A friend told me about his coin collection from his father the other day, nothing special.. essentially a jar where his family threw foreign coins and shit over the years.
I was told I can keep anything I like as long as it's not super expensive. As expected, it was mostly junk but I did score a tiny silver coin after digging the pile fr half an hour or so. It's so beaten it can be barely recognized:
10 cents from Netherlands minted in 1913. Poor little fella, so badly mistreated, the engravings are barely readable 😭
Here's how it looked in it's prime in case you wonder:
The front has a portrait of Wilhelmina and reads "WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN" for "Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands"
Wilhelmina (31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw World War I, the Dutch economic crisis of 1933 and World War II. source
The other side is pretty minimalistic, featuring a wreath, minting date and the denomination.
Silverwise, its nothing spectacular either. It weights only 1.4 g, of 0.640, so just 0.9 grams of silver. A bit less actually, thanks to all the damage it has sustained over the years 🤣
Oh well... It was a free score so who cares 😂🥰
In other news, I finally dragged my ass to the post office today to ship my secret Santa package. Hopefully the receiver will enjoy his present 💝🎁
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Those more the Coin is worn the more proof it served its traders. Thanks again, @trumpman.
Half an hour and only one coin that interests you? I guess it was full of spare change.
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Maybe there were other gems too, but I only looked which one were made out of silver! That was the one and only:(
if it's not a silver penis then I'm very disappointed :P
1923? Damn, no wonder it was extremely unreadable. But it's aged well for it's age
Made a typo. It's actually 1913 😂
That's even way older than than I thought haha
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Poor Coin - Can't even recognize those Two Coins are Same.
this silver coin could turn into dust but well Now it belongs to the right Person.
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Your friend and his father coins collection is very amazing. These coins looks very beautiful and unique. This coin is almost 70 year old.
The coin are still nice. A bit old but collectible !
There's always a gem inside a pile of junk (at least in most cases!). Hope the receiver will treasure this more-than-a-century-old gem :)
But it was free at least…
This just shows that this coin had been voluntarily changed hands innumerable times. Makes me wonder what it purchased in it's time.
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I agree still a cool find can't beat free
Proof that a gram of silver lasts longer than a gram of weed..
It really shows it is old but still very nice to have.
This is really an old coin but still very nice to see it existence.
"Shitty silver" ,,,,, oh finally you show us some of the coins you hide in your rectum like the guy who hides his watch in his ass in Pulp Fiction
That first one looks like queen Elizabeth memorial coin
The coin looks very old
might be shitty but anything free is good isnt? another one for the collection!