Help me identify these foreign (non-American) coins

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by bugo, Aug 8, 2013.

  1. bugo

    bugo Well-Known Member

    At my local coin shop, there is a box of foreign coins, priced at 8 for $1. What a bargain! I bought a few dollars worth of these rarely-seen around here coins. I was able to identify most of them, but there are a few that I have no clue about. Here are some of them. I'm not sure if some of them are not upside down because I couldn't read the writing on them. I'm assuming many of them are of Asian origin.

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  3. jlogan

    jlogan Well-Known Member

    the 7th/8th photo is a current Japanese 1 yen, and the 10th/11th photo is an israeli 5 sheqel. both are common and worth their exchange-value (1.1c for the yen, $1.40 for the 5 shequel)
     
  4. Bambooski

    Bambooski Obsessed YN :)

    The last one's Thai.
     
  5. Bambooski

    Bambooski Obsessed YN :)

    And the 20 pence is British.
     
  6. Bambooski

    Bambooski Obsessed YN :)

    I think quite a few of these are Japanese.
     
  7. jj00

    jj00 Well-Known Member

    #1-#4 are Thailand Satang
    #1 the left side of the photo is the bottom of the coin; #2 the right side is the bottom
    #3 #4 the top of the photo is the bottom of the coin
     
  8. Taxidermist

    Taxidermist Collector of US/IL/RU/DE

    Try again coin 10, there is a country name in English.
     
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  9. jj00

    jj00 Well-Known Member

    believe #16-17 is also Thailand, don't have my world book at the moment though, so not sure denomination
     
  10. jj00

    jj00 Well-Known Member

    #5 #6 is Japanese 10 Yen
     
  11. krispy

    krispy krispy

    #5 and #6: Japanese 10円 (10 yen)
    Date: 昭和五十五年 (Showa 55) (Western calendar: 1980)
    95% Copper.

    #7 and #8: Japanese 1円 (1 yen)
    Date: 昭和五十三年 (Showa 53) (Western calendar: 1978)
    Aluminum.

    #9: Japanese 5円 (5 yen)
    Date: ? (side of coin not pictured above)
    Brass.

    More info at Wikipedia.org: Japanese currency and Japanese yen
     
  12. Taxidermist

    Taxidermist Collector of US/IL/RU/DE

    Not a 5 sheqel coin. Denomination is also in English.

    If not familiar/can't actually read what it says - just skip it.
     
  13. sonlarson

    sonlarson World Silver Collector


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    Israel 5 Agorot
     
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