Variety of coins ...worthless?

wearyexplorer

I was helping my aunt clear out her house and we found a variety of coins. As ever we probably fall into the trap of “Oh, it’s 150 years old, it must be worth a fortune!” I wish, but was curious all the same if there was any promise in them.

Most are not in great or even good condition, ranging from British/Indian, Brazilian and Belgian to French, Russian, Swedish and South African. I uploaded pics to Photo Bucket if you want to take a gander.

I’m assuming fairly worthless but you never know! Some of you might like a challenge in deciphering the hard-to-read ones. I did a bit of Googling and saw the Indian and Italian ones might be worth a few euro for instance (though that was for fairly mint versions). Equally sites like Coin Quest put a few dollars value on mint versions of several of them. I guess overall I’m looking for a steer on whether these are junk value (but good of course for starting a collection!)

Full album here (individual links below): http://s1152.photobucket.com/user/oddjobbond/library/Coins


1(a) and 1(b): One quarter Anna India 1918 George V King Emperor / 5 Koneek 1930 CCCP (Russian)
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/1a_zpsl3muqnnp.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/1b_zpscbacrhl3.jpg


2(a) and 2(b): Republicque Francaise 1915 (poor condition on one side so can’t make it out) / Petrus HDGCIMP 1875 40 RS (Brazilian)
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/2a_zps0j06fgx1.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/2b_zpsj4mbqx9v.jpg


3(a) and 3(b): 1 French (1856, mentions Napoleon III Empereur) and 2 Italian coins (both latter appear to be 10 Centesimi coins and mention Vittorio Emanuelle II on them, can’t make out dates of issue).
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/3a_zpsjsjcy8of.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/3b_zps7lm2reuu.jpg


4(a) and 4(b): Two coins in a terrible state so likely worthless. One has “Britannia..” something on it and what appears to be a seated monarch. I can read 1896 as the date. The other mentions Hibernia, but can’t read date. It appears to have a harp faintly visible.
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/4a_zpszeahoioc.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/4b_zpsrgb30lay.jpg


6(a) and 6(b): Four versions of German coin 1 Pfennig, incl. 1971, 75, 77 and 79.
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/6a_zpsqhypbydl.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/6b_zpspjqvlu6o.jpg


7(a) and 7(b): 25 Ore 1901 Svergies Val (Swedish) and 1 FR Belgie 1953 (Belgian Franc)
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/7a_zpsc7iuwdch.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/7b_zpsi45xjm4z.jpg


8: Ancient looking coin mentioning Victoria and Queen’s face on it
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/8_zpscnb6jkqk.jpg


9 (just one side): Two Annas India 1862
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/9a_zpsgtpsbxw3.jpg


10(a) and 10(b): Georgivs V Rex Imperator South Africa 1929 6 pence (Zuid Afrika)
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/oddjobbond/Coins/10b_zpsea5bf4rv.jpg

Blade

Look like a load of old junk coins to me I'm afraid. But if you really want to be sure, you could check out the dates individually on ebay in case one of them is a scarce date, but TBH I doubt it considering the type of collection that it is. They look like a random collection of common and very worn coins. Condition is everything, if they quote a couple of Euro for one in mint, then yours is practically worthless.

wearyexplorer

Thanks for the replies. I sort of regret now the time taken to put up photos, but worth a punt (or not, as the case may be!)