I don't understand what the letters mean after a year - example 1986 AD?
Which do I choose which my coin is?
Thanks, Lindsey-J
P.S. I'm new to this, but have a lot of coins to add - lol
Letters after a year - example 1986 AD?
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Thank you for replying 
How do I know which one to choose for each coin?
How do I know which one to choose for each coin?
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Is it certain coins for Gibraltar or Isle of Man you refer to?
If so, they are mintmarks. Let me know the coin and year and I will tell you where the marks are, so you can enter them. Welcome to the site.
If so, they are mintmarks. Let me know the coin and year and I will tell you where the marks are, so you can enter them. Welcome to the site.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
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EDIT - I see you have now replied, so I will have a look at my coins and tell you in a minute ...
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
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ty 
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Sometimes, but they are generally readable without. There is an image somewhere (will add it in a minute, from an earlier Topic) that shows the letters from A to H
They are not in the usual style of letters e.g. A is more stylised, so in a way does not look like the A that I typed. Will be clearer when you see the image.
Two links below, plus the image - click on it to make it bigger
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic2495.html
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6168.html
They are not in the usual style of letters e.g. A is more stylised, so in a way does not look like the A that I typed. Will be clearer when you see the image.
Two links below, plus the image - click on it to make it bigger
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic2495.html
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6168.html
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
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OK we figured it out, it could only be AD
TYVM for your help
I'm still not sure if any of my collection are worth much, still trying to understand.
TYVM for your help
I'm still not sure if any of my collection are worth much, still trying to understand.
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Also I've added some coins, and one says something about only in a set? and a few more say Proof?
What do they both mean?
What do they both mean?
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Quote: Lindsey-JAlso I've added some coins, and one says something about only in a set? and a few more say Proof?In a set means not issued for circulation.
What do they both mean?
Proof means high quality - individually (rather than mass) produced.
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wow 
thats cool :D
tyvm again for your help, may I come to you for help again if I need it?
I don't want to be a pain lol
thats cool :D
tyvm again for your help, may I come to you for help again if I need it?
I don't want to be a pain lol
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Yes - if you want to send a Private Message to a member, just click on their name to see their page.
As you are in England, here is a Sets example - the UK twenty pence of 1986 date. If a collector starts from the first coin in 1982 and wants one for each year, and adds them to their collection from pocket change, there will always be a gap for 1986 in there.
The Royal Mint determined that for 1986 there were enough 20p coins around, and none were needed. They still made special sets for collectors though, and needed some (167,000) for those sets. Which is to say there is a slight possibility of getting one in change, but it would only be because someone (or their children - lol) had broken a set up and spent the coins.
As you are in England, here is a Sets example - the UK twenty pence of 1986 date. If a collector starts from the first coin in 1982 and wants one for each year, and adds them to their collection from pocket change, there will always be a gap for 1986 in there.
The Royal Mint determined that for 1986 there were enough 20p coins around, and none were needed. They still made special sets for collectors though, and needed some (167,000) for those sets. Which is to say there is a slight possibility of getting one in change, but it would only be because someone (or their children - lol) had broken a set up and spent the coins.
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oh right, cool 
ty
lol so I'm lucky that someone split there set up lol
got another question...
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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1381.html
not sure which my coin is, normal or proof, as it doesn't state a letter to look for?
tylol so I'm lucky that someone split there set up lol
got another question...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1381.html" rel="nofollow">
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1381.html
not sure which my coin is, normal or proof, as it doesn't state a letter to look for?
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And a very nice coin you got there, keep it safe 
I've learned a lot today, really appreciate it :)
I also have some old foreign coins, like Japanese of some sort. I don't think I'd be able to find them on here, but I did spend hours a few months back trying to find them out, but lost the link for the ONE site that had pictures and info about them...I will get pictures up soon and you can check them out. Unusual that me 16 years ago at least found them in my car park, on a small part of grass that me and a friend were digging...
I've learned a lot today, really appreciate it :)
I also have some old foreign coins, like Japanese of some sort. I don't think I'd be able to find them on here, but I did spend hours a few months back trying to find them out, but lost the link for the ONE site that had pictures and info about them...I will get pictures up soon and you can check them out. Unusual that me 16 years ago at least found them in my car park, on a small part of grass that me and a friend were digging...
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Quote: ZacUKhttps://en.numista.com/forum/topic6717.htmlI hope I find some of them ones.
Also, in India there are not letters for mintmarks, but diamond or dots etcetera. In France there were markings, but not for the mint but the designer; there were owl or dolphin or bee, and were called 'privy' marks.
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That's great!!
Well I'm going to keep adding them 'til I do them all; may take me a little while longer lol
Then I can see what I can exchange & you will be the 1st I come to, to say thanks for your help
I also have about 6 half penny's at my mum's that were hers, all ranging in different years which are a nice collection, but I'm sure they are not valuable lol
Well I'm going to keep adding them 'til I do them all; may take me a little while longer lol
Then I can see what I can exchange & you will be the 1st I come to, to say thanks for your help
I also have about 6 half penny's at my mum's that were hers, all ranging in different years which are a nice collection, but I'm sure they are not valuable lol
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Thanks - not wishing to overwhelm you on your first day, there are also the 'I wish to get this coin' or
'I don't wish to get this coin' options nowadays on here.
If you see a coin that you like, you can mark it so in a future swap it is easier to select those you want, or don't. It will either put a red heart or grey cross on a swap page. To do so, the choices are halfway down a coin page, below 'Manage you collection' - see that link I added 12 minutes ago.
Here is what a swap page looks like - it shows the exchange coins of a member chosen at random ...
Just to the right of those symbols are others - green dot means you do not have that coin at all; grey tick means you have the coin and that particular year; blue exclamation mark means you have the coin but not that particular year.
'I don't wish to get this coin' options nowadays on here.
If you see a coin that you like, you can mark it so in a future swap it is easier to select those you want, or don't. It will either put a red heart or grey cross on a swap page. To do so, the choices are halfway down a coin page, below 'Manage you collection' - see that link I added 12 minutes ago.
Here is what a swap page looks like - it shows the exchange coins of a member chosen at random ...
Just to the right of those symbols are others - green dot means you do not have that coin at all; grey tick means you have the coin and that particular year; blue exclamation mark means you have the coin but not that particular year.
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ty for that
I hope I get the hang of the swapping lol
Sorry for slow reply, on phone asking mum to find her coins out lol
Just wondering...is there any of my coins that interest you?
I hope I get the hang of the swapping lol
Sorry for slow reply, on phone asking mum to find her coins out lol
Just wondering...is there any of my coins that interest you?
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.. and I have this coin
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces20012.html
but 1998....there isn't a 1998 on the site??
Just wondered if you could check for me to see if I have missed it or whether I need to add it to the site
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces20012.html
but 1998....there isn't a 1998 on the site??
Just wondered if you could check for me to see if I have missed it or whether I need to add it to the site
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OK try now I think I've fixed it
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Yes - can see them now
I was going to add something else earlier, but again not wanting to overload you so soon; at the top of these pages you can see 'Numisdoc' ...
https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/
Wherein there is a section on grading, plus a section on finding dates for some non-Western coins. I say that as you mentioned Japanese earlier - there is also Israel, Ethiopia, Persian, Islamic, Thai on there.
I was going to add something else earlier, but again not wanting to overload you so soon; at the top of these pages you can see 'Numisdoc' ...
https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/
Wherein there is a section on grading, plus a section on finding dates for some non-Western coins. I say that as you mentioned Japanese earlier - there is also Israel, Ethiopia, Persian, Islamic, Thai on there.
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Yeah - I checked that out but still not sure if I did it right lol.
I'll change them at a later date once added all of them
I'll change them at a later date once added all of them
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Quote: Lindsey-J.. and I have this coinhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/Jelybaby/COINS/SAM_0913.jpg
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces20012.html
but 1998....there isn't a 1998 on the site??
Just wondered if you could check for me to see if I have missed it or whether I need to add it to the site
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/Jelybaby/COINS/SAM_0914.jpg
that's my coin...
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tyvm
right do you know anything about PTAS?
right do you know anything about PTAS?
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Yes - the Spanish Peseta right?
I know the date on the obverse (head side, usually) is sometimes not the mintage date, but is the design date. The actual mintage date is in a small star on the back/reverse. Was that going to be your question?!
Such as the 1 Peseta KM# 775 where the only dates on the front are 1947 or 1953 or 1963
Then a collector might think that those were the only three years for that coin, but on the back may be a 49 or 60 or 65 (for example) in a star. Not the full date there, just last two numbers. So on the page below, the entry 1963 65 means 1963 on the front and 65 on the back!
Again, assuming that was what you were going to ask.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces785.html
I know the date on the obverse (head side, usually) is sometimes not the mintage date, but is the design date. The actual mintage date is in a small star on the back/reverse. Was that going to be your question?!
Such as the 1 Peseta KM# 775 where the only dates on the front are 1947 or 1953 or 1963
Then a collector might think that those were the only three years for that coin, but on the back may be a 49 or 60 or 65 (for example) in a star. Not the full date there, just last two numbers. So on the page below, the entry 1963 65 means 1963 on the front and 65 on the back!
Again, assuming that was what you were going to ask.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces785.html
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I can't make it out what is on the coins, magnifying glass tomorrow.
Thanks for the help, you know a lot
Thanks for the help, you know a lot
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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces683.html
Is the A side the 1st pic of the coin?
So if I have to flip it to read it, therefore it's the B?
Is the A side the 1st pic of the coin?
So if I have to flip it to read it, therefore it's the B?
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Yes - that's it - on Numista the first of the two images is the obverse. So if that side is uppermost, then if you have to turn the coin over to read the edge lettering, then that is B orientation.
Just hoping they are correct on here; sometimes the 'heads' side does not have a head (like the one you chose) so is not as easy to decide which is which - lol.
They are not rare - either of them - it is random or 50/50 which way the lettering is.
Just hoping they are correct on here; sometimes the 'heads' side does not have a head (like the one you chose) so is not as easy to decide which is which - lol.
They are not rare - either of them - it is random or 50/50 which way the lettering is.
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lol right, I hope they/we are right lol
I'm loving all this, learned so much it's ACE!!!
Hey just wondering where you are from etc
Most people I talk to online end up being from America lol so nice to find a Britttt!!
I'm loving all this, learned so much
it's ACE!!!Hey just wondering where you are from etc
Most people I talk to online end up being from America lol so nice to find a Britttt!!
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Ommmmmgoodness!!
That's a lot of coins lol - puts my collection to shame lol
And yes sunny Sheffield lol and I'm 26 just to throw that in there, nice to meet you
That's a lot of coins lol - puts my collection to shame lol
And yes sunny Sheffield lol and I'm 26 just to throw that in there, nice to meet you
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Quote: Lindsey-Jshame its not rare that would of made my day lolYou never know when a rarity will turn up though. Last year I bought a general bag of coins from somewhere, and used Numista to check all of them, and found one that was not on here. Luckily I was observant though, and when I quickly looked at the back I saw it was from the country you mentioned earlier; Spain. Made to commemorate the Espana '82 football tounament - I guess the same football one as that which is on currently. In the little star I mentioned earlier is 80 so I saw from on here that it was KM# 817 as link below. BUT that page said on the front should be the date 1980 - whereas mine had 1975 on it!! The second link shows my Topic and the Replies and pictures (middle picture in the row of three shows the 80 star down the bottom). Oh, and I am more than twice your age.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces946.html
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic2097.html
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WoW!!
That is cool!!
Where did you get a bag of coins lol
I've not seen any anywhere lol - I will do in the future though
That is cool!!
Where did you get a bag of coins lol
I've not seen any anywhere lol - I will do in the future though
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The edge lettering is indeed random - there are some Topics about it on here somewhere. The other day I got a coin that shows it; admittedly it is bi-metal, so for that the first process is joining the disc and ring togther. After that it is the same for other coins, which have edge lettering ...
Though my coin only got as far as the lettering - it has no milling and no obverse/reverse on it!
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11771.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11772.html
Which also shows how to add images to a Reply - lol.
It could have been either of those in the two links, I guess. Once the lettering is on, it is thrown into a holding bin, to later on get the other processes done, so like I said it is random which way up evetually the obverse and reverse are struck.
- 1 The lettering around the edge is put on
- 2 If there is milling/reeding as well, that is next
- 3 Finally the obverse and reverse are stamped, at the same time
Though my coin only got as far as the lettering - it has no milling and no obverse/reverse on it!
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11771.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11772.html
Which also shows how to add images to a Reply - lol.
It could have been either of those in the two links, I guess. Once the lettering is on, it is thrown into a holding bin, to later on get the other processes done, so like I said it is random which way up evetually the obverse and reverse are struck.
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Quote: Lindsey-Jhow can you tell if a coin was proof but has been in circulation and looks used?When a coin comes to you, usually the previous owner would have known it was proof and tried to keep it that way. So you can normally still tell i.e. it is kept in a holder of some sort, or is like in my picture. Even shiny new coins do not really look like proof; once you get a proof they are memorable.
does it matter if it is proof but looks like a normal one?
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lol well I'm gonna take more care and look out for more
Can you tell me if this coin is very rare and valuable?
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15448.html
Can you tell me if this coin is very rare and valuable?
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15448.html
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So does that mean it's not worth much? lol 
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http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/World-Coin-Price-Guide.aspx
That is the start page, where you fill in Country, Region, Denomination - the other parts if you know them; like I typed 42 in Catalog Number (as your link says it is KM# 42).
http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/WorldCoinPrices.aspx?category=35134&worldcoinid=101650
I am rubbish at grading coins, but yours looks pretty good, so between XF40 and MS60 on that page above. Also I see it was 'Struck at Birmingham, England' and presumably in one of those places I mentioned before.
That is the start page, where you fill in Country, Region, Denomination - the other parts if you know them; like I typed 42 in Catalog Number (as your link says it is KM# 42).
http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/WorldCoinPrices.aspx?category=35134&worldcoinid=101650
I am rubbish at grading coins, but yours looks pretty good, so between XF40 and MS60 on that page above. Also I see it was 'Struck at Birmingham, England' and presumably in one of those places I mentioned before.
Quote: Lindsey-Jso does that mean its not worth much? lolI think the lower the number the less likely it is to be rare. Shame that page does not give a mintage.
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Maybe - it is in good condition, I think. I don't collect those, but you might. Which reminds me - there is a Topic 'Snap of your Dashboard' where you can post a picture of your world map on here, and see how far, or little, you have to go in getting all countries coloured in. So it would help towards that at least!
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic3028.html
The 'Dashboard' is on the left here, in 'Your account' section. Good luck trying to get a Greenland coin - haha. Only kidding.
Anyway - that will do from me for tonight. This has been a good Topic, and would be useful for new members to read, as it has a lot of good questions asked, all in one place. Thanks - and on a personal note it has made my Forum Posts shoot up even closer to the magical 1,000 total; only 18 to go now.
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic3028.html
The 'Dashboard' is on the left here, in 'Your account' section. Good luck trying to get a Greenland coin - haha. Only kidding.
Anyway - that will do from me for tonight. This has been a good Topic, and would be useful for new members to read, as it has a lot of good questions asked, all in one place. Thanks - and on a personal note it has made my Forum Posts shoot up even closer to the magical 1,000 total; only 18 to go now.
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Well ty very very much. Sleep well & chat tomorrow maybe
You've been great /! 
bye friend
- and yes I hope any newbies read this and it helps
I'll help you get the 18 more replies tomorrow lol
You've been great
/! bye friend- and yes I hope any newbies read this and it helps
I'll help you get the 18 more replies tomorrow lol
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I am only here for a minute, then off out for a few hours. Thought I would add a picture of the last two entries above - to show the numbers of Posts (before they change). Not only for my 982 but also for your 38 so far; all in your first day! Must be a record on here; and all in one Topic too.
Another reason for the screen picture is to ask do you have a picture (avatar) to put below your name - if you'd like one there? Here is the Topic which I show further down it (7 Feb) how it is done ...
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic5800.html
Another reason for the screen picture is to ask do you have a picture (avatar) to put below your name - if you'd like one there? Here is the Topic which I show further down it (7 Feb) how it is done ...
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic5800.html
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Catalogue referee for British, English and Scottish coins.
Le référent pour des pièces britannique, anglais et écossais.
Le référent pour des pièces britannique, anglais et écossais.
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Quote: juliandelag... there are some letters appearing after the year ...Here for example is a 1950 D coin - the date is one side and D mintmark on the other (at the top) ...
Some countries (like Germany, India, Russia, U.S.A. etc.) are so big that one mint cannot handle producing coins for the country in just one place, so there are several mints, each with its own letter or symbol. So on mine the D means it was minted at Munich. Welcome to the site.
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