Broke Down And Bought A World Coin Lot

I admit I still have a weakness for the occasional ebay world coin lot. I'm probably not getting in coin value what I'm paying in most cases, but there's nothing like having several pounds of coins to sort through and identify to pass the time.

It seems like there's always something interest (not necessarily valuable) showing up in most of my lots--bizarre tokens, badly worn old large copper coins, etc.

I just purchased one that had a few silver coins showing but no mention of silver in the description. It looked heavy on Canadian with many odds and ends thrown in. I anticipate a fair amount of silver and hope to have gotten a deal. Definites are a late 50s,early 60s Mexican peso, Canadian dimes, and a Jamaican $5 of recent mintage. A hundred or so unidentified. Hope to see it in a couple of weeks. I agree that the hunt is as much or more fun than the acquisition. I am keeping bags of world coins from countries I plan to travel to so I can trade with a local dealer 1 for 1 for coinage from one of these countries when I have sorted through the bulk lots.