1948 Guatemala 5 Centavos!

What's this? A silver coin from Guatemala? I thought it was a poor country! Well, it is and they haven't issued silver for circulation in a while. Like many countries today, their currency has declined over the years and this coin is worth $0.0064 USD in exchange value. Metal value is different, however, and this coin contains $0.92 of silver. Numismatic value is even better at $7.00. It's made of 72% silver as is stated on the coin. I like the color it has attained; slight rainbow but also just plain silver with a little darkness. I also like the design, but from what I've seen, the die work does vary. Glad I got a good one- I hope.

193?-M Mexican 5 Centavos!

Hey guys, here's my 19- wait a minute. The date's been worn off! Damn Mexicans always have to make things harder on us white folk! Well, I guess that ends the post.

Not! I'll use my detective skills to figure out the date. I can clearly see a 193 before the mystery number so it was definitely minted in the 1930's. There were only three years in the 1930's in which this coin was produced, 1936, 1937, and 1938. From there, I can tell that it's definitely not the 1937. Finally I come to the conclusion that it is most likely the 1936 because the 1938 has a substantially smaller mintage and because it just looks more like a 6 than an 8 to me. If it's the 1936 it is worth $0.05. If it's the 1938 it's worth $0.25.

1962 Peruvian 5 Centavos!

Back in time to 1962, a time when silver was common in American change and silver coins were produced in the millions. However, this was not the case for Peru. They made silver coins earlier in their history, but by this time, their coins were brass. The lack of precious metals in their currency is made up for by the amazingly beautiful designs and the fact that most countries had stopped producing silver by this time. This coin comes in two varieties, curved and straight 9. I'm guessing mine is the curved but it doesn't really matter since both are worth $0.10.

1989 Brazil 5 Centavos!

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This coin was also from that coin trade around a year ago. Let me also say this coin is not black, it's just the way the picture turned out. All right, moving on. The design is really nice with all of the spirals, triangles, the two fish, and the obverse which can be confusing to the brain. It kind of looks like ancient Mayan art with a gardener instead of a warrior or who/whatever would be on ancient Mayan art. Anyway this not-so-ancient and not-so-Mayan coin is worth $0.25.