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I recently purchased this lot from eBay. There are many which I have not been able to attribute, but look quite old.

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I'm not sure whether the first picture is the entire lot, or perhaps there's another pic which isn't just an enlarged part of #1.

Photographing coins at an angle like that greatly reduces the ease of attribution, but I can see coins of at least US, Great Britain (the majority), Gemany, Denmark and possibly another Scandanavian country), Canada, probably Italy, Israel, and Japan.

The two Japanese coins I see are both 1 sen.

The one with the dragon obverse and the English legend "1 sen" is Y#17.1, copper, dated Meiji 10 (1877), numismatically worthless in that corroded condition. Krause values it at $1 in F, which is actually on the high side.

The image of the other one with what appears to be a "1" on it needs to be rotated 90 degrees left, so that character becomes a horizontal line, which is a Kanji character 1. The character beneath it (to the left in the photo) is "sen". The date is on the other side, but it is either

1. Y#17.1 (1873-77 with square dragon scales)
2. Y#17.2 (1880-92 with V shaped dragon scales, also copper)
3. Y#20 (1898-1902 with sun and rays, bronze), or
4. Y#35 (1913-15,with smaller sun and rays, also bronze).

In the condition shown none are worth more than a buck or two.

 

I recognize the US coins, the Canadians, German, and some British. The one I am most interested in is the large copper on the right hand side. I can make out the date of 1810, but nothing more.

 

I believe that both are the same coin. One is the obverse and the other is the reverse.

 

I looked again, and that is correct.

 

PyrotekNX, if your talking about large copper coin dated 1810 with a 3 on the reverse that would be a 3 GRANA from the kingdom of Naples (Italy). Date below the wreath would be KM # 102a value in VG 20.00 no mintage given in the catalog. There's also a 1810 3 Gran KM# 102 with the date above the Wreath, same price.

Lou

 

So far I have from the top,

Row 1:

3 Cent silver

Row 2:

Denmark 10 Ore, Hungary 1 Korona, Unknown, Panama 1955 Balboa

Row 3:

Various German/Nazi coins

Row 4:

Japanese 1 Sen, French unknown, 3 large cents

Row 5:

British Penny 1918. Unknown, British Penny 1910, Italy 3 Grana 1810, German coin, threepence

Row 6:

SBA, Canadian Nickels, Canadian quarter, Isreal coin, Mexican 50 Pesos, Italian coin

Row 7:

Small Canadian cents and an Indian Head Cent 1892

 

The unknown coin on row 2 is a 20 Rappen KM# 29 from Switzerland it valued at VG 1.50.

Lou

 

The first piece in the second row is a 10 Pfennig Kriegsgeld (War Money) token from Bochum.

Aidan.

 

Thanks everyone for your help. All in all, I don't think I did too bad for only $17.50.

 

You did very well,considering that you have also got a common silver 1/10 Balboa from Panama in there as well.

Aidan.

 

On the third row, besides of the war token from Bochum, there are a Austrian 2 heller and German Imperial (not Nazi) coins. The German Empire collapsed after WW I .
Row 4 : French 10 centimes from the Second Empire, with the effigy of Napoleon III
Row 5 : the unknown coin is a Spanish 10 centimos with the effigy of Alfonso XII

bart

 

Second coin second row is a silver piece of Hungry, in unc (as piece pictured) about $20....