1766 copper coin from yard sale... value and such?

[Diggincoinz]

Hi, I picked these two up yesterday at a yard sale. First is a 1766 1/4 Stuber, copper. It is about the size of a nickel. Paid $4. It's 244yrs old. How should I clean it a bit without losing any detials?

Next is a 1925 One Shilling from East Africa, silver, the size of a half dollar. Paid $15, a little pricey I think but I wanted it

What do you think? I'm trying to find info on these such as market value and mintage. Is there a good website to hit up to find info on world coins? Foreign coins have always been difficult for me to research.

Thanks, Chris

 

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[krumb]

A little bit of poking around found this: http://www.ma-shops.com/olding/item.php5?id=214403&lang=en&curr=USD&ref=froogus

They had a few examples around that date and are asking for between $17-30. A little digging on eBay yields a low of $.99 and a high of $8.00 on their completed auctions....seems to be a pretty common coin.

 

[enamel7]

Don't clean it! Let an expert do it.

 

[AU24K]

The East Africa Shilling is 7.7759g of .250 Silver= .0625 oz.
Worth about $7 in XF condition, $20 in Unc.

Best Wishes,
Scott

 

[Lucas]

Some of those German coppers are silver plated. Cleaning could ruin it.