Expensive coins?or not?

rna_duelers · Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:55 am

Maybe a gram of gas?Yeh not much i would think. Does anyone thats an Australian no where i can get a good value were they wont say ohh it worthe $300 but really worthe like $3000???It would be a great help and all i seem to find on the net is BUY BUY BUY COINS! and sh!t like that which si really annoying.

Mihlrad · Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:22 pm

try searching like, coin appraisals.

Bluesnote · Tue May 08, 2007 6:32 pm

)DEMON( wrote:These are the best of my collection.The big gold one with the traveller on it is my favourite. The coin with the hidden compartment on it is old,it says,'Napoleon III Empereur 1855' on the one side and ,'Empire Francais Dix Centimes' on the other side.

Turns out I have a Napoleon III Secret Compartment Coin as well. Great fun. Was trying to find out how much it's worth. Not much luck yet, but check out

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/NAPOLEON-coin-SE ... 0097338821

That might help.

ammosmoke · Tue May 08, 2007 6:42 pm

I have a couple steel pennies from 1945, and one from 1919, what do you think those are worth?

)DEMON( · Wed May 09, 2007 9:45 am

Thanks for the link, that helped. See you have an offer already, I will see if I can sell mine too. You selling yours for 195 pounds?

Recruit · Wed May 09, 2007 10:20 am

In that secret compartment they would hide information on microfilm. So literaly you could have a 100 page book in that coin on microfilm.

Bluesnote · Thu May 10, 2007 4:41 pm

)DEMON( wrote:Thanks for the link, that helped. See you have an offer already, I will see if I can sell mine too. You selling yours for 195 pounds?

It's not actually my listing - was trying to find out how much they go for. I've contacted the seller to try and find out what the offer was, but no response as yet.

Bluesnote

Bluesnote · Thu May 10, 2007 4:48 pm

Recruit wrote:In that secret compartment they would hide information on microfilm. So literaly you could have a 100 page book in that coin on microfilm.

Is that true? I'm surprised that they had microfilm in 1854. But having checked, it was invented in 1853 by John Dancer, a British optician. It just seems odd to think of spies using microfilm in the time of Napoleon. Of course, it needn't have necessarily been created in 1854, just because it's written on the coin. After all, the coin contains trickery! I had presumed it would store tiny messages on paper, or perhaps would be used for a picture of a loved one (locket stylee). But then I suppose that wouldn't have to be disguised as a coin.

Anyone know any more? I'm finding this item more and more intriguing!

Bluesnote