1947 French Indo-China 1 Piastre!

In my quest to acquire a coin from every country as well as my quest to get a coin from French Indo-China, I picked up this coin. French Indo-China is no longer around and is now known as Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. This coin is almost the same size as a Ike, Peace, or Morgan Dollar; just a tad smaller. It's a monster compared to the French 10 Franc coin issued at the same time which is odd since colonizing countries' money was usually more valuable than the colonies' money. This coin is worth $4.00, which in 1947 would have been $0.39.

1922 French "Bon Pour" 1 Franc!

Here's an interesting coin. Why? Because it marks the period when France (and most of Europe) went off the gold and silver standard (at least temporarily) because of WWI, and later the Great Depression. France didn't recover until after WWII when a new Franc was introduced at 100 times the value of the old franc. This was issued before the Franc was in need of such a serious revaluation, although it was a major step down from the silver 1 Franc coin they produced just two years earlier. As such, it isn't worth much, just around $0.25.

1914-A German Mark!

Look at those biceps! Who couldn't love Germany with an eagle like that? Well, apparently lots of people. This coin was minted the same year The Great War, or WWI, started. It was also the year Germany suspended the Gold Standard to finance the war. This suspension caused the hyperinflation Germany was notorious for in the early 1920's. Then Germany stabilized, Hitler came into power, Germany became poor again, Germany re-stabilized, and now they use the Euro, though some want the Mark back. Back to the coin. It was minted in Berlin as can be seen from the A mint mark, or should I say mint marks. The eagle has a smaller eagle on it and on the more worn coins it can leave the unfamiliar mind wondering how many eagles are on other eagles. In Mint State like this coin, we can see that there are just two eagles. And now that I've use the word eagle way too many times, I'll finish by saying that this coin is worth about $18.00.

Also, sorry for the late post. I've been sick as of late and have mostly been on my phone which is almost impossible to post from.

1969 Iran 1 Rial!

Ooooh very official looking. So official, in fact, that it made its way here with me forcefully nudging it along. This coin is from one of the thirty-thousand countries that currently wants to blow us up and has been demonetized since it was minted 44 years ago. It features a starving lion carrying a sword in the hot sun on the obverse and a 1 on the reverse. I got it pretty cheap and it's worth about $1.00 in this condition. Not too shabby!

????-(P) Morgan Dollar Love Token!

Bought this at the flea market a few days ago. That was kind of hard to type because right now it's the 11th and I'm scheduling this. Anyway it is a Morgan Dollar and a Love Token which is less common, but not completely unheard of. If you look up "Morgan Dollar Love Tokens" on Google Images you'll see plenty of Morgans with great designs. If you look to the picture below my opinion is that the inscription reads "ST+AB", but let me know what you think down below in the comments. Because of the wear and damage on the coin it is only worth metal value or $21.73.

Happy Fourth of July!



United States Bicentennial Silver Uncirculated Set
1776-1976
I believe this set is worth around $30.00 .

Obverses to the coins in the set.

Reverses to the coins in the set.

Obverse of the 1976 Kennedy Half Dollar. The date was modified to have the 1776-1976 dual date instead of the usual single date.

The reverse of the 1976 Half Dollar designed by Seth G. Huntington.

Dual dated dollar. I love alliteration.

Reverse of the 1976 Dollar was designed by Dennis R. Williams.

Dual date on the quarter as well.

The reverse to this coin is more commonly seen in circulation since Ike Dollars and Half Dollars are rarely seen in circulation.

All of these coins feature an S mint mark on the obverse near the head/bust of the former president/national hero that is on the coin. They are all made of 40% silver. Also Happy 4th Everyone!

1776 Dollar or 1976 Dollar?

I have posted about 1976 coins before and how they always seem to confuse people. Let me spell it out nice and clear THIS IS NOT A 1776 DOLLAR! Usually if a coin has a later date on it it is from that year not the earlier one. Believe it or not this is a change find which doesn't happen often with Ike Dollars. I got it from a coin dealer at the flea market who didn't have any $1.00 bills. In EF-40  Eisenhower Dollars usually go for around $2.00. This one is worth just $1.00.