1978 Finland 20 Pennia

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Here is some more of that old money that is no longer legal tender. I do feel kind of lucky to get coins at time when they were so diverse. My coin vaults are loaded with demonetized coins that have, for the most part, stopped circulating.

SUOMEN TASAVALTA (THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND) K (Timo Koivuranta Mint) 1978

20 PENNIÄ (20 PENCE or CENTS)

Love that tree design. Looks like something out of a children's book.

Finland switched to the Euro in 2002. Ten years have passed since the old coins were last legal but they have not become rare or valuable. Demonetizing money does raise the value a little but rarely enough to turn a profit. Oh and I am speaking of collectors value since exchange rates drops like rock or remains frozen by law.

Here's the stats...
Type / Country: 20 Penniä / Finland
Year: 1978
Mintage: 10,014,000
Metal: Aluminum-Bronze
Value: $0.020 in Very Fine

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1981 Canada Cent

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Sure I enjoy getting this Canadian coin in my change but the $6.49 I had to pay for a mediocre box of frozen fish was not worth it. Honestly who knew fish was so expensive when other people breaded them for you. At least the quarters and cent I got as change gave me a neat coin.

The other noteworthy thing about this Canadian cent  is that is was a short run for this type. They reduced the weight for two years and then reduced it again. Copper tends to get expensive fast.

Canada Cent Weights:

• 1867-1919 = 5.67 grams, Bronze 95% Copper
• 1919-1920 = 5.67 grams, Bronze 95.5% Copper
• 1920-1979 = 3.24 grams, Bronze 98% Copper
• 1980-1981 = 2.80 grams, Bronze 98% Copper
• 1982-1996 = 2.50 grams, Bronze 98% Copper
• 1997-Present = 2.25 grams, Copper-Plated Zinc (Unknown% Copper likely 4.5%)
• 1999-Present = 2.35 grams, Copper-Plated Steel 4.5% Copper

Take note U.S. Mint you can change composition and still having a working coin.

Here's the stats...
Type / Country: 1 Cent / Canada
Year: 1981
Mintage: 1,209,468,500
Metal: 98% Copper, 1.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin
Value: $0.03 in G-4

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1969 Fiji Islands 10 Cents

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One of two Republic of Fiji coins I have as I finally reach the F countries in my coin vault. Fiji was recently in the news when they discovered a new species of flower, I expect to see a coin honoring that soon. Aside from being an island paradise for tourist I know little about Fiji. Oh I love FIJI Water it taste very silicony.

The reverse is a throwing club known as an ula tava tava. Besides that the coin is pretty sparse on design. I enjoy the use of lower case lettering for the word cents. Full lower case words are hardly seen on coins.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Cents / Fiji Islands
Year: 1969
Mintage: 3,500,000
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: $0.20 in Very-Fine

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1973 Canadian Nickel

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First Canadian find of 2012. Found in change after buying coffee at the cafeteria, although workplace coffee should be free in my humble opinion. Again not at all shocked that my first non-U.S. find is from Canada. Also kind of sad because my friends drove up to Montreal for Mardi Gras and I could not go.

 

There is currently about nine cents worth of nickel in this coin. So despite the grade it is hovering at the ten cents mark and I see no sign it will go down. This is apparently true all over the coin world with metal prices outpacing normal value even outpacing rare coins.

Spring seems to be arriving early this year and with that I hope to see an upswing in travel and more diverse change finds.

Here's the stats for the coin pictured...
Type/Country: 5 Cents / Canada
Year: 1973
Mintage: 53,507,435
Metal: 100% Nickel
Value: $0.10 in Extra-Fine

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1971 Equatorial African States Franc

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Four Equatorial African States coins I have are all the same. Not that there many to choose from this temporary country only nine types of coins issued from 1961-1973.

Obverse: ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE
BANQUE CENTRALE G.B.L. BAZOR
1971
CAMEROUN
Reverse: 1 FRANC

Currently this is region is the Central African States but many countries did splinter off into independence.  I must say for an aluminum coin it stayed in great shape these past 41 years. The design of the three giant eland is used on other regional coins and can get confusing when trying to identify them.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Franc / Equatorial African States
Year: 1971
Mintage: 3,000,000
Metal: Aluminum
Value: $0.65 in Very-Fine

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1991 El Salvador Colon

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No new finds. No coin experiments. Nothing news worthy. So back to the vault, we were still in the E countries. Yes, El Salvador is up now and that means The Salvador in English.

REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR (REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR) 1991 CRISTOBAL COLON (CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS)

1 COLON

One interesting thing about this coin is that the previous 1 colon was stainless steel then for one year it was copper-nickel clad steel. I assume they saw copper getting expensive and then went to nickel clad steel. As America contemplates changing coin composition steel is a great option since steel is still produced in country. Plus you can coat steel with current coin metals and still make them work in vending machines.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Colon / El Salvador
Year: 1991
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Copper-Nickel Clad Steel
Value: $0.20 in Fine

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