Italy KM#98 500 Lire SILVER or not?

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Mitroipa
Joined: 4 Jul 2013
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Posted: 17 Mar 2014, 16:49 #
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I buy these coins like for nothing and I don't know if there are silver or not. It seems to be, but I need a raliable opinion

Link for all the photos:



http://s845.photobucket.com/user/Mitroipa/library/?view=recent&page=1

Thanks,
Andrei
Kind regards,
Andrei
Andrey
Joined: 16 Jul 2012
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Posted: 17 Mar 2014, 18:00 #
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If weight, size and thickness correspond to this one, then 500 Lire is silver.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2716.html
The other coin looks like a tourist copy.
I collect coins and tokens which circulated in Africa from 18th century to 2000. I sell about 7000 illustrated world coins from http://www.avscoins.com.
Mitroipa
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Posted: 17 Mar 2014, 20:16 #
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Tourist reply of what?

I don''t know anything about it.
 
Because I made a topic about it but I didn't get any opinions till now.
Kind regards,
Andrei
kommodore
Joined: 5 Nov 2009
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Posted: 17 Mar 2014, 20:36 #
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The Italian coins are silver and real.
The other coin is a fantasy (I guess).
Andrey
Joined: 16 Jul 2012
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Posted: 18 Mar 2014, 07:57 #
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Even being silver, the Italian coins are very common and in this condition are hardly worth much more than silver value (about $6.25 today). The souvenir is probably not silver and is maybe $1 worth. So if you didn't pay more, then you did fine. Reselling them at a profit might be problematic, if the purchase price was not below bullion value.
I collect coins and tokens which circulated in Africa from 18th century to 2000. I sell about 7000 illustrated world coins from http://www.avscoins.com.
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