SilverFingers Coin Collection (from the big box of fun)

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Should of put my original coin topic in here but didn't notice it at the time, these are the coins I decided to keep out of that large collection in an old tin I bought, the coins look better in the hand than they do in these pics.

I just wanted to keep any really nice condition pre 1945 coins especially wartime dated ones.

France

1861 5 Centimes 

 

 

 

Another 5 Centimes this time a much smaller 1937 dated one

 

 

 

Here we have a 50 Centimes 1931 dated and a 2 Francs 1938 dated

 

 

And finally of the French coins two Vichy French coins, these are made from what looks to be aluminium, from what I have read they were made out of this due to a shortage of metals as the Third Reich had stripped many occupied countrys of 'war' metals and these could be made from crashed aircraft etc.

 

50 Centimes 1943 dated and 1 Franc 1943 dated

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Here's some more keepers, these definitely look better in the hand than in the photos.

This is the British & Commonwealth coins

 

 

A 1941 dated British 1/2p

 

 

A pair of South African coins, a 1942 dated 1/2p  and a 1941 dated 1p

 

 

 

 

And finally a Canadian 1941 dated 1 Cent

 

 

More tommorow

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And this is the last of the coins I decided to keep.

 

Was really happy when I found this wartime dated coin and even happier when it turned out to be one of the rarer .350 silver ones they made, these are easy to spot by the P above the Whitehouse.

USA  1942 dated 5 Cents .350 silver

 

 

 

A nice little wartime Swiss 1943 dated 5 Cents

 

 

 

 

I love the design on the WW1 and WW2 era Italian coins, this one a 1940 dated 20 Centismo

 

 

 

 

And finally possibly the best condition of the lot, what I think is an Egyptian 1938 dated 1 Millieme with King Farouk, the toning is a lovely blue colour.

 

 

And that's all the coins I decided to keep.