South East OK Foreign currency

[Buck98]

Canada had silver coins up till 1967. Dimes a Quarters 1968, those where 50% silver. Mexico had silver up to 1970's https://www.coinflation.com/mexico/

Thanks! I guess I’ll just have to sort through all of them and see what is actually there.

 

[KroyWen]

You better, coin by coin

 

[Boehlertaught]

Weed out the valuable coins and deal with them however. The not valuable coins could be used on a bar top and covered by polymer.

 

[sumoj275]

Canada had silver coins up till 1967. Dimes an Quarters 1968, those where 50% silver. Mexico had silver up to 1970's https://www.coinflation.com/mexico/

Yes, totally spaced out. Canadian and Mexican as stated is good source for scrap.

 

[sumoj275]

Thanks! I guess I’ll just have to sort through all of them and see what is actually there.

That’s the best way. The leftovers can be made into grab bags and put up for sale. What a great way to get someone, or more importantly a kid, in collecting and learning history about the country along the way.

 

[sherrick13]

I have a pretty good collection too. A few might be worth a few dollars more than face value, but not much. Any pretty euro EU currency is worthless

 

[Bravo1413]

Does anyone know anything about foreign currency ? I have approximately 450 foreign coins from several countries. Does anyone have any information about which countries coins might have silver or any other precious metals in them? The majority of these coins are from the 50’s 60’s and 70’s. Curious as to the possibility of any of them having any value beyond their face value or if they are of any interest to anyone. View attachment 516212View attachment 516213View attachment 516214

I had a bunch of foreign coins and paper money from the 60”s after nam. Was in Navy and saw many ports. Check on eBay. Several had silver content and sold quick. Also sold many paper money.There are a lot of collectors out there.

 

[BillM]

That sucks!!! Maybe we should just travel the world to each country and spend them. Maybe we could buy a few beers

Europe uses the Euro now, instead of national currencies. I was in Germany in early to mid 90's and most of the German coins were steel. Deutsche Marks. And after decades of the exchange rate being DM3.5 to the dollar, it dropped to where it was DM1.30 to the Dollar. Most of the young guys I worked with had their car payments about triple. Outside of Europe, was also stationed in Turkey, and for a short time, (Desert Shield/Desert Storm) in Saudi Arabia. Most Turkish coins then (the 80's) were stamped in aluminum. And were for tiny amounts. At that time, a dollar was worth 186 Turkish Lira. Back in the day, ie., prior to WW1, one lira was a silver coin. Shortly before I got there in 83, their small change coins, kurush, were withdrawn from circulation. They were mostly cupronickle, and were decimal fractions of a lira. IIRC, 5, 10, 25 & 50 kurush. Like our nickels and such. Old Turkish coins in silver were selling for more than face value because they were silver... Turkey has been doing the hyperinflation thing for much of the past 80-100 years, now. Bet your (and my!) Turkish coins are worth a fraction of a Turkish Lira.

Went to Aldi the other day, and traded carts with a lady who was having trouble getting her coin back. Which she was happy to do. When I returned it, found her coin wasn't a quarter. It was a 1 Euro coin. Looks like Cupronickel ring with a brass or bronze insert in the middle. Exchange rate that day was $1.06 per Euro. So I made money off the deal.

When I was a kid, my dad had stacks of DM50,000 notes. I asked why we weren't rich. They were Reich Notes from Wiemar Germany, and folks would need a wheelbarrow full of them to buy a loaf of bread, One of his great uncles brought them with him when he moved here from Germany after WWI, and before WWII.

They were the wrong size to make good toilet paper.

 

[KOPBET]

... Exchange rate that day was $1.06 per Euro. So I made money off the deal.

If you find a place to exchange that Euro coin for a dollar, let me know! lol