225.213  Rating: N/A |
Jack you really do suffer from identity crisis Sorry I asked | ||
| Dave Walker (Chrome_dome)
Registered Member Username: Chrome_dome Post Number: 215 Registered: 3-2010 Posted From: 67.174.144.159  Rating: N/A |
Dals in looking it up I found this and seem that the worse the look the more it is worth eh!!! Dave http://shop.ebay.com/items/widows mite coins?_dmd=2&_sop=12&rvr_id=211453142087&MT_ (Message edited by chrome_dome on February 18, 2011) (Message edited by chrome_dome on February 18, 2011) | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 1447 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 69.19.14.23  Rating: N/A |
Dals in looking it up I found this and seem that the worse the look the more it is worth eh!!! Not really , there is a grading system MS , that is used to value coins. Proof mint state MS 69 is perhaps 1000 times the value of a circulated coin , even if rare. FF | ||
| George Martinez (Foohorse)
Registered Member Username: Foohorse Post Number: 381 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 98.20.51.73  Rating: N/A |
Jack your cross dressing dachshund tormenting days are numbered. ..................................................if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all. (Message edited by Foohorse on February 23, 2011) |
