My Sunday Market Finds

Just two coins? I hope you had a nice day anyway.

It's better than nothing. And I swear it wasn't because of me yet!

I was in The Netherlands this weekend... so yes.

Between Norway/Sweden and Germany, I think.

Almost every place accepts local bank cards, where 'local' is Dutch, so nothing international: no credit cards either. There are still plenty ATM's around to take out cash, most accept international cards. Cash is also still flowing, although people will urge you to pay larger sums of money, so 100+ Euro or so, by card if possible.

It's actually on the cobblestone to the left on the image, the square. The 'Haymarket', I think it's a hotel of some sort. I've never been in there but it is kinda new, I remember construction work there for not too long ago. (A year or two ago)


To make up for last week was partly the week before but today aswell. A new load was for sale and I was actually the first one to look at it, with a very curious fellow waiting impatiently aside me. Perks of being a returning customer

Most of today's stuff came from that batch.




1 Cent, Australia 1989
1 Rial, Iran (2527)
10 Öre, Sweden 1989
25 Öre, Sweden 1956
1 Krona, Sweden 1954 (fake; lead copy)
50 Pence, UK 1997 & 2001
1 Pound, UK 2003

1 Dime, US 1991-P
1/4 Dollar, US 1965, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1985 & 1989

50 Pesos, Chile 2002
100 Pesos, Chile 2000 & 2010
500 Pesos, Chile 2002
5 Cents, Canada 1907 (mounted)
25 Cents, Canada 2000
1 Dollar, Canada 1991 1993

1 Peseta, Spain series 1953
20 Lekë, Albania 2000
1 Mark, West Germany 1980-G
25 Cents, Cayman Islands 1996
500 Livres, Lebanon 2000
10 Kroner, Denmark 1979
200 Escudos, Portugal 1991

The Canadian 5c was sadly mounted, and although it still visible I did a great job removing most of the traces from it. It's a coin again!

Today's total went on 40 kr, yet another steal

Other notable finds today in my opinion are the Cayman Islands 25c, lovely coin from a small and faraway nation and the fake Swedish 1 Krona. It's not the first time I've seen lead fakes and considering the "quality", they must be easy to make. Either way, a curiousity worth having.

I kind of wonder if not these are contemporary counterfeits - I have a Hungarian 50 Filler fake and I also once saw a Swedish 1/16 Riksdaler fake once aswell. Neither are high value coins today and are quite common, and since these are made of lead not only is the colour off but they weight significantly more. They're also very soft and malleable which is probably why lead was chosen for this. However - they used to be high-value circulation coins back then which would make sense if they were indeed contemporary. A curiosity for sure

This week done, another batch to come home!




German Playing token, 1 Mark
10 Öre, Sweden 1944
1 Euro Cent, Slovenia 2015
50 Pfennig, Germany 1981-G & 1991-D
20 Kopeyek, Soviet Union 1961

2 Dinara, Serbia 2013
1 Zloty, Poland 2014
10 Korun, Czech Republic 1993
5 Øre, Norway 1968

Nothing too exciting today, can't have it every week. 20 kr for this batch.