Expert: Brad Swain - 12/26/2009

Question
hi, im brazilian and a few years ago i went to a antiguity street market in são paulo and i bought a coin that it seems there is no pages on the internet on witch i can find its value, its a Beatrix Koninginder Nederlanden 212G 1984, could you please tell me its value? thanks
João

Answer
Hi João, There were 5.2 million of these Dutch 2-1/2 Gulden coins minted that year featuring Queen Beatrix (1980-). It is made of nickel and it may be worth .25 up to about $1.50 (U.S.) depending on amount of wear and collector demand.
World coin pictures may be found here: http://worldcoingallery.com/index.htm ,
http://www.coinarchives.com/ , and http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis.jsp .
You might also try a library for a copy of the Standard Catalog of World Coins for pictures, values and lots more interesting info.
Brad