matmit Elite Member Forum Supporter Joined Jul 6, 2010 Messages 13,155 Location Mount Pleasant WI Aug 17, 2019 #1 I found this nickel size coin last week and need some help with the ID. I think I see an 8 and a 9 so let's call it 1890's Attachments Foreign rev.jpg 53.4 KB · Views: 468 Foreign obv.jpg 51.3 KB · Views: 361 Foreign 89.jpg 51.6 KB · Views: 356
I found this nickel size coin last week and need some help with the ID. I think I see an 8 and a 9 so let's call it 1890's
L Lee1968 Elite Member Joined Feb 14, 2019 Messages 1,144 Location Worden, IL Aug 17, 2019 #2 it is a 2 heller Austrian coin.
matmit Elite Member Forum Supporter Joined Jul 6, 2010 Messages 13,155 Location Mount Pleasant WI Aug 17, 2019 #3 Lee1968 said: it is a 2 heller Austrian coin. Click to expand... Thanks for your help!
jimther Elite Member Joined Apr 9, 2015 Messages 2,593 Location Eastern Massachusetts Aug 20, 2019 #4 This is just one of the sites with a photo of an Austrian 2 Heller https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2082.html With your addition of the "89" to your photo, that would make yours an 189x This design was made from 1892 to 1915 (Source: Krause's Standard Catalog of World Coins - mine is a 1981 edition) Jim Last edited: Aug 20, 2019
This is just one of the sites with a photo of an Austrian 2 Heller https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2082.html With your addition of the "89" to your photo, that would make yours an 189x This design was made from 1892 to 1915 (Source: Krause's Standard Catalog of World Coins - mine is a 1981 edition) Jim
sandgroper Elite Member Joined May 18, 2016 Messages 4,233 Location Western Australia Aug 21, 2019 #5 Yep Austrian heller, dug one last month, but to be fair I was in Austria Nice find!
Princess Elite Member Joined Apr 9, 2017 Messages 2,774 Aug 27, 2019 #6 Cool find, Matt! I think this is the first I've heard of the Austrian Heller. Congrats on your neat recovery!
Cool find, Matt! I think this is the first I've heard of the Austrian Heller. Congrats on your neat recovery!
Mike (CA) Forum Supporter Joined Feb 5, 2019 Messages 520 Location N. CA Aug 27, 2019 #7 Cool foreign find! I've never heard of this coin either. Pretty sweet