Saw an ad on Craigslist for an Estate sale at a "Hot Rod" shop that mentioned...coins. Didn't get there till they had been open an hour or so, but they did have a table with COINS...really. I don't think anyone else had looked at them. the first box was a bunch of 70's and 80's nickels in dimes, both in cardboard 2x2's and just loose. The seller said they were his dad's (the seller looked to be in his 70's+). He asked if I had an interest in foreign and brought out a small box. Most of them were in window envelopes with the country written on the envelope. I shook out the loose ones from the bottom and picked these out! Asked how much and he questioningly said $10, so this is what I got. Here are the dimes... Coins are where you find them...if you look
The pesos really look like silver plated with the silver peeling off, although I think it is supposed to be a 10% alloy.
Yes you are correct 10%. https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide...so-km-459-1957-1967-cuid-1116542-duid-1418349
Nice find. As toilet bowl guy says, those are 10% silver pesos. The one I have is the very first coin I collected when I was a kid. ...
I always think of my grandmother when I see those old peso's. She gave me some when I was a coin addicted kid...... You made bank on that deal at ten bucks. Way to go! Over the years I knew a fellow that bought abandoned storage buildings and would bring me the coins he found in them. I haven't seen that fellow for a while now... I need to give him a buzz.
I find coins in the Coilstar Machine, in my daily change, in quarter changer machines and sometimes on the ground.
Yup, but with the way it looks like copper showing, it really looks like there is a thin silver plating. I would love to see some more information about the production of these coins.
