The Eidolon

I have a few Spanish colonial silvers, but not well sorted and photographed. Here's my 1739 Guatemala cob. I'm not the one who holed it or turned it into a key fob. It was very cheap 25 years ago, though!

A group of Portuguese Ceitils, probably mostly issued under Manuel I. Late 1400s to early 1500s. Some of the legends are partially missing. I think ~$20 for the lot.

Thanks! My daughter looked up and told me it was a low mintage date while we were shopping. Otherwise I wouldn't have known to grab it. Surface wear is not bad, but it has a corrosion spot and some rim damage. Maybe a US $20-30 coin? I'm not sure. There doesn't seem to be huge interest in Canadian coins from most US collectors.

Got 56 coins for $5 US. Lots of Modern Japan with decent face value, at least.Japan 100 yen 1968, 197350 yen 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1989, 199010 yen reeded 1952 x2, 1953 x2, 1954 x210 yen smooth 1969 (nice copper luster)5 yen (older types) 1948, 1951 x210 sen 19425 sen 1942Switzerland 20 rappen 1947, 1959, 1969x2 (I think these are still worth $0.20 face)UK penny: 1896, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1936 x2Australia penny: 1940, 1942New Zealand 1/2 penny 1949 (pleasing condition)Canada small cent 1925, 1927, 1940The 1925 is the lowest mintage of the George V Canada cents and is worth a few dollars.My daughter (who I brought along for practice on her driver's permit) spotted it for me.Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) 1789 Jospeh II 1 Liard (edges damaged, alas)Belgium: 1 Franc 1929 (nice condition), Dutch textFrance: 1 franc 1960, 1965, 5 centimes 1904Germany 1890 1 pfennig, 1924 5 reichspfennigSpain 100 pesetas 1984, 10 centimos 1959Italy 100 lira 1966Norway 10 Øre 1973Greece 50 lepta 1957Iceland 25 aurar 1967Ceylon 25 cents 1951Ecuador 1944 20 centavosUruguay 1936 10 centésimos (single-year type)I looked through a few thousand coins to pick out these.Fortunately the shop owner knows me and tolerates all this!If you would like to see an individual pic of any, please let me know.

I think I have some rubles. I got them a long time ago, so I hope that they are authentic. 1818 1924 1896, 1897, 1898 I miss the 90s when I could buy crown-sized silvers as an impulse buy. I've mostly shifted to world coppers.

I like Saxony, but I only have minors: (Edit: if you add them all together, it's almost a thaler. 1/24 + 1/6 + 1/24 + 1/48 + 2/3 = 45/48. Not sure how to add in the 2 pfennige) 1/24 Thaler 1763 Saxony Albertine Frederick Christian Saxony-Albertine 1/6 Thaler 1763 Saxony 1/24 Thaler 1624 Saxony-Albertine 1/48 Thaler 1807 Friedrich August I 2/3 Thaler Saxony 1767 (ex-mount) Saxony-Albertine 1864 B 2 Pfennige

Part 3 (final): Ottoman Empire 1854 10 Para Abdülmecid year 16 Pittsburgh Transit Token 1922 Prussia 1 Pfennig 1810 Friedrich Wilhelm III UK 1/2 Penny 1806 George III Mystery 21 mm copper or bronze. I'm guessing 1800s from the hair style in the portrait (short hair, no wig, sideburns?) My best guess is Baden 1 Kreuzer Leopold 1836-45. Some of the details of the portrait are vary similar, but others don't seem to match. Any guesses? Comparison below.

Part 2: Germany 1920 50 Pfennig, 1923 200 Mark Grand Duchy of Baden 1 Kreuzer 1871 Frederick I Margraviate of Baden 1/2 Kreuzer 1804 Karl I Friedrich Luxembourg 1930 5 Centimes Charlotte Malaya and British Borneo 1962 1 Cent Netherlands 1823 1 Cent Willem I

I'm always happy to get German States minors at 10 cents a piece! Overview:Some close ups of a few: Algeria 100 Francs 1950 Bolivia 1951 H 1 Boliviano Denmark 1 Rigsbankskilling 1842 Christian VIII Denmark 1 Skilling Rigsmønt 1856 Frederik VII Denmark 1899 2 Øre Christian IX

A few pics of some of the more interesting ones. Any German States in a 10 cent bin I will definitely snatch up, though I rarely get the opportunity! Aachen 1 Grosche = 10 Pfennige 1920 (Notgeld) Anhalt 1864 A 3 Pfennige Reuss-Schleiz 1858 A 3 Pfennige Saxony-Albertine 1864 B 2 Pfennige 20 Pfennige Token, G H Frieske Rathskeller, Berlin (reverse is unreadable)

I have some bins sorted by half century for coins not interesting enough to write up. Doesn't take much room. The more interesting ones I write up a label and put in a flip so I can find them again when I want. I pretty much collect any world coinage, though I don't really focus on post-colonial (~1960-present) coinage. I would like to collect a large copper from every country/authority that issued them 1850-1950 or so. Or as many as I can find!

Still sorting through to see what I got. Condition of many of these is poor, but I see some German States pre-1870, some Notgeld, and a bunch of 1800s coppers. Also a Japan occupation Korea 1 Yen note. No serial number on the lower right, so I assume this is the 1944 rather than the 1932. These were from an unsorted bag recently recently sold to the shop, so I think I may have been the first customer to pick over them. Cheap and fun way to waste an hour. Will try and post pics of some of the more interesting ones when the light is better. (Or please let me know of any individual photo requests.)

I think my only Edward VIII coin is a Fiji penny. I think I got a handful of different dates for about a dollar each.

Part 3 of 3: Other Europe Spain Italy Scandinavia Tokens (actually, the left one was found on the street elsewhere, not purchased. Right is a money token from a 1996 Star Wars Monopoly game.)

Part 2 of photos. Ireland and Australia pennies Other Asia (and oops, Angola too) Latin America Post-colonial Africa India

The local shop had several more bags of lightly picked-over world coins last visit. They were described as probably but not guaranteed to be bound for the 10 cent bin. I picked out 71 of interest and got them for $10, which I suspect was a decent price. In case any of you are as fond of junk bin picking as I am, I'll post some photos. UK: France: Japan: Canada:

It's a little later, but this is one of my favorite shillings: 1711 Queen Anne Love Token And here's a Commonwealth half crown from 1653. The reverse is rotated at some strange angle compared to the obverse. It was mistakenly listed as a 6 pence, which is the only reason I was able to get it in my price range.

The rest of the set, L to R from top:Chile, 100 Pesos, 1984Lebanon, 5 Piastres, 1961Argentina, 20 Centavos, 1949Argentina, 50 Centavos, 1953Mexico, 5 Centavos, 1957Mexico, 1 Centavo, 1951 (?)Portugal, 5 Escudos, 1963Italy, 10 Centesimi, 1936, XIV (Numista has this as more expensive than the other dates in the series, even though the mintage is not low at ~9 million.)Denmark, 25 Øre, 1961Canada, 1 Cent, 1940El Salvador, 5 Centavos, 1956Honduras, 1 Centavo de Lempira, 1939 (?)Denmark, 2 Øre, 1942Italy, 5 Centesimi, 1933There was also a Samoa 1 Tala 1984 (I think), but I gave it to my youngest kid knowing she would like a 7-sided coin.

The local shop had several bags of unsorted world coins set aside for the 10 cent bin. As usual, I was eager to help myself to some barely picked-over coins. The first 10, L to R from top: Denmark, 10 Kroner, 1989 (about $1.35 face value) Italy, 1 Lira, 1928 Israel ,1/2 Lira, 1975 (?) Sweden, 5 Öre, 1920 UK, 1/2 Penny, 1926 USSR, 5 Kopecks, 1961x2 USSR, 5 Kopecks, 1945 (Apparently, this is not a common date, worth ~$20?) Japan, 1 Sen, Meiji 16 = 1883, badly scratched on obverse Iceland, 1940, 5 Aurar I'll try to post the rest later.

That's a lovely pattern! I have a few Liberian coins, but I'd like to find more!

The 1879 UK narrow date penny (R) was a junk bin find. On the left is the normal version for comparison. It's very worn, but scarce enough I'm happy to have one in any condition. I didn't even realize it was a scarce variety when I grabbed it as part of a larger lot of UK coppers at 10 cents each.

A couple Canada cents, 1910 Edward VII and 1932 George V The 1910 is in passable shape and might be worth a couple bucks. 1933 is a common date and not worth much in circulated condition.

Most of the coins I picked are modern with no significant value, but there's been a few fun ones. Fiji Shilling 1934 George V, 0.500 Ag. I like colonial silvers and Pacific Island coins in general. Mintages for many Pacific nations are not huge due to the small populations. This is one of the higher mintage shillings at 360K.

Made an offer for abut 30+ world coins from an unpriced, unsorted large bag at a shop. Cost about $32 for the whole lot, which I'm not sure if it was a good deal or not yet. I picked out a couple interesting coins which will make up most of the value, and the rest are probably near junk value. The lot: Here's one of the more interesting ones to me: China puppet East Hebei 2 Jiao 1937 Year 26 I'm always interested in WW2-era occupation coinage, and these don't turn up for me very often. I'll post some of the others as time permits.

Let me see what I have photographed from Saxony... 2/3 Thaler Saxony 1767 (ex-jewelry mounted?) Saxony 1/24 Thaler 1624 1/24 Thaler 1763 Saxony Albertine Frederick Christian Saxony-Albertine 1/48 Thaler 1807 Friedrich August I Saxony-Albertine 1/6 Thaler 1763