Just found a 138 year old coin. Sitting at the bottom of my foreign coin box.

[CRHgiggidy]

My mom used to get me coins from various countries when her and my father went on vacations. Nothing special, just random change that they would get while there. I put it all in a tiny box and literally forgot about it until recently since I have been getting into CRH. All of the stuff is pretty standard but I found these 3 coins while going through and I was amazed. I have no idea how or when I put them in the box but I'm glad I did. I'm very curious about the Canadian 5 cent piece and the 5 cent piece from Argentina. I'm really just wondering about the rarity and value of each. Sorry this isn't CRH relevant, but I still wanted to share with you guys.

 

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[SilverFace]

the coin of the left is a dateless U.S. Standing Liberty quarter - it's silver and currently worth about $6!

Someone else will have to help you with the other two coins - I don't know too much about foreign coins.

 

[madwest]

My mom used to get me coins from various countries when her and my father went on vacations. Nothing special, just random change that they would get while there. I put it all in a tiny box and literally forgot about it until recently since I have been getting into CRH. All of the stuff is pretty standard but I found these 3 coins while going through and I was amazed. I have no idea how or when I put them in the box but I'm glad I did. I'm very curious about the Canadian 5 cent piece and the 5 cent piece from Argentina. I'm really just wondering about the rarity and value of each. Sorry this isn't CRH relevant, but I still wanted to share with you guys.

This is CRH. Your parents just didn't realize it.

The Canadian Nickel is 92.5% silver 1.14g ASW.

 

[CW3(ret) US Army]

The large coin on the left is a American Standing Liberty quarter. They replaced the Barber/Liberty Head quarter in 1916 & were replaced by the Washington quarter in 1932. Yours has the date worn off, that is a big problem with them like the buffalo nickel. The quarter is worth the silver value. I don't know anything about the 2 foreign coins. Hope this helps.

HH

 

[That Canadian Guy]

My mom used to get me coins from various countries when her and my father went on vacations. Nothing special, just random change that they would get while there. I put it all in a tiny box and literally forgot about it until recently since I have been getting into CRH. All of the stuff is pretty standard but I found these 3 coins while going through and I was amazed. I have no idea how or when I put them in the box but I'm glad I did. I'm very curious about the Canadian 5 cent piece and the 5 cent piece from Argentina. I'm really just wondering about the rarity and value of each. Sorry this isn't CRH relevant, but I still wanted to share with you guys.

This is CRH. Your parents just didn't realize it.

The Canadian Nickel is 92.5% silver 1.14g ASW.

I would just like to say that is not a nickel as it contains no actual nickel and no wear on the coin does it say the word "nickel".
Any way I looked up the Canadian 5 cent piece and the Argentinian 5 centavos coins. Due to numismatic value the Canadian 5 cent piece from 1874 that you have there is worth about $12 and the Argentinian coin is only worth something like 25¢.

 

[lostcauses]

CRHgiggidy
You are using your phone to post photos with. Please read this thread
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,456609.0.html

 

[madwest]

This is CRH. Your parents just didn't realize it.

The Canadian Nickel is 92.5% silver 1.14g ASW.

I would just like to say that is not a nickel as it contains no actual nickel and no wear on the coin does it say the word "nickel".
Any way I looked up the Canadian 5 cent piece and the Argentinian 5 centavos coins. Due to numismatic value the Canadian 5 cent piece from 1874 that you have there is worth about $12 and the Argentinian coin is only worth something like 25¢.

So, don't call it a nickel then. But you better not call a 1951-1954 Canadian 5-cent coin a nickel either - because no wear [sic] on it does it say "Nickel" and it contains no nickel.

At the time of its minting, it was patterned after the US half-dime. The US coin actually stated that it was a half-dime rather than 5-cent. The Canadian coin design stated 5-cent.

Half-Dimes AIN'T nickels; US cents AIN'T pennies; Eisenhower dollars AIN'T silver dollars; "AIN'T" isn't a word and we're just all in this for fun.

 

[ckrakowski]

where are the pics?

 

[sagittarius98]

where are the pics?

When I first saw this thread, there were pics. I don't know where they disappeared.

 

[Stang1968]

where are the pics?

Pics were probably removed by the MOD or OP because the cell phone they were taken with captured the geo-coordinates where the images were taken and added it to the metadeta of the files. Obviously, thats not the kind of information you want available when you're on a forum about all the different forms of TREASURE

 

[shanegalang]

Can you repost the pictures properly? I would love to see the coins

 

[sagittarius98]

Can you repost the pictures properly? I would love to see the coins

Under this post, I will post pics of the coins he/she had, but not exactly his/her coins. The coins will be of similar condition as the op's coins.