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Showing posts with label $5.00 Coin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label $5.00 Coin. Show all posts

Sunday, February 3, 2013

1988 Republik Osterreich 5 Schilling!


Yes, I did get the alignment off but the picture still gets the job done. For a $5.00 coin it is relatively small, but considering Austria didn't have the best economy, it's not too bad. It's only a little bigger than its 1 Schilling cousin but that coin was made of aluminum-bronze which is cheaper meaning more, just not too much more, money could go into the production of one of these than into the 1 Schilling even at relatively similar diameters, widths, etc. The exchange rate for this coin was 5 Schillings=$0.49 USD  but since it was demonetized, it has no exchange value. Luckily it has the $0.60 numismatic value which is more than I paid for it!

NOTE: Go ahead and play around on that site a while. It has most of the living and dead currencies from around the world and it's pretty fun to see how much your collection would be worth without the numismatic value.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Thailand 2006 5 Baht!


Here's a nice one. The ony distinguishable thing on this coin if you can't read Thai is the 5.  If you can at least recognize the words as Thai or Rama IX on the obverse you'll have an easier time finding the coin. If you live in Thailand, you most likely know just about everything about it. Anyway, It is a Thai 5 Baht, the Thai 5 dollar equivalent, and is worth $0.17 in exchange value. It's basically a thick U.S. Quarter with some different designs. It's even copper-nickel clad! It's worth about $0.25 for collector value which is $0.08 over exchange value! What a steal!

Thursday, January 3, 2013

1990 Greek 5 Drachmes!


This small, copper-nickel coin never would have passed as an American $5.00 coin. Why? It's too small! To be American it would've had to have been either A.) Silver or B.) Ike Dollar-sized. Silver won't be in regular, circulating currency until the world ends and re-begins and an Ike Dollar would have tampered with the U.S. citizens' "right" to convenience thus proving my point. It was fine in Greece, however, due to their non-American economy. I'm not sure what this coin would look like in Greece had they not adopted the Euro but it definitely wouldn't be worth more than the USD. This coin barely manages to be worth something at $0.30.

Monday, November 19, 2012

1952-R Italian 5 Lire!


Yes it's true, Italy was so poor that their $5 coin was aluminum and penny sized. At least they were into marine life. Not much to say about this one as it is pretty boring. The obverse has a dolphin and the reverse has a rudder. Last but not least this coin is worth about $0.10.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

1990 Venezuela 5 Bolivares!


Not the best pictures but I was trying to go for the "proof" look. It's got that shininess that is matched only by Canadian coins. I love the incorporation of the 130+ year old design in this short lived coin. By that I mean the composition was changed in 1989 from nickel to nickel clad steel. The nickel clad steel version was made in 1989 and 1990 and then no more 5 Bolivares coins were made. Since Venezuela switched to the BolĂ­var fuerte back in 2008 this coin is no longer legal tender and I'm not sure if it can still be exchanged.If it can be it's not worth much because it's only worth $0.65 in numismatic value.

Friday, November 16, 2012

1975 Iceland 5 Kronur!


I just realized I have three of these and I got all three on the same date at the same place. I also got that 1976 1 Krona on the same day too. This coin is basically a U.S. nickel which is why they had a reform. Their money was basically worthless even in high denominations so they decided to make it worth more. These coins were demonetized and they got new coin sizes and denominations, although they stopped making the aurar or cents long ago. This coin is worth about $0.15.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

1972 French 5 Francs!


Got this from my grandmother when she let me go through all of her coins from her world travels. Most of them were plain except the 1904 Indian Head Cent I got. There were also plenty of other  French and German coins that I picked up, most of which have already been shown. Because this coin is so scratched and dented it's worth around $0.20.