John asks…
I have a coin that says Tamaya on it and has some foreign symbols, can anyone tell me where it is from?
It’s a silver coin the size of an American quarter and it has a ring of circles and what looks like an H with a line through it. There are three symbols on the bottom of it and it’s the same on both sides.
financi4 answers:
Tamaya in the Shinto religion of Japan is the name of the memorial alter dedicated to deceased ancestors. So it could be a Japanese coin, show it to a coin dealer or a Japanese person.
Charles asks…
What foreign coin is this?
I have a really large coin collection, and I really don’t know how I got most of my foreign coins. I’ve been able to figure out what the rest are except for this one. I think it’s from Japan, but I haven’t found it in any research. It’s silver colored, and it has strange curvy edges. It’s very light. One side has the number 1 with 2 lines of what I’m almost positive is Japanese, and the other side has a picture of wheat with some more Japanese. There‘s also some symbols on this side that don’t look very Japanese.
If I don’t get an answer I’ll try to add a picture of it.
By curvy I mean scalloped.
financi4 answers:
Are you sure it’s wheat and not leaves and flowers? Need a picture. Find someone who has knowledge of coins. The link below is a seller of coins on Ebay. Not that the coin is the same as yours. If nothing comes up in an image search for silver yen or japanese silver yen then ask the seller if he can help. Or look on Ebay for a coin that resembles yours in the 2nd link
Paul asks…
can you indentify this coin?
I have purchased a pack of foreign coins off the internet and there is one coin i cannot indentify
1. It is silver. With a large number 50 at the top of the coin, asian symbols bordering the coin and underneath the number 50. underneath that it says ‘fifty cents’ and the date is 1982.
it also has a chinese style gong on the back, but is not chinese. Can you please tell me what country it is from?
financi4 answers:
Couldn’t find one. Most currencies in dollars (and cents) are Western-based, such as the Hong Kong and Singapore dollars. Being Western-influenced, they usually have the name of the country in the Western alphabet, along with whatever character alphabet. Hong Kong 1982 has Elizabeth II on the front and the Singapore has a lionfish.
I am positive that it’s NOT silver. A coin of this size would have contained far more than fifty cents worth of silver in 1982. Most countries did away with circulating silver coinage before the US and Canada did in the mid 1960s.
James asks…
How to tell what something is made of?
I have this coin, its foreign, I don’t know if its silver or not. Is there a test I could do to determine what it is?
financi4 answers:
It’s a long shot, but i learned this in middle school science:
measure the volume of the coin.
Radius = half the distance across coin, or the diameter div. By 2
pi = 3.14….etc.
Height = height of coin (should be a tiny measurement)
VOLUME OF COIN: (pi x radius squared x height)
then measure the mass of the coin in grams. You need an actual mass scale for something so small.
Then divide mass over volume.
(density = mass/volume)
look up the answer (density) online on some table online, and you’ll get a fairly accurate guess of which metal it is.
I’m sure there’s an easier way around this, but it’s the only thing i can think of off the top of my head.
Joseph asks…
I found this coin or token. What is it?
This token/coin is silver in color. With what looks like Arabic, or something foreign written in the middle on both sides. It also has three stars at the top and the bottom parallel with the writing. In a strange way, kind of looks like a hamburger with the stars as the bun and the writing as the hamburger lol. There is no date or anything. This makes me believe it is some kind of token. Both sides look exactly the some. Can anyone please help me to figure this out?
financi4 answers:
Photos would be very helpful, but with both sides the same it is likely not a coin.
David asks…
Coin Collections Worth?
There‘s some coins i have that are gathering dust, how much roughly would they be worth?
i have
Military Payment Certificates 1954 United States Set of 3
1935 Silver Cert Dollar Bill
1957 Silver Cert Dollar Bill
2002 Bank of England 5 pounds (there‘s a pen mark on one side)
Uncirculated Canada 10 Dollar Bill 1989
1984 Canada Toronto Dollar
American Eagle 2007 Uncirculated Silver Dollar
Wartime Set of Three Silver Pennies 1943
All 50 State Quarters
1903 Indian Head Penny
1889 o Morgan Dollar (clnd, clinid it says on the coin box it’s in?)
2006 Year of the Dog/Wolf Australia
and hundreds of foreign coins starting from the 1800s i don’t even want to search
financi4 answers:
Without being able to see them, it’s impossible to put an exact value on them, because the value is largely determined by the condition of the items. But here are some “ballpark” figures if you wanted to sell them
Military payment certificates: If they look like they brand new, with no folds, tears, or writing on them, probably about $20 each. If they’re in about the same condition as the average piece of money you’ve got in your wallet, maybe $3 or $4 each.
1935 and 1957 Silver Certificates: Unless they’re brand new or have something unusual* about them, you’d probably get about a dollar for each.
*Several things could make these more valuable. If there is a star at the beginning of the serial number, it probably would add a dollar or so the value. The star just means that when they were printing the notes, one had some sort of error on it, so they substituted this note for the damaged one.
If there is something interesting about the serial number, that can increase the value. Interesting serial numbers would be something like 12345678 or 88332299 or 15366351. Some sort of pattern.
Some series 1935 dollars were printed as part of an experiment to see if they could develop a longer lasting paper. Those notes would have a red “R” or “S” in the lower right.
2002 Bank of England £5 note. The writing on it probably makes it a “spender”. They did have a problem with an early run of 2002 £5 notes, where the serial numbers could be rubbed off the bill. A dealer should be able to tell by the serial number if it’s one of those.
1989 Canadian $10. Depending on the signatures, and if it’s a replacement note, probably $10 to $100.
1984 Canadian dollar. About $10. This is also very close to the value of the silver in it, so if silver goes up, so does the value
2007 ASE. If the coin is a “proof” (mirror like fields, and all the details “frosty), around $40. If it’s the regular uncirculated version, it will be worth about the “spot” price for an ounce of silver. As of today, that would be about $23.50. If there is a small “W” on the back near the word “Fine”, about $40.
1943 cents. They’re actually made out of steel. If they’ve got wear on them, probably $.50 or a buck. If they’re really shiny, they’ve been “replated” and aren’t worth much.
State quarter set. If all the coins are uncirculated, you might get $20 for the set. Otherwise, they’re only going to be worth face value ($12.50)
1903 Indian head. Depending on condition, between $1 and $20
1889 O Morgan. If it’s got much wear on it (not “much wear for how old it is”), it’s going to be worth bullion, or about $18 right now. Absolutely no wear, figure $50 and up, depending on exactly how nice it is. If there is just a little wear, maybe $25-$30
2006 Year of the Dog. Part of the Australian “Lunar” series. I’m assuming it’s the silver, and not the gold version. The weight of the coin is on the back. Multiply the weight in ounces by the silver price to get the value.
Ken asks…
What kind of coin is this?
soory the pic is bad but its silver with scallped edges and on one side it has wheat and on the other there is a big 1. my friend found a tin of them in a hidden cave type thing. it looks as if people hid there a long time ago but i have on othe the 12 or so coins he found. Does anyone know where this is from or if its worth anything> i cant read the writing it foreign or something.
found it it is an israelic coin from 1960’s called an agora 1 coin
financi4 answers:
I think it is an Israelite coin from 1960’s called an agora 1 coin.
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