CPK Posted July 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2022 I recently won a few auction lots of world coins, and I was having fun going through them this evening. It's inexpensive fun with some surprises mixed in! I found mostly British coins, although there were a number of other countries (including two US coins 😄) I expected dates mostly in the 20th century, and that is the majority, but still I was pleasantly surprised to find a number of coins from the 1800's and EVEN some from the 1700's! They're in pretty poor shape of course, but still, how cool is that?! Here is a small sampling of the ones I've picked out. The George II is the oldest I've found, but I also found a few George III coins, including a 1780 HIBERNIA half penny. The Victoria half-penny has got some good honest wear on it but it's still nice for 1862. Then there's the better-than-average George V penny (WWI-dated issue), a well-preserved Vichy 2-franc coin struck under Nazi occupation. The last coin looks better than the photos show. It's a really sharp half penny, 1948. I like the reverse depiction of Sir Francis Drake's ship, the Golden Hind.  I know some of you enjoy world coin treasure hunting! Let's see some of your favorite finds! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted July 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 16, 2022 I am really, really behind on even sorting through my world coins, but even before I got into ancients I bought probably a few thousand world coins in all sorts of mixed lots from many different buyers. One of my favorite lots was listed as "Japan vacation money" on the order of Â¥10,000 in mostly Â¥100 and Â¥500 coins. Except it was mostly commemoratives! I won the lot for a little under exchange at the time ($100ish) which was 1/2 to 1/3 of what it was worth. Several of the Â¥500 coins were counted as Â¥100 which made it even sweeter. That nearly completed my modern Japanese type set in one fell swoop. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eidolon Posted July 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) The 1879 UK narrow date penny (R) was a junk bin find. Â On the left is the normal version for comparison. Â It's very worn, but scarce enough I'm happy to have one in any condition. Â 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. Edited July 16, 2022 by The Eidolon 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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