Look What I Found At The Flea Market/Swap Meet

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Kentucky, Nov 2, 2017.

  1. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    In the vein of some other threads, I am sure some of us go to flea markets/swap meets at one time or another. What have you found...fabulous or ridiculous...

    At a flea market where I bought the fake Libertad I posted in another thread, I also bought a bag of foreign for like $15 which included:
    bag of coins 1 front.jpg bag of coins 2.jpg turkish 5 kurus 1833.jpg
     
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  3. Endeavor

    Endeavor Well-Known Member

    I don't know much about these foreign issued coins but I see a lot of old dates so my inclination is that you did very well. Please tell us more.
     
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  4. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    The India coin is listed as $20 in F-12 on NGC. (They are a little high, and maybe yours is not F-12) but if you go one by one, it looks like a score.
     
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  5. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    I really kind of liked the 1797 large cents, and I thought the graffiti/mutilation on the reverse was not really distracting. The Ottoman coin was fun to search out and turned out to be 17% silver (whoopee). The VOC coin is MUCH better than the other one I have.

    Show me your finds.
     
  6. Beefer518

    Beefer518 Well-Known Member

    Those 1797 LC's are British Penny and Two Pence coins. They weigh a ton, and are classified as weapons of mass destruction in third world countries! I have one of each as well, and think they're awesome.

    Actually, are they both the same size? After looking again, I think you have 2x One Penny coins. It's all in the size.

    Great pick ups!
     
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  7. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    penny not cent.


    First & last time that you'll hear that!
     
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  8. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Yeah, both are large PENNIES. At that time George decreed that a penny was an ounce of copper, so the two pence is 62 g of copper (I have one). I also got a half penny to accompany them, but it's an 1806 or something.
     
  9. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    The 1806 coins are struck to a lower weight standard.
     
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  10. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    And, it is a half-penny...OK, let me see...9.02 g listed online as should be 9.2202g
     
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