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So here is a new thread dedicated only to foreign coins/tokens found in coin rolls... I wonder why it took so long for someone to start this.  |
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United States
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Today, I found this coin in a roll of U.S. dimes. 1941 Dutch East Indies 1/4 gulden  After doing a little research, I learned that this coin was minted in Philadelphia.  It also contains .0736 of an ounce of silver, so there's a small bonus that goes with this find. |
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Canadians for me mostly! Also a Bermuda penny, Bahamas penny, 1950 German Pfennig, and a few Euros. My oldest foreign CRH find is a 1939 King George VI penny!
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@ afterimage What the heck?!?!?! I just found the same exact coin at the coinstar two weeks ago!  |
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United States
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Pulled a 1971 Mexican peso from a roll of halves, but I didn't mind -- also included a 64 and over 40 40% in those 9 rolls.
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What the heck?!?!?! I just found the same exact coin at the coinstar two weeks ago!  I have several Canadian silver dimes and quarters. Other than a British silver shilling, this is the only other foreign coin that I've found that has silver in it. |
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My best is an 1892 Pfennig.
Found with pennies. Otherwise all just Canadian stuff.
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My best is an 1892 Pfennig. Very nice! |
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My friend had found an Ecuadorian 5 centavo coin as a nickel a while back.
It is pegged to the U.S. dollar, so I guess nobody is making any profit by circulating it here... I also recently found an Ecuadorian 1 and 10-centavo coin in a junk box.
50 centavo and 1 sucre (dollar) coins exist, but they are difficult to track down! I'm sure someone's found one in a box of Kennedys, though.
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Dug through some nickel rolls - out came a Belize 5 cent coin (2009)! With the Queen and "5 CENTS", it is pretty easy for it to pass as a nickel, despite its smaller size and aluminum composition. Belize is a small Central American nation with a population of just 334,297, so it is pretty interesting to find one of its coins all the way in Canada.
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Due to the sheer volume of coins I search, I am always finding foreign coins - pretty much on a daily basis as long as I am searching that day (which is almost every day), but I actually found a pretty good one this morning. 1933 10 Haleru coin.
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From Czechoslovakia? That's a remarkably interesting find... who knows, maybe it was spent in the 40s by a recent immigrant!
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Yes. Czechoslovakian. I am working through 3 full bags of pennies from coin counter - they are likely from the 90's. copper percent is on the order of 50% or so. Three full bags of this and there are two more at bank that I will get Tuesday. Above average quality and quantity of wheats.
Found several 60's era canadian cents too. This Czech coin is cool though
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