Question by IROK: Foreign and old coins?
I collect foreign and some old coins. Some of them come from random friends and people, so some of them i'm finding hard placing the origin of. If you know the origin country of any of the following 4 coins, please tell
- i have one coin, relatively large, round, year 1922, says one florin. has a picture of coats of arms, including three lions in a column, making me thinks it's a British thing. on the back, has profile of a man, and around the edge reads : " GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT. OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP: " the IND makes me think the coin may have been used in India as part of the British Empire?
- the second coin is also quite large, round says 50 FORINT on the front and in smaller writing B.P on the bottom. the reverse side has a picture of an eagle on a tree stump and reads around the edge: " MAGYAR KOSTARSASAG " year 1997. i also have the same in 1 and 2 Forint.
- the third coin puzzles me. it's quite small, round, 50 senti, reads around the edge: " EESTI VABARIK " year 1992, the back has a picture of the three lions as in the first coin (i do not believe the two are related) the lions on both coins however are identical to those used on the new design of coins in England.
- for the last example, i'll use two coins. they are of same origin, one is 2 Fr. the second smaller, 20, but does not state the currency. have vines/plants round the edge of the face, years 1978 for the larger coin, 2008 for the second. The Fr made me think Francs, but i have Francs and they dont look like that. plus, they would no longer be used in 2008. the back of the larger one shows a woman with a spear and a coat of arms with a cross on it, the cross is the Red Cross or Switzerland flag kind, not the Christian kind. has stars around the edge around the woman. underneath her it reads Helvetia
the smaller coin has a woman's face (presumably the same woman as on the larger 2 Fr. coin) and reads " CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA" around the edge.
please dont reply telling me to google it or giving vague links to a site but not specific.
i'd greatly appreciate your help on any of the coins.
Best answer:
Answer by cmsturrock
1.The first one is easy: it's an English florin. The florin was worth two shillings (old money, of course). Yours has the name of George V, who was King of England in 1922
2. Don't know so much about the second, but "Magyar" means it's Hungarian.
3. Estonia
4. Switzerland (the Swiss have their own Franc, so you were right, Fr is short for Franc. Just not the French ones.)
Hope this helps. Sorry I don't really know a lot about coins, but this may give you some leads for further research.
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