some from the 5 for $1 bin

Panama 1/10 & 1/4 Balboa proofs

 

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1965 New Zealand Shilling, 6 Pence and 3 Pence. Not sure if they are regular, PL or proof.

 

nice pickups, id kill to find proofs for low prices like that.
imma have to look harder next flea market i go to

 

Wow, those are some beautiful coins! Nice pickup!

 

Agentina 1959 5 Centavo, 1960 50 Centavo and 1962 1 Peso

 

1976 Franc

 

1964 & 1965 1/2 Lira (think I got the dates right)

 

1968 Centesimo PL

 

1936 Florin

 

1961 Malaya 10c

 

Love the argentinas, all around great pickups!

 

Beautiful Coins!

 

Nice pickups! The florin should be silver, no?

 

Very nice

 

Nice Panama proof coins with only 14,000 minted
those coins were made at the San Fransico mint on normal US coin blanks

you should be able to see the clad layers on these

 

1936 British florin in the 5x for a dollar bin?.... for .20 cents? Wow, great find!
Very nice Panama Proofs too. I also like the NZ coins. I once found some Austria 1960s Proofs in the 5x for a dollar bin at my local coin shop in Tucson, and have found plenty of smaller world silver coins over the years like a 1960 Liberia 90% silver 25 cents, two 1953 El Salvador 90% silver 25c, one El Salvador 90% 50 centavos, and several Philippines 1944 and 1945 75% silver 20 and 10 centavos, a Panama 1953 1/10th Balboa, 90%.... but this is over several years of coin shop visits.

 

slamster 17- .1818 ASW didn't know until I got home BONUS
snowman- the edge is what caught my eye. The rim is as bright as the surfaces on the centesimo

thanks for the comments everyone!

 

For the first 5 years I collected, everything I bought came out of a 5 for a $1 box. I built up quite a collection that way. Now with kids and a wife and a real job and a house and a dog and ..... I don't have the spare time to go someplace and find one of those boxes.

 

Alright, you all got me started down memory lane. My most memorable find in the 5 for a $1 bin was a 1904 Liberia 50c. I love that coin, mintage of 24,000. My best was a 50 Pfennig from Germany, early 1900's. I don't remember the exact date, but I remember getting $225 for it on ebay a few months ago.

 

Good pickups there! The bins in my neck of the woods tend to be 10/$1, but it's been ages since I found any silver. There are occasional low denomination Caribbean proofs from busted sets, but the real interest for me is in finding low grade but rare coins.