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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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 Posted - 03/14/2010 : 10:31:21
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Maybe someone should start a tracking thread for all the weird, wonderful, and wacky stuff we find as we search? In the last two days (searching pennies) I found a 1 yi jiau (1/10 yuan) Chinese nickel type coin, a copper two cent euro, and a copper German 2 pfennig coin. How come, since I live in mid-California, I find lots of Canadians... but no Mexican coins?? Are there none of the right size that could be confused with pennies? 
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/14/2010 : 10:57:03
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| I've found 3 Panamanian centesimos, a 2 euro(ireland), a 50 ore (Seweden), and a bermuda cent in the last month |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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fb101
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 03/14/2010 : 18:25:09
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| Beau, are you a volunteer to start the thread or looking for one? |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2010 : 08:43:13
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| I really don't have the time, but was wondering if there was someone (like AGgressiveMetal, for instance) who might have enough interest to develop one. We could do a scarcity type thing (based on population of the foreign country?) or something. It might be interesting to see how long it took to complete a "set" of the countries in the different continents. I'll bet we get a pretty fair representation of various types and denominations of a scattering of countries now, but it might be fun to determine which finds might actually represent a rare occurrence (like a coin from Bhutan, or deep in the heart of Africa, or something) |
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Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2010 : 10:10:53
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I've been tracking the foreign coins found as a result of looking through CWRS, boxes, and bags as a byproduct of SILVER searching. It's quite a list of foreign coins since January and can be seen within the SILVER coin tracking thread. This might be an interesting tracking thread if all our finds were combined together. Who is going to step up and do some tracking here? 
2010 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION
1 Angola - 10c (found by garnede)
8 Bahamas 5c pineapple - '98 (found by zerocd), (2) '04 (2 found by zerocd), (2) '05 (1 found by zerocd and 1 found by chris6084),(3) unspecified dates (1 found by AGCoinHunter) (2 found by zerocd)
1 Bahamas - 50c (found by JobIII)
1 Barbados 10c- unspecified date (found by cecropia_moth)
3 Belgium 1 Franc - '74 (found by zerocd), '80 (found by zerocd), '97 (found by garnede)
9 Bermuda 5c- '94 (found by AGCoinHunter), '99 (found by zerocd), '00 (found by AGCoinHunter), '00 (2 found by zerocd), '03 (found by zerocd), '04 (found by zerocd), (2) unspecified date (2 found by zerocd)
3 Bermuda 10c- '90 (found by Hirbonzig), '95 (found by cecropia_moth), '04 (found by cecropia_moth)
1 Bermuda 25c- unspecified date (found by bankmining)
1 Brazil 5c - '95 (found by HoardCopperByTheTon)
1 Canada 5c - '34 (found by zerocd)
2 Canada $2 Looney - '96 (found by bankmining), unspecified date (found by AGCoinHunter)
1 Cayman Islands 1c - '72 (found by Dumpster Diver)
1 Cayman Islands 5c - unspecified date (found by garnede)
1 China CASH coin (found by HoardCopperByTheTon),
1 Columbia 5c - '57 (found by AGCoinHunter)
1 Costa Rica 50c - '82 (found by garnede)
1 Costa Rica 100 Colones - '06 (found by AGCcoinHunter)
1 Domincan Republic 5c - '76 (found by zerocd)
1 Domincan Republic 10c - '81 (found by garnede)
1 Ecuador 5c - '00 (found by garnede)
1 Ecuador 10c - '00 (found by Dumpster Diver)
3 Euros - (found by Dumpster Diver)
2 2c Euro -'02 (found by garnede), unspecified date (found by zerocd)
4 5c Euro - (4) unspecified dates (3 found by zerocd) (1 found by AGCoinHunter)
1 10c Euro - '02 (found by garnede)
1 Ecuador 50c - '00 (found by Dumpster Diver)
1 Germany 2 Pfenning - '78 (found by killerken53)
5 Great Britain Large Copper Penny - '08 (found by Goodvend), '18 (found by zerocd), '36 (found by Dumpster Diver), '40 (found by Computer Jones), '67 ( found by JustSayNoToFiat)
8 Great Britain 1 pence - '73 (found by ZigMeister), 80 (found by garnede), '84 (found by killerken53, (5) unspecified dates (4 found by zerocd and 1 found by JJM)
20 Great Britain 5 pence - (6) '90 (2 found by cecropia_moth, 3 found by garnede, and 1 found by Dumpster Diver), '95 (found by 12kHz), (5) '96 (2 found by HoardCopperByTheTon, 2 found by garnede, 1 found by gothboi30) ,(2) '97 (2 found by HoardCopperByTheTon), '00 (found by garnede), (2) '03 (1 found by garnede and 1 found by chris6084), '07 (found by garnede), '08 (found by garnede), unspecified date (found by HoardCopperByTheTon)
'99 (found by PreservingThePast),'unspecified-date (found by killerken53)
1 Great Britain 6 pence - '91 (found by garnede)
1 Great Britain 10 pence - '92 (found by HoardCopperByTheTon)
5 Great Britain 20 pence - (4) '82 (found by zerocd), '08 (found by zerocd)
4 Hong Kong 10c - '83 (found by cecropia_moth), '84 (found by Dumpster Diver), '95 (found by Dumpster Diver), '97 (found by garnede)
1 Hungary 100 forint - unspecified date (found by nologiks)
1 Iraq 25 Dinar - '04 (found by gothboi30)
1 Ireland 10p - unspecified date (found by garnede)
1 Ireland Pound - '90 (found by zerocd)
1 Jamaica 50c - '89 (found by knibloe)
1 Jamaica $5 - '95 (found by zerocd)
1 Korea Won - '69 (found by killerken53)
2 Korea 50 Won - '89, '97 (found by garnede)
1 Malaysia 5c - '98 (found by garnede)
1 Mexico 5c - '73 (found by cecropia_moth)
7 Mexico 10c - '93 (found by Dumpster Diver), (2)'96 (1 found by Dumpster Diver and 1 found by garnede), '98 (found by gaarnede), '99 (found by garnede), '04 (found by Dumpster Diver), (2) unspecified date (1 found by HoardCopperByTheTon and 1 found by Dumpster Diver)
1 Mexico 50c - '96 (found by zerocd)
8 Mexico Peso - '75 (found by JustSayNoToFiat), '78 (found by cwgii), (2) '80 (found by AGCoinHunter), '83 (found by 12kHz), '93 (found by chris6084), (2) unspecified date (1 found by nologiks and 1 found by zerocd)
1 Morocco 1/2 Dirham - '87 (found by zerocd)
1 New Zealand 5c - '82 (found by garnede)
2 Nicaragua 50c - '77 (found by HoardCopperByTheTon),
3 Panama 5c - '61 (found by bankmining), '68 (found by zerocd), '93 (found by bankmining)
2 Panama 10c - '93 (found by garnede), '01 (found by Dumpster Diver)
11 Panama Medio-Balboa - (2) '73 (found by AGCoinHunter and Dumpster Diver) , (4) '75 (found by cecropia_moth, (2) Dumpster Diver, and zerocd), '82 (found by Dumpster Diver), '86 (found by 12kHz), '93 (found by Silverguy23), (2) unspecified dates (found by Goodvend)
1 Phillipines 5c - '83 (found by garnede)
1 Phillipines 10c - '77 (found by garnede)
2 Poland 2 Groszy - '91 (found by cecropia_moth), '02 (found by gothboi30)
1 Poland 10 Groszy - unspecified date (found by zerocd)
1 Poland 1 Koruna - unspecified date (found by garnede)
1 Poland 2 Koruna - unspecified date (found by zerocd)
1 Russia Rouble - '08 (found by zerocd)
1 Singapore 10c - '88 (found by garnede)
3 Singapore 20c - '87 (found by garnede), '93 (found by zerocd), '06 (found by zerocd)
1 Spain Pesata - '63 (found by HoardCopperByTheTon),
1 Switzerland 5 Rappen - '84 (found by Dumpster Diver)
2 Switzerland 20 Rappen - '92 and unspecified date (found by zerocd)
2 Switzerland 1/2 Franc - '91 (found by cecropia_moth), '92 (found by Corsair)
1 Taiwan 5c - unspecified date (found by garnede)
1 Thailand nickel sized coin - (found by HoardCopperByTheTon),
2 Thailand 1 baht - unspecified date (found by garnede)
1 Trinidad & Tobago 1c - '02 (found by Dumpster Diver)
1 Trinidad & Tobago 10c - '05 (found by PreservingThePast)
1 Turkey 100 Lira -'05 (found by HoardCopperByTheTon),
4 UAE 1 Dirham - (2) '95 (2 found by Dumpster Diver), (2) '98 (2 found by Dumpster Diver)
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beauanderos
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2010 : 14:49:22
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Yikes. 40 British coins!
ZEROCD: Does your 1918 penny have the letters KN next to the date? And would you be willing to part with your 2008 twenty pence?
GARNEDE: Is that an 1891 sixpence? Way cool! |
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jadedragon
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Canada
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Posted - 03/22/2010 : 00:04:14
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| I find British coins all the time. They move in the Canadian coinage pretty easily. Keep them in a lock-n-lock box for next time in London. I think it is easier to track within the silver, and penny tracking threads. Most people just list what they find there and don't need the extra hassle of posting in yet another thread. |
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zerocd
Penny Hoarding Member
555 Posts |
Posted - 03/22/2010 : 22:13:46
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I am probably the luckiest non-US coin finder alive. I bring home large amounts every stinkin' day.
Today I got a large coin from Sierra Leone if I spelled that right. That's a country I don't have a jar for. I have coins from five African counties in the last week and none of those from South Africa. (certainly not too many otherwise. I probably have less than a hundred from that continent. I have one counter surface(about a 2'X3' flat space) for jars and tubes from non-US but I don't catalog much. I think I am coming up on $1000 Canadian now. I also have fair amounts of Euro's, English and Mexican coin. I am sorting about $8000 plus a week now (US)so my time is spent elseware. 99% of my non-US was obtained free from the coin counters locally.
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I will try and remember to look for the 1918 penny and 2008 Twenty Pence. What about those letters if they are there?
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zerocd
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 03/22/2010 : 22:19:05
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OK, looked up the 1918 English Penny reference to KN (King Norton) and will check. I have a lot of large English Pennies from that time frame passed down from my fathers Magic coins. I sorta doubt any will have the KN after reading.
I will check!
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2010 : 15:31:16
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| Probably stating the obvious here... but have you finders of English coinage checked the thread in my signature? |
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zerocd
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 06:15:22
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Originally posted by uthminsta
Yikes. 40 British coins!
ZEROCD: Does your 1918 penny have the letters KN next to the date? And would you be willing to part with your 2008 twenty pence?
GARNEDE: Is that an 1891 sixpence? Way cool!
I checked my English Pennies last night and not King Norton initials could be found next to the date.
If you would like the 2008 twenty pence, let's exchange a coin. Your pick.
Please send me an email.
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