I've been asked a lot of questions about
how much these ones over and people have
asked me where they can sell these
Queens now what I always say is if you
cut your queen in circulation if you got
it in your pocket change
then your coin is worth five and it's
worth face value these coins are very
common they were struck in the millions
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many you know you can you can get these
coins quite easy in circulation
I myself every D cotton I think about a
toast these coins in my pocket change
since lost yeah this coin yeah the
presidential inauguration Quinet was
struck in 1994 also as I'm and teach I'm
just using the screen as an example I
think between five and ten million of
these coins were struck
so these coins are by no means skis you
know they if you got them in your pocket
change they are worth the face value
they are commemorative concert to
commemorate something like this
commemorates Nelson Mandela's centenary
of his birth the swan commemorates is
presidential inauguration when he was
inaugurated as the first Democratic
president of South Africa and they are
piece of history but you they are only
worth what the collector will pay for
him and because these coins everybody
has them all the collectors held him
they are not skis they're only worth 5
reams
this something like this on the other
hand that is graded you can see it sits
in a plastic holder if this is a solver
Protea rain these are this is a
collector coin it's sterling silver
it's it commemorates conservation in
South Africa it was struck in 1994 and
only I think about 4000 of these coins
were struck in silver this was sent off
to a grading company like sangs you can
see sayings of African numismatic
writing service and they they inspected
the coin and I give it a like a better
grade of Proof 66 so this is a high
grade coin
it's a collector coin it has a low
mantich it's sterling silver so this is
a valuable coin nickel-plated brass and
this is I think this is aluminum and
bronze these are not precious metals
even though they do have a commemoration
on it these are normal circulation coins
something like that you won't find in
circulation because that is a
collector's Queen so that is the
difference between your normal pocket
change and you know collectors queens
that are made from precious metals and I
hope that clears up and you shouldn't be
discouraged it doesn't mean because your
coin is not worth 50 and 100 range then
you should be discouraged these coins
you can pass on to your children one day
you can pass them on to your
grandchildren and say you were around
when Nelson Mandela was alive
and you can let some pretty nice hobby
to collect Queens and you can do it very
cheaply you don't need to spend a lot of
money because you can keep Queens from
your pocket change