Real or fake?

[gavinfry]

Hi fellow stackers I've only been collecting for the last six months and buy most things fron charity shops and car boot sales picked these up for £3.50 at the weekend but haven't got a clue if any are real any help would be appreciated many tanks

[whitesands1]

18 minutes ago, gavinfry said:

Hi fellow stackers I've only been collecting for the last six months and buy most things fron charity shops and car boot sales picked these up for £3.50 at the weekend but haven't got a clue if any are real any help would be appreciated many tanks

Try a magnet on these ones..... keep your fingers out of the way.  Hope this helps.

[gavinfry]

Thanks already done but none are magnetic

[Coincollector]

weigh them, I think you will find they come up light.

[MickB]

You're lucky to pick silver coins up in charity shops as in my area they won't sell them. Think they get offered to a coin dealer first in case there's a rare one donated that's worth a few quid!

[gavinfry]

thanks for the replys guys i think i a am the only person in my area who picks up bags of mixed coins in my area found a 1902 gold soverign in one bag that cost me £5.00 also find silver spoons thimbles and jewellery very often. plus alot af very old coins

[Pete]

You need to get the World Coins Catalogue by Krause to check your miscellaneous coins.
Look out for an out-of-date copy ( that will be cheap ) since all your coins will be older than the copy publication date.
Terrific news on finding a gold sovereign - that's worth about £230.

[gavinfry]

think i wil send this lot into the melting pot see if i get any silver back

[Peacemaker]

i like the 1870 5 pesetas, really nice

[CarlosSilver]

2 hours ago, DaveWheat89 said:

i like the 1870 5 pesetas, really nice

Agreed. The one Boliviano is very nice too.

[gavinfry]

Hi guys thanks for replying the 5 peseta coin has got excellent star marks the date is very clear I was going to melt it down but think I'll keep it in my collection I will post some of my other finds soon.

[CarlosSilver]

@gavinfry if you haven't melted that Boliviano down and want rid of it, drop me a message with your price please.

[gavinfry]

Hi Carlos thanks for the interest but I don't think I can sell or trade on here because I'm not a premium member