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Copper Catcher
Moderator
USA
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 Posted - 05/03/2008 : 14:05:04
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So far, I've found a few U.S. dimes, a bunch of pennies from Canada but also coins from Trinidad and Tobago, a 20 cent coin from Mexico, Barbados, one penny coin UK?, Republic of Panama-Un Centesimo De Balboa.
What are others finding???
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Edited by - Copper Catcher on 05/03/2008 14:05:37 |
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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2008 : 14:21:52
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| i found a 10 cent piece from Africa i think. |
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just carl
Penny Collector Member
USA
397 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2008 : 16:19:55
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| Depends on what you mean by finding. If you mean actually finding such as on the ground, I never find anything. I think it's because I'm to tall. Short people and little kids find all kinds of stuff due to being closer to the ground. |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1334 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2008 : 16:24:58
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Clad US Dimes
bahamas pennies
duetsche mark pennies
uk pennies
cans(king G, and Queen E)
panama-balboa
1,2,5 cent euros
1 cent from trinidad and tobacco
And many others. |
I have a hard time resisting the temptation to take a wheat penny out of the take a penny cup when I see one! |
Edited by - moboman on 06/01/2008 00:44:15 |
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misteroman
Moderator
USA
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legacypac
Administrator
Canada
1653 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2008 : 20:30:56
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I sort Nickels and Pennies in Canada - found so far:
3 Cuban diez centavos/10 cent (Nickel sized, local not tourist version)
1 Pilipinas 1972 25 sentimos (Nickel Size)
1 1996 Cayman Islands 10 coin (Nickel size, maybe even made in Canada off the same blanks)
1 1983 20 Pence UK (Nickel size)
1 No date Wild Indian/Buffalo
2 US Silver War Nickels (1942 S and a ...can't remember the date P)
1 Thai coin labeled with a 1
1 1932 US Jeff
1 1923 Canadian
And in the penny size:
2 "One Penny" UK 1980 and 1999
1 Farthing 1951 (good condition too!)
1 well circulated blank "penny"
(Have sorted far less pennies so far)
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coppernicus
Penny Pincher Member
USA
144 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2008 : 23:54:53
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| I have found 1 cent Euro , 2 cent Euro, and coins from Bermuda, Panama, Phillipines, Cayman islands, bahamas, Sweden and Barbados as well as US dimes |
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Saul Mine
Penny Collector Member
USA
335 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2008 : 00:39:56
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| US dimes, Canadian pennies, Mexican 20 centavos. So far nothing else. |
A penny sorted is a penny earned!
Please use tinyurl.com to post links. Long links make posts hard to read. |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2008 : 04:57:29
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Panama, Panama, Panama---I've nearly an entire roll now!  |
"Bart, it's not about how many stocks you have, it's about how much copper wire you can get out of the building." --- Homer Simpson |
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CUKNUCK
New Member
18 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2008 : 09:14:50
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| I have found coins from Panama, Paraguay and Uraguay, dump em back into the penny bag for returns. |
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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2008 : 09:17:05
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| You dump them? I think it is fun to keep all the cool foreign coins |
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Centsearcher
Penny Sorter Member
USA
97 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2008 : 14:41:58
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| Plenty of Canadians, a Barbados cent, Bahamas cents, and a few two-cent Euros. Also found a zinc blank in a brinks roll. I keep all the funny/foreign stuff I find in a seperate jar (minus the Canadians). |
--Misplaced Numismatist--
Vote your conscience: Vote Ron Paul
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PennehChaos.
Penny Pincher Member
USA
194 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2008 : 10:59:40
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i just found an Austrian 50 groschen coin in a penny roll... kinda surprised they got it in there, because it almost splits the difference between a penny and a nickel in size.
i wonder what the metal content is on a Panama cent. |
Nothing of value is an investment unless you possess it. If all you've got are paper, pixels, or promises, you're gambling. |
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Kurr
Penny Hoarding Member
576 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2008 : 12:01:36
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1 king george, young and old queens, couple of dimes, and an english penny.
Aught have seen the look the wife gave me when I busted out laughing with $150FV around me, "Look here baby, I found a PENNY!!!" |
Always willing to trade copper for pm's
A number of people are educated beyond, sometimes way beyond, their intelligence. - Tenbears
My Ebay items: http://tinyurl.com/5pqkho |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1349 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2008 : 20:51:12
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I found a Nazi coin tonight. It was strange seeing that thing sitting on the top of my zinc pile...like some kind of evil omen.
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fb101
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2008 : 07:00:18
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| Those nazi coins sell for a few bucks on ebay. Don't dump it! |
A materialistic society cannot afford credit, it will inevitably implode.
Life and success are a "do it yourself" thing |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1349 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2008 : 08:56:09
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Originally posted by fb101
Those nazi coins sell for a few bucks on ebay. Don't dump it!
Woot! That is better than a wild Indian! |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
652 Posts |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2008 : 18:06:39
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I found a Nazi coin tonight. It was strange seeing that thing sitting on the top of my zinc pile...like some kind of evil omen
That'd really catch me off guard seeing a Nazi coin while sorting---but what a find! I've paid more than a few dollars for that same coin. |
"Bart, it's not about how many stocks you have, it's about how much copper wire you can get out of the building." --- Homer Simpson |
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coppernicus
Penny Pincher Member
USA
144 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2008 : 21:42:23
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| I found a 10 Kurus coin today. It appears to be from Turkey |
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legacypac
Administrator
Canada
1653 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2008 : 21:57:04
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Originally posted by lanispet
i just found an Austrian 50 groschen coin in a penny roll... kinda surprised they got it in there, because it almost splits the difference between a penny and a nickel in size.
i wonder what the metal content is on a Panama cent.
Went looking to answer this question...
http://www.coins-of-panama.com/pc10.html
History of the Denomination
Once Panamá won independence from Colombia, it needed to create a new coinage system that would fit the needs of the people of Panamá and the be acceptable to the United States which was about to start construction on the Panama Canal (and intended to pay the majority of the canal workers in Panamanian money). The system Panama developed was a hybird between the Colombian pesos that people were used to and the United States dollar. Several background factors are important to remember:
Colombia had had several periods of bad inflation, primarily affecting their paper money.
Silver was relatively cheap, such that a United States silver dollar had less than 50 cents worth of silver in it.
The exchange rate of Columbian pesos to American dollars was about 2.30 pesos to 1.00 dollars.
To help facilitate the construction of the Panama Canal, the government of Panamá established parity or a ratio of one-to-one between Panamanian and American currency. Panamá went on the gold standard (although no gold coins were issued for the next 70 years) with one gold Balboa equivalent to one gold American dollar. American money was made legal tender in Panamá.
Looking back on the inflation of bills issued by Colombia, Panamá selected to issue only coins and rely on American bills. With silver being so cheap and desiring to impress the world with a stable currency, Panamá choose to put twice as much silver in its coins as the United States had at that time. Thus Panamá's first coins were similar in size to the next highest denomination of American coins. The Panama five centésimos coin was about the size of an American dime, the Panama ten centésimos coin was about the size of an American quarter, the Panama twenty-five centésimos coin was about the size of an American half-dollar and the Panamá fifty centésimos coin was about the size of an American silver dollar.
This double-size coinage made the replacement of the Columbian coins easier. The exchange rate of 2.30 pesos to one Balboa was not too far from 2 to 1. So the new crown-size fifty centésimos coin was worth just a little more than the Colombian peso. In fact, the fifty centésimos coin is called a peso to this very day. The new half-crown-size twenty-five centésimos was worth just a little more than the Colombian half peso, and so on down the line. Interestingly those who could not read the denominations on the Panamanian coins, such as illiterate Panamanians and Americans who could not read Spanish, thought there was a 2 to 1 exchange rate between Panamanian and American money. Some of the early Canal histories include this error.
So initially the diez centésimos coin was about the size of an American quarter. This variety was only issued with the date of 1904.
Around 1917 there was a steep rise in the value of silver due to World War I. It had no effect on American money, but the precious metal content of the double-size Panamanian money quickly surpassed the face value of the coins. Lots of Panamanian coins were shipped out of the country to be melted down for their silver content, including the diez centésimos. The Panamanian government acted by doing away with the double-size coinage and selecting parity of size with American coins. When this denomination was issued again in 1930 and subsequent years, it was the size and weight of an American dime, and called "Un Decimo de Balboa" which means one tenth of a Balboa, or one dime. This denomination has been issued up to the present day, and like the American dime is one of the coins most used in circulation.
But to answer the first question, In 1935, bronze 1 centésimo coins were introduced. Modern 1 and 5 centésimos and 1#8260;10, ź and ˝ balboa coins are the same weight, dimensions and composition as the U.S. cent, nickel, dime, quarter and half-dollar, respectively. Not sure when they changed over. Maybe try a ring test or a Ryedale if you have one.
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wagsthadog
Penny Pincher Member
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2008 : 12:43:41
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I've found enough Canadian pennies to move there....
Not complaining, though- Canada's been good to me! |
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kieblera5
Penny Collector Member
USA
334 Posts |
Posted - 08/02/2008 : 10:34:07
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I found a red bingo chip the other day... Maybe that means that I should go play again |
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There's more money in one cent than in a dollar bill. |
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legacypac
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - 08/02/2008 : 11:36:59
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Originally posted by wagsthadog
I've found enough Canadian pennies to move there....
Not complaining, though- Canada's been good to me!
And I get enough US pennies to partly finance may US mini-vacations. Just dumped $79 in US zincs last week. |
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Other than U.S. pennies what are you finding?
