Ruined treasure

[Harry_Morant]

I've just got a new lens for my camera so I was scratching though an old biscut tin full of old coins that my father gave me. I must admit that up until recently I was only interested in old Australian coins (which isn't that old ) and hadn't paid much attention to a lot of the other coins.

After reading this forum and seeing all the great coins found in the US and Europe I had a closer look at the tin. Most of the coins are from the 1900's but there is a scattering of older ones. The bad news is that the older coins which are in good condition have all been defaced in some way making them worthless.

Thought I'd share a few pics:

 

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[Harry_Morant]

This one I had never seen in the tin before:

 

[Harry_Morant]

A few more:

 

[tinpan]

Hi harry, theres nothing wrong with your coins they have character and are still better shape than the trash i dig up.   Want to swap

                      tinpan

                           

 

[Harry_Morant]

I hope thats what they say about me if I ever get a big hole in my head

"There he goes, ugly as hell but he has character"

 

[Eddy1H]

Hey you have some very interesting coins there I would definantly hang on to them and do a value research on them any way, you may have somthing really valueable. Nice coins
Eddy

 

[Moonshadow]

I hope thats what they say about me if I ever get a big hole in my head

"There he goes, ugly as hell but he has character"

Too Funny!!

I like your collection. Holes or not, they're still pretty cool!

HH,
Moon

 

[skalleewag]

awesome coins!

 

[1320]

Some of the "defacing" looks like chop marks to me. Some collectors seek those out and will pay right along book values for them.

 

[hollowpointred]

very nice!

 

[tw656]

That shielded nickel might get you a few bucks even in that condition. As well as the 18th centrury coin.
If youve got any other interesting ones please post pics.

Searcher

 

[BuckleBoy]

That 18th c. coin appears to be some sort of locally issued coin from Achen, Germany. I am not much into world coins, but some of these town-issued pieces can fetch nice price tags. It might take some research from you, and any potential buyer might be from Deutschland. Achen is in Bavaria--west of Munich.

Regards,

Buckleboy

 

[Harry_Morant]

Thanks for the comment - after a quick websearch there's a couple advertise around the $15-20 mark albeint in a bit better condition. This appears to be the oldest coin in my collection and I had no idea it was even there until I was scrounging around in the tin.

 

[Leon]

Very nice coins, in any condition... If only they could talk....
That's one of the other things I like about this hobby, after a few years, I'll be able to go back through all my finds, and rediscover 'em all over again...
Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[Yarrum]

Great coins anyway mate and always something you will have from your father.

 

[Harry_Morant]

Thanks for the comments