Found a Queen Victoria coin

[kestrelia]

It had seemed like a while since I turned up a stunner in my coin searching, but last Friday I think I found one (at least for me). In a box of halves that had a whole lot of 40's, towards the end of it, I found a 1901 British Honduras 50 cent piece. Obviously I didn't know what this was for a second and even after reading its inscriptions I had no idea what it was worth.

My catalog states that 10,000 were minted and that it is 92.5% silver (.3465 ASW, so it's a bit smaller than a US half). The value they give for F is $35. Perhaps this one is worth $30 or so?

This is the second non-US & non-Canadian silver coin I've ever found and this one makes my top 10 most valuable list.

-Brian

Here's a picture of a "semi-stunner" I found in February. A 1943 British Raj Half Rupee I found in a roll of quarters. It's 50% silver (.0937 ASW).

 

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[thurmownator]

Very nice finds there K.

What was British Honduras is now Belize.

Your half rupee coin, from (than) British controlled India, was minted at the Bombay mint; as evidenced by the "....small dot or diamond on the reverse under the ornate (the lotus flower) near the bottom of the coin ."

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Half-Hound]

How to merge two photographs?

Hello and thanks for your post. May I ask how you are able to take an obverse photo and reverse photo (two photos) and make one single photo? I have been trying to do that - but haven't been able to.

Thanks again, Half-Hound

 

[DrDetector]

Great find, always nice to find something outside of the ordinary.

 

[kestrelia]

Half-Hound,

I used MSPaint to stitch the two photos together. I think most photo editors would let you do something similar.

Brian

 

[BuffaloBoy]

The Honduras coin, a little smaller than a US half but had sterling silver(92.5%)... better than a 90% silver coin...

 

[Captaindoodle]

Congratulations on the foreign silver...it's always nice to find an unusual coin...especially a >90%er.

HH
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[CHAINCHOMP]

wow!!! thats a REALLY cool find!!! keep it up and hh!

 

[minton7]

I found a 1908 Ruppr from India in a half box year before last... really unexpected n kool

 

[Argblat]

Re: How to merge two photographs?

Hello and thanks for your post. May I ask how you are able to take an obverse photo and reverse photo (two photos) and make one single photo? I have been trying to do that - but haven't been able to.

Thanks again, Half-Hound

@Half-House ... Assuming you don't have (or can get) Photoshop, which would be ideal, there is a free image manipulation software alternative called Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/)

What I would do in Photoshop (and what you can do with Gimp) is open both images, create a new image that is the correct size to house both, and then copy and paste the two images into the new blank template and save it off as a jpeg.

Hope that helps,
Mike

 

[Half-Hound]

Yes, I have Photoshop. I'll try your suggestion. Thanks.
Half-Hound