Flea Market And Antique Store Finds.

I blundered about for 6 hours and can no longer feel my feet, but I had a really fun time doing it. Made friends with a lot of dealers and sounds like I may have hit the jackpot on some good coins later on .

Nothing too special today.


Spent 1 USD each


Got this lot for 5.50 USD.



My favorite coin from today and another state off my list (I'm trying to get one from every state!). Payed 6 USD.


Found these two cash coins mixed in with these military buttons I bought.

Really nice find. I especially like the Napoleon III coin - I just have a few lowballs of that one, but still searching for a nice one like that.

Keep up updated on the jackpot(s) you'll hit later on!

Nice bunch of coins.

I'd love to own one of these Trade dollars but as I do not know much about them and there seem to be many counterfeits on the market I wouldnt try to get one for myself.

Nice coins! How did I miss this thread for so long. It's really good fun to read such 'diaries' here.

Anyway, the 5 Øre coin you posted on May 26 is actually Swedish, not Norwegian. Norwegian coins don't have the Swedish threecrown and Norwegians use the Ø instead of the O with two dots on it (which only Swedes use: contrary to popular belief, Swedish doesn't have the Ø, only Danes and Norwegians do). We did have the same king in that year, though: Oscar II, king of Sweden, Norway and a bunch of other places. The obverse of the coin shows his signature O with the II inside it.

Thank you for the information, I don't know why the coat of arms didn't click in my head, there was a man selling Swedish helmets with the coat of arms on them.




The man was a military/coin dealer and a member of the ANA, I had him weigh the Trade dollar anyway . Fakes are few and far between, the flea market really cracks down on people selling counterfeit items. The only person selling fakes I found (Is it sad that I went searching for fakes?) said it up front, like an Imperial Chinese coin for 2 dollars.




Well, at least it was true

Just because I want to throw in a picture:

Flea markets around me only really happen once a month. Blundered about again for three hours and only spent 54 USD, for all the finds plus a lunch! A lunch I am now regretting .

Kinda cheated on the box of silver , there not actually from a flea market, they are silver coins that I have obtained for under melt through various ways.