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coins??????

i have some coins and they have papers but the face value is 20.00 in libreia what would a pawn shop give me they are .999 silver would i get something out of them because i need cash fast so where would be the place to do it

NOT a pawnshop, based on patterns in america, you'd prolly get $3.50 for them. pawnshops are good for buying, but not for selling

go on ebay or sell them at a garage sale

2006-11-13 11:42:02 by redhotgermangrl | Posted in Personal Finance

What are the coins and banknotes with unusual denominations?

Some coins and banknotes have unusual denominations. For example, there are coins of 4 doubles and 8 doubles in Guernesey, coins of 4 taris in Sicilia, 6 roubles, 15 kopecks, there are banknotes of 3 roubles. These values (4, 6, 8 and 15) are not common for coins and 3 is not common for a banknote. Do you know other coins and notes with odd denominations?

As BD in NM wrote the U.S. has had some strange denominations. He did not mention the 2 1/2, 3 and 4 dollar gold coins. One thing about other countries what may seem an odd figure to us is not to the people living there. Back in the days of state sanctioned banks, the ones before the Civil war, $3, $4 and $7 bills were not uncommon. The big thing today is coins from countries that don't exist. They are selling coins from Atlantis and the like. There is even paper money from the Antarctic. See if a library near you has the Krause/Mishler Standard Catalogs of world coins. The 1601-1700, 1701-1800 and the 1801-1900 volumes are a great place to find the odd denominations. They used to take the Spanish colonial coins and divide them up in to 8 parts and each part was worth 12 1/2 cents American. That is also how the coin became known as a pieces of 8. Coinage is an interesting thing to study for you can learn a lot about a country and what happened at certain times. The U.S. 3 cent piece showed up, because sending a letter went up to 3 cents. Most odd denomination money was made for a reason, some practical and many not.

2007-08-28 15:19:48 by Utilisateur1969 | Posted in Hobbies & Crafts

How do I clean coins that were soaked in water and got crusty?

A fast-food cup leaked in my car, and the soda dried on the coins. I then put them in a cup of water to try to get the soda to dissolve, which it did for the most part. Now they're all... oxidized? I don't know if that's the right word. Anyway, I was hoping there was a simple answer that didn't involve expensive polish for collecter coins. These are just normal pocket change coins. Thanks!

I don't think I am ever drinking Coke again!!

2007-09-14 18:53:15 by Geoff | Posted in Cleaning & Laundry

When buying coins directly from the US Mint, is it the luck of draw to get high quality coins?

Is there a strategy to getting higher quality coins from the mint?

It's like anything else, it's just a matter of luck. While large coin dealers do buy in large quantities and usually first strike sets, they tend to get the better ones. But just because they are the first ones minted doesn't really mean anything as the mint changes to new dies often.

I have bought bags of coins from the mint and can go through 250 coins and find only one or two that would grade at a 69 or 70. so one never knows.

2007-12-04 06:35:48 by Colton | Posted in Hobbies & Crafts

How does a vending machine distinguish between coins so quickly?

What kind of method do machines that take coins to tell which coin it's getting? And what does it have that prevents people from using 2 x 5 cent coins stuck together as a trick for a $2 coin (australian currency) - Or.. How can it tell?

There is a little man inside that checks them. To David.....are you really that hard up for points that you don't feel the need to actually answer the questions?

2008-02-05 06:29:21 by Adam B | Posted in Other - Electronics

Is it ok to change the coins into dollar bills in any banks for free?

I'm curious about if any bank can accept to change coins into dollar bills for free. I made $42 in cents and want to change my coins into dollar bills for free. I already did filled all my coins into the coin wrapper or tubes. I don't want to put all my coins into the coins changer green machine in any grocery stores because I have to pay to the cashier register after I got my own receipt from the green machine to get the money. I want to go to Chase Bank, but do Chase can accept to coins into dollar bills for free? Any ideas? If not, tell me any banks can accept to change the coins into dollar bills for free?

Most banks will for free if you have an account there.

2007-06-07 20:26:10 by Nicholas A | Posted in Other - Business & Finance

What is the probability that 10 coins selected randomly from 100 coins add up to $1?

Assume the 100 coins consist randomly of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Each coin has an equal probability of being selected.
Just as a side note, I got the idea for this question at toll booth. So I suppose this does have some type of real-world application.

There are several ways to make $1 out of 10 coins:
A
quaters: 3
dimes 2
penies 5
B
quateres 2
dimes 2
nickels 6
C
quaters 1
dimes 6
nickels 3
D
qaters 0
nickels 10

The number of ways to construct selections is
nA: 10!/(3!2!5!) = 2520
nB: 10!/2!2!6! = 1260
nC: 10!/1!6!3! = 840
nD: 10!/10! = 1

Total volume of desirable configuration space is
nA+nB+nC+nD = 4621 out of
volume of entire configuration space 4^10

Answer:
4621/4^10 = 0.440 692 901 611 328 125 %
(decimal fraction above is exact)

2008-06-06 14:19:52 by whitesox09 | Posted in Mathematics