Got a first today...foreign silver!

[mAGma]

Went through two bags of half-dollars today. Skunked on halves but I did find this 1952 one Gulden Netherlands Antillen coin! A little smaller than a half and it is 72% silver I believe, but I'd take that over a '64 any day

 

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[Styfflin]

Cool! I love foreign silver. To me, it feels more like treasure than US coins.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Very Cool!...and its an older one too!....I remember my first "foreign" Silver...a 1968 Canadian Quater...lol..it was only 50% , but I was still happy with it.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

I remember my first "foreign" Silver...a 1968 Canadian Quater...lol..it was only 50% , but I was still happy with it.

Same here...

 

[palidin20603]

My first foreign silver was a 1963 decimo de balboa from Panama

 

[Golden Eagle]

My first foreign silver was a 50% silver dine from Canada.

 

[sagittarius98]

Yes, it's 72% silver, and .2315 of a troy oz.

 

[D1MES_101]

my first foreign silver was a 63 silver canada dime

 

[baddbluff]

My first foreign silver was a 50% silver dine from Canada.

My first too ^. Nice score on the Dutchy, mAGma!

 

[mAGma]

My first foreign silver was a 50% silver dine from Canada.

Thanks Sag, I figured you would know You seem to be the foreign coin guru around here.

 

[mAGma]

Couldn't really get a pic of it, but the sides of the coin are really cool too. There's actually lettering going around the side of the coin, similar to one of those modern 'gold' dollars. Pretty cool for '52

 

[hrnewsome]

Congrats, that's a cool coin!

If I don't find silver it's not because I'm not looking!

 

[sagittarius98]

Thanks Sag, I figured you would know You seem to be the foreign coin guru around here.

You quoted the wrong person.

 

[sagittarius98]

Couldn't really get a pic of it, but the sides of the coin are really cool too. There's actually lettering going around the side of the coin, similar to one of those modern 'gold' dollars. Pretty cool for '52

I've always liked the "God Zij Met Ons" inscription on all Dutch coins. It means "God be with us."

 

[Dozer D]

Other than Canadian coins, is there a good web site that can give the coin composition of nearly all foreign made coins? Granted you would have to be able to ID the coin (country type denomination year).

 

[mAGma]

You quoted the wrong person.

Haha yes I did, sometimes I forget to double check.

 

[mAGma]

I've always liked the "God Zij Met Ons" inscription on all Dutch coins. It means "God be with us."

Cool, yeah that's what it says. Didn't know that's what it meant tho or that it was on all of their coins

 

[mAGma]

Other than Canadian coins, is there a good web site that can give the coin composition of nearly all foreign made coins? Granted you would have to be able to ID the coin (country type denomination year).

I just google what the coins says. Never had a problem IDing a coin

 

[Infowarrior]

Very cool!!! The largest foreign silver I have found is a canadian quarter...

Awesome find!

HH

 

[sagittarius98]

Other than Canadian coins, is there a good web site that can give the coin composition of nearly all foreign made coins? Granted you would have to be able to ID the coin (country type denomination year).

numista.com is pretty good, but has some flaws sometimes. The Krause books have the best info, but are expensive. I have all of them, so you can ask me for any info from them and I should be able to give it to you.