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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1980 Posts |
so a few years ago my kids were collecting kinder eggs and I would buy them when ever we were at the store. kids would come home eat the chocolate and play with the toy. but once my kid showed me a magic trick box she got from the kinder egg, you would put a coin in slide the tray and the coin would disappear, I noticed the coin was actually a 5 lire coin from Italy I think the date was 1848 but I cant remember for sure so I traded the coin for a loonie then a few weeks later put it on ebay and it sold for over $200  i posted this story on a treasure hunting forum years back but most people there never heard of Kinder eggs because they are illegal in the states  apparently the reason they are illegal is because you cant put an inedible object inside an edible object!! so my question for you is have you ever heard of Kinder eggs containing valuable prizes? or do you think this was just a fluke? maybe the guys at kinder went to coin dealers and bought their box of bargain coins and this one happened to be in there? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
767 Posts |
I have never heard of finding anything of value inside kinder eggs, nor have I ever heard of kinder eggs, but of course, I'm in the US.  Not uncommon to find rare coins inside food items though. I went to Olive Garden restaurant a few years ago, and when I bit into my eggplant parmesan, lo and behold, I nearly broke a tooth on a 1793 chain cent!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1923 Posts |
I've never heard of a kinder egg either what is it?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1980 Posts |
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I've never heard of a kinder egg either what is it? its a chocolate egg with a suprise indside usually cost $1 execpt the larger ones  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1923 Posts |
 My mistake I have seen them eggs before just never paid much attention to them before |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2187 Posts |
Kinder tastes amazing. and to find a valuable coin in it... I couldn't ask for anything better at the moment
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Kinder tastes amazing you got that right some of the best chocolate out there |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1980 Posts |
i think I might go buy a dozen tomorrow now lol
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United States
269 Posts |
Most likely that 5 lire was from either 1862, 1864, or 1865. Did not mint one in 1848 that I can find in the NGC World Coin guide.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2519 Posts |
Hmm, I have a Kinder Surprise on my desk waiting to be eaten. I wonder what's in mine?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1980 Posts |
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Most likely that 5 lire was from either 1862, 1864, or 1865. Did not mint one in 1848 yes very well could have been , like I said I couldnt remember the date and I really only collect canada and usa |
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United States
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I love Kinder Eggs...it's completely insane that they are banned in the US. I've never heard of a valuable object being found in an egg, but I have heard that some of the toys move decently on ebay. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1980 Posts |
maybe I will bring my metal detector to the store with me and buy only those that contain metal lol |
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 Canada
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Ohhh.... I can just hear those who collect NCLT complain that you "damaged" (ate) the "box" that the coin came in...  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
United States
767 Posts |
When I first read the title of this thread, I thought perhaps that a kinder was some sort of bird.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1192 Posts |
It's illegal to import them into the United States. Choking hazard :/ sigh............
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Posted 02/11/2015 8:54 pm
