Need help Identifying a coin

[Narthoniel]

Found this coin in a dime roll a few weeks ago. I cannot seem to identify the matieral it is composed of. I am pretty sure it is silver, but how much? I have looked all over, and cant seem to find the information.

It is a 1956 British Caribbean Territories 10 cent coin. It also reads Eastern Group on the reverse. Has a photo of the Queen as well.

Any ideas?
Thank you,
Anthony

 

[Shake-N-Bake]

Post a picture and I can find it, and tell you the info.

Thanks,
jason

 

[Narthoniel]

Thank you for the help. I dont know where else to look. Here is a photo:

 

[treasurefiend]

I have found modern ones "East Carribean States" but I'm not sure what country they are actually from.

 

[mistergee]

best i can do is this
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=MEC1625

 

[theeteetotaler]

http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Caribbean.php

according to the world coin gallery it has no plata, but i'm sure worldcoingallery.com isn't always correct.

 

[Narthoniel]

best i can do is this
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=MEC1625

Much more than I found. At least it confirms it is silver, but how much? I was pretty sure since it rings like silver when I flip it.

Thanks for the leads!

 

[waseeker]

Here is what my world coins catalog has to say.

"The East Caribbean States, formerly the British Caribbean Territories (Eastern group), formed a currency board in 1950 to provide the constituent territories of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, British Guiana (now Guyana), British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada with a common currency, thereby permitting withdrawal of the regular British Pound currency. This was dissolved in 1965 and after the breakup, the East Caribbean Territories, a grouping including Barbados, the Leeward and Windward Islands, came into being. Coinage of the dissolved "Eastern Group" continues to circulate."

The coin is copper-nickel and not silver.

 

[mistergee]

the one i found was a 1955 and it was silver....could they have changed it the following year?

 

[mistergee]

found this
http://www.originalcj.com/britemp.txt
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-10c-COINS-w/-...temQQimsxZ20090109?IMSfp=TL090109114005r13863
and this
http://www.levi-coins.co.il/BuildaG...40&PHPSESSID=d798c49b1f48eec99b6a5d8c84c4376b
it doesn't appear to be silver

 

[waseeker]

the one i found was a 1955 and it was silver....could they have changed it the following year?

Nope. They were minted from 1955 - 1965 and all are listed as copper-nickel.

 

[mistergee]

one i saw from 1955 WAS silver

 

[waseeker]

one i saw from 1955 WAS silver

Where did you see it?

 

[mistergee]

here
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=MEC1625

 

[Narthoniel]

Do not know how you do it, but you guys are awesome at diggin up obscure information. Thanks for the help, this is a groovey coin, and being silver it is that much cooler.

Anthony

 

[waseeker]

here
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=MEC1625

I looked at it. While it is possible that there were some presentation pieces made of silver, the one in the picture does not look like silver to me. The number of bag marks on the surface tell me it was part of a production run and not a presentation piece.

 

[waseeker]

Do not know how you do it, but you guys are awesome at diggin up obscure information. Thanks for the help, this is a groovey coin, and being silver it is that much cooler.

Anthony

I've been involved with coins for more than 40 years. The folks who helped me get started stressed one thing - BUY THE BOOK. There were times when it was painful to spend money for a reference book that could have been used for a coin. But looking back I have never regretted having the reference books. They are invaluable for reference purposes.