Expert: Brad Swain - 2/20/2010

Question
1st coin--side view of man on thick gold colored coin,around face it reads, CARLOS 1 REY DE ESFANA 1984. REVERSE READS, CIEN PESETASCROWN LOGO WITH TWO SIDE COLUMN LOGOS, LEFT SIDE OF COLUMN IS THE LETTER "M"--2ND COIN--FACE OF WOMEN ON SILVER COIN,AROUND FACE READS REPUBLICA ARGENTINA LIBERTAD. REVERSE READS,A LARGE NUMBER 1 WITH PESO 1959 EITHER SIDE OF THE 1 IS A WREATH. 3RD COIN--THIS IS EITHER A JAPANESE OR CHINESE SILVER COIN, FIRST SIDE HAS A 50 AT THE TOP WITH ORIENTAL LETTERS AT BOTTOM WITH THE NUMBER "42", OTHER SIDE ORIENTAL LETTERS TOP AND BOTTOM WITH FLOWERS ON EITHER SIDE COIN HAS A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALSO ABOUT THE SIZE OF A US NICKLE. 4TH COIN STANDING WOMEN ON SILVER COIN HOLDING A SHIELD WITH A CROSS AT BOTTOM OF COIN READS HELVETIA,OTHER SIDE READS 2 FR. 1968, HEAVY WREATH AROUND COIN. LAST COIN-- FACE OF MAN WEARING A HAT WIDTH LONG HAIR,TO HIS LEFT IS THE NUMBER 10.ABOVE THE HAT READS TUPAC AMARU,BELOW READS DIEZ SOLESDE ORO, AROUND COIN READS SESQICENTENARIO DE LAINDEPENDENCIADEL PERU 1821 1971, OTHER SIDE READS--LARGE SHIELD IN MIDDLE OF COIN WITH A ANIMAL,TREE AND HORN OF PLENTY. AROUND COIN IT READS, CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU 1971. PLEASE NOT THAT ALL FIVE COINS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE TO THE VALUE,RARITY AND IDENTIFICATION OF THESE COINS.    SAM

Answer
Hi Sam, Collector value of a coin depends on denomination (face value), date, mint mark (if any), number minted and condition of a coin, including amount of wear, any dents, scratches or cleaning as well as collector demand for it.
SPAIN King CARLOS I of Spain 1984, 100 PESETAS, "M" (Madrid mintmark), 208 million minted, aluminum-bronze, collector value may be worth about .75 with moderate wear to maybe $1.25 with light wear to perhaps $8 if uncirculated (no wear).
ARGENTINA 1 PESO 1959, nickel clad steel, 238 million, .20, .30, $1.50 in same conditions as listed above.
JAPAN 50 Yen, Year 42 (1967), copper-nickel, .25, .75, $3.
HELVETIA (Switzerland), 2 FRANCS 1968, copper-nickel, 10 million without mintmark, 32 million with B mintmark (Bern) below wreath, $1, $2, $5.
PERU 10 Sols, 150th anniversary of independence, 1971, copper-nickel, 2.5 million, .50, $1, $2.50.
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