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Money my son sent home from Afghanistan

Duce1Duce1 Member Posts: 9,329
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
My son knew I always collected old money, wheat heads, Buffalo's and so on. He sent some Afghan made jewelry home to my wife and Daughter and Grand Daughter. But the Icing on the cake is the old money he collected for face value over there

1. Is a 1873 silver trade dollar coin.

2. One troy once silver trade unit. (no Date)

3. One Liberty Mercury head one ounce fine silver coin (no date)

4. One 1799 coin. Looks and is the same size as all the silver dollar ones but has no denomination value on it.

5. One 1856 silver dollar.

6. One 1925 Liberty silver dollar.

7. One Afghan coin about the size of a American quarter. Looks like new manufacture.

8. A whole bunch of 10000, 50000, 1000, and 500 Afghans. SO I know its Afghan money but have no idea of value of any of this. But since it came from him it looks like a life long keeper to me.
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  • joker5656joker5656 Member Posts: 5,598 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • kristovkristov Member Posts: 6,633
    edited November -1
    Afgan currency dated prior to 2003 is no longer valid and was to be exchanged for their new currency at a rate of 1000 old to 1 new, but this excahnge was later altered to 2000 to 1. With the current exchange rate of about 45 new notes to the US Dollar, an old 50,000 note would be worth (50,000/2000/45) about fifty five cents, if it could still be exchanged. Lots of these countries do a thriving business selling obsolete and worthless old banknotes to tourists.
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  • Duce1Duce1 Member Posts: 9,329
    edited November -1
    wow! I just checked the exchange rate on the Afghanistan money or the Afghanis he sent home. There is $277.78 in American money .

    Just going by the value of silver not the collectors value of the silver dollars there is about $110.00 worth of silver.


    Hum! where has his fingers been??????????????????????????????????????


    This is new money.
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  • slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
    edited November -1
    Almost 100% chance that ALL of the american coins are counterfeit. The 2 dollar coins you mentioned - trade dollars and flowing hair dollars, are the most counterfeited coinage there is.

    Post pics if you can!
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  • Duce1Duce1 Member Posts: 9,329
    edited November -1
    Well my old camera took a crap. So Wednesday I am going to go shopping with my wife and I will get a new one then and post pics of this stuff. I am pretty sure the coins are not counterfeit. They show the age and patina that goes along with time.
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  • slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Duce1
    Well my old camera took a crap. So Wednesday I am going to go shopping with my wife and I will get a new one then and post pics of this stuff. I am pretty sure the coins are not counterfeit. They show the age and patina that goes along with time.


    Please post pics when you get them. Many of these were counterfeited back in the 1800's and early 1900's. So the patina would be there. Also there are many ways to fake a patina. But with a picture we will quickly tell if they are or not and the value.
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