Your dealer seems to have been pretty efficient at pulling out the silver coins; at a quick glance through, I can't see any. That's a pretty good sign they've already gone through this with a catalogue, and fished out all the really good stuff. But we'll see.
OK, here's some answers to what you've got. I've got to go through it coin by coin, so I may as well tell you what I find. If I don't comment on value, then it's a typical "3-for-$1" schratchtray item.
Set OneA1: Canadian cent. Looks a bit green.
A2: China (Taiwan) 1 chiao, Year 44 of the Republic (1955 AD). A cheap enough coin ($1.50 in Unc) but this one looks to be in pretty good condition.
A3: Norway 1 krone 1967. Sorry, 1958 is the scarce date to look for.
A4: Belgium 20 francs 1982, French version. Again, common but it looks high-grade (unless that's the flash). Belgium has two official languages, French and Flemish, and issues two separate coinage series for each language.
A5: Thailand 25 satang, dated 2500 on the Buddhist calendar (=1957 AD). These coins were actually struck by the millions, between 1957 and 1967. Very common, even in high grade.
A6: British India 1 anna 1913. In that condition, cheap.
A7: Belgium 5 francs 1988, Flemish version. See answer at A4.
B1: Jordan 50 fils 1984.
B2: Portugal 20 escudos 1986.
B3: Japan 5 yen, Year 3 of the Heisei Emperor (the current emperor, Akihito, = 1991 AD). Common, even in this high grade.
B4: Portugal 2½ escudos 1980.
B5, B6 and B7: Canadian dimes; looks like the first one's got coin slot damage, the second is scratched.
C1: Australia 20¢ 1970. I get these in my change all the time, but then, I live here. Not a scarce date.
C2: Argentina 50 pesos 1979, commemorating the centenary of the conquest of Patagonia.
C3: Brazil 20 centavos 1967.
C4: Denmark 1 krone 1962. Scarce in Unc... which this isn't.
C5: Costa Rica 25 centimos 1974.
C6: Denmark 1 krone 1925. This one's actually pretty good; I'd put the CV around the $10 range in that condition, and CV can be quite conservative with Danish coins. Looks like the spotters missed this one.
C7: Brazil 1 cruziero 1944. In that grade, maybe a bit more valuable than normal.
D1: East Caribbean States $1 2003. Too modern for my Krause, but probably not scarce. ECS coins circulate on the "British" islands along the eastern rim of the Caribbean.
D2: Italy 5 centimes, I can't see the date but it'll be between 1919 and 1937. Scarce dates are 1919 and 1937.
D3: South Africa, Apartheid-era 1 cent. Again I can't see the date, nor the language (Like Belgium, South Africa also issued separate coin series for it's two official languages).
D4: France 25 centimes 1903. A one-year-type, quite scarce in high grade, and yours doesn't look too bad. A couple of dollars, at least.
D5: France 25 centimes 1904.
D6: Hungary 10 filler 1908. Not one of the scarce dates, but looks pretty good; maybe a couple of dollars.
D7: Belgium 1 franc 1965, Flemish version.
D8: Chile 1 peso 1979.
E1: Barbados 5 cents 197?. One of the few "British" eastern Caribbean islands to not use ECS currency. I can't pick the date, but circulation coins were only issued in 1973 and 1979.
E2: Jamaica 5¢ 1986. Gotta love coins with crocs on 'em.
E3: Barbados $1 1979. Probably worth about a dollar in that condition; the exchange rate is B$2 = US$1 at the moment.
E4: Canada 25¢ 1974.
E5: South Korea 500 won 1983. Exchange rate: 500 won = 37¢.
E6: The pic's a bit dark, but it's France, Second Empire (mid-1800's), 5 centimes. If you can tell us the date and mintmark, we can tell you if it's one of the scarce ones.
E7: British East India Company, Bengal Presidency, ½ anna, undated (issued 1831 to 1835). Interesting, but cheap in that condition.
F1 to F6: Japan 10 yen. As I read it, the dates (from 1 to 6) are Showa era 27, 27, 27, 40, 58 and 27. (27 = 1952, 40 = 1965, 58 = 1983). The year 27 ones are very scarce in unc, but common in lower grades; I don't know how close they have ot get to Unc become valuable, but F2 looks like it's still got lots of lustre.
F7: Not a coin; this is a French notgeld token from the town of
Marseilles. My less-than-helpful notgeld checklist says municipal metal tokens from Marseilles are rated as "most common (less than $25)". Probably worth a few dollars at least, but they normally end up in the too-hard-basket of most dealers.
G1: Honduras 2 centavos; I can't see the date, but in that condition I don't think it matters.
G2: Romania 10 bani 1955.
G3: Dominican Republic 10 centavos 1978.
G4: Peru 5 centavos. It's not supposed to have the hole.
G5 and G6: British Egypt 5 milliemes 1917. G5 has a small "H" mintmark below the word "milliemes". G6, without the mintmark, is slightly scarcer.
G7: Venezuela 5 centimos 1974.
G8: Curacao 1¢ 1947. Curacao is part of the Netherlands Antilles, Dutch-owned islands off the coast of Venezuela. WOrth a couple of dollars.
G9: Trinidad & Tobago 25¢ 1975.
H1: Luxembourg 25 centimes 1954. Cheap, even in that near-pristine condition.
H2: United Arab Emirates 25 fils 1988.
H3 and H4: took me a while to figure out; the obverse pic is sideways.
Belgium, WWII 1 franc coins. Made of zinc, so black is their "natural" colour. Unless they're dated 1947, they're cheap.
H5: India 10 paise 1963, diamond mintmark (Mumbai mint).
H6: a sales tax token from Missouri.
H7: Sweden 25 ore 1973.
H8: Sweden 10 ore 1981.
H9: Maybe
this is the one bomndk meant. Denmark 1 ore, issued 1874-1904. Many of the dates in this series are scarce, and even in that green-and-fuzzy condition might be worth quite a bit. I tried enhancing the pic but still can't make it out. Date for this one, please?
That's it for Set 1. I'm goung to have a go at Set 5 next, since it's smaller, and the coins look.. interesting.
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