Question about worth of coins?

Question

I have a few coins and i would like to know the worth of them...

They are...

25 PTAS 1957

50 Centimos 1983

V nickel 1907

Anything will help... any links or tips? Thank you sooooooo much!!

Answer 1

The 25 PTAS coin is a Spanish 25 Pesetas coin.  These are generally worth just a few cents in bulk lots of world coins, except that a few variations/dates are worth far more.

The key thing to know is that these "1957" coins were actually minted in 1958 through 1975.  There is a small star to the left of the eagle, on reverse, containing the last two digits of the year in which the coin was actually minted.  You might need magnification and/or bright light to read those digits.

The scarcer and more valuable dates are:

* 1961 ("61"), worth perhaps $1-4 in average circulated condition.

* 1971 ("71"), worth perhaps 25 cents to $1 in average circulated condition.

* The variant that has the letters "BA" (for Barcelona) replacing the star, worth perhaps $3-10 in average circulated condition.

Those are my approximations from catalog prices, and the actual prices you might receive might be less.  It mainly depends on finding a buyer who actually collects these dates/variants, either a dealer in foreign coins who has customers who buy modern Spanish coins, or eBay, which has a worldwide audience.

The value of the 1907 V nickel in average circulated condition is perhaps 30 to 60 cents.  Sharper coins in which the full word LIBERTY appears in Ms. Liberty's headband/tiara and details appear in her hair are worth considerably more.

The 50 Centimos coin's value depends on which country it comes from; that denomination is used by several.  (My hunch is that most 1983 lower-denomination coins, regardless of country, are worth just a few cents each in bulk lots.)