Cherry picking foreign coins at flea market ect in lot boxes?

Today I was at a local out door market and at a coin dealer I seen the usual foreign coin lot box. I never really look much in them. In another thread here on CT I read where a member found a st Patrick coin in one of these type box lots and how it was a great find. So next time I am going back I will check out these boxes but wanted to know if there is anything else (hidden wonders) people look for in these boxes?

 

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You should familiarize yourself with foreign silver coins, particularly issues from the British Commonwealth and various South American nations. You'd also be surprised about the general lack of knowledge many small-time vendors have regarding foreign coins. One of my best finds a few years ago was this 1711 Great Britain Shilling at a coin show in Jacksonville, Florida, for only a quarter.

 

I found this one for a buck in a foreign coin junk box several years ago.

Z

 

Here is another cherry-pick of mine from 2018. I believe I ended up paying less than $5.00 for all these coins.

 

+1 to the Krause catalog

I love flea markets, lots of fun. Besides swapping with other collectors, flea markets are from where I get most of my coins. Even for normal pieces most probably you will end up paying less than on eBay or dedicated coin shops.
Many times they just give me some coins for free when I purchase something from them.

 

I got the DVD versions and loaded them all on my tablet. Allows me to carry all 9 volumes with me. (17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 century, the three paper money books and the Unusual world coins book)

 

Also you should be at least aware and check out various u.s. medals and tokens as well, have an idea of what they look like if you see it. Sometimes these things turn up at flea markets and swap meets garage sales and the seller has no idea what it is.

 

+1 Krause - in addition to all above, Krause has charts for converting many world scripts into English, this helps to know which country and what date, both are essential to using the Krause books.

 

I seen several of them yesterday but figured they were not worth anything, i was looking for mexican/Spanish treasure coins

 

Well I am off today to another outdoor market I have not been to. Will be on the hunt.

 

Any of these 1954 or earlier are .720 Silver with a current melt value of about $15.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13985.html

Easy to pick these out.

Z

 

I seen these today...Oh man, a old guy had like 10 of these, i passed on stuff because I need to do more homework, but will be back next week, he offered 5 for $2....i am the kind of guy I would pay whats fair. Hes a old guy barley Alive. I feel bad for him sitting in the heat, he should sell all in auction and sit the rest of his days in ac but him being a collector, its prob his way to make money and meet, socially be with people, will prob be me in 20 years..

 

I see places all the time I want to metal detect...i was going to ask one lady if I could hunt her yard and we split what I find but she was yelling at neighbor about a trash can so I left...she had spot on the corner of the intercoastal where a canal ran on the side of her house. It looked great but oh well.

 

Oh man, I downloaded a online coin data base deal that had medals and tokens also....its alot to take in, I am going to have to try to focus on a few coins/tokens in the foreign coin lots at flea markets. I know silver coins are a given to grab and the ones posted in this thread are a good start for me to look for, I can see its going to take some serious learing and not just grabbing anything I think might be worth a few extra bucks. I feel like I am going to coin collage here. I am kinda a monkey see monkey do guy, just a thought...hehe, it would be cool if some of the experts could do some short video clips of foreign coins and what to look for. I am sure there is youtube videos but you all know way more than alot of dealers I have met.