Some "junk" bin favorites over the years

Occasionally I sort through my loose bins to see if there's anything interesting enough to write up and put in flips. Here are a few recent coins I've been working on.
Most were 10-25 cents, or part of a bulk lot, probably 10-25 years ago.

Iceland 5 Aurar 1942, 1946


East Africa 10 Cents 1924


South Africa 1940 1 Penny


Russia 3, 5 Kopecks 1877, 1881 (x2)

 

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A few more: Italy 1894 20 Centesimi


Romania 10 Bani 1905


Costa Rica 1948 2 Colones


Mauritius 2 Cents 1952

 

Part 3: Cyprus 50 Mils 1955


Bolivia 5 Bolivianos 1951
The shadow on the obverse looks odd because I accidentally had it upside-down.


Austria and Germany: Clockwise from lower left--
Austria 2 Heller 1896
Austria 10 Heller (Nickel) 1893
Austria 20 Heller (Nickel) 1894
German Empire, 20 Pfennig (Silver) 1876 D
Not sure how a silver one got mixed in with all of these. If it was a junk bin find, it was a lucky one. More likely it was bought from a silver melt bin and I misfiled it.

 

My fave junk box find, cost me about £1 some 20 or so years ago. King Charles croaked just prior to these being minted in 1685(dated 1684) so the mintage was abbreviated and these are actually quite rare - worth about £100-120 or so.

 

Junk boxes are a ton of fun to sort through and can produce some great results!

 

@scottishmoney: That's an amazing find, congratulations on catching it!

Here are a few more I've sorted through today:

Guatemala 5 Pesos 1923. Aluminum-bronze (thus the BR. AL on the reverse). There was also a copper version. Single-year circulating commemorative.
This was part of a "provisional coinage" during the shift from reales to decimal pesos


Mexico 1 Centavo 1880 Ho (Hermosillo)
I believe this is the "tall H, oval O" variant.


Vatican 100 Lira 1955 Pius XII Year 17
When Italy had high inflation, did the Vatican just have to go along with it too?


Upper Canada 1 Penny Bank Token 1857
I like pre-confederation Canadian tokens, but most US collectors ignore them.
Sometimes you can get them very cheaply (though in worn condition).


Southern Rhodesia 1 Penny 1947
Unusually good shape for a junk bin find.

 

Three from Haiti:
10 Centimes 1906
10 Centimes 1949
50 Centimes 1908
In spite of their similar appearance, the two 10 centimes are not of the same type.
The older one has General Pierre Nord-Alexis, who ruled Haiti from 1902-1908.
He was ousted and exiled in 1908.
The 1949 10 Centimes has a bust of President Dumarsais Estimé, who ruled from 1946-1950. He too was overthrown and exiled to end his term in office.

 

A few more:
Australia 1/2 Penny 1922 (No mint mark, Sydney Mint)


Cyprus 1 Shilling 1947, George VI
I like the heraldic lions on the reverse. Pity about the rim damage.


India 1/4 Anna 1897


Jordan 50 Fils 1955


Taiwan 1 Jiao 1949 year 38
This was the first year of the New Taiwan Dollar. The Old Taiwan Dollar had undergone hyperinflation from 1946-1949 paralleling the inflation on the mainland.
The New Taiwan dollars came out June 1949, a few months before Chiang Kai-shek's government fled the mainland after losing a civil war to the Communists.

 

Anyone like sunbursts? L to R, from, top:
Peru 1864 2 Centavos
Peru 1940 2 Centavos (Thick planchet, 9 grams. Thin planchet 5 grams after 1941)
Uruguay 1944 5 Centésimos
Uruguay 1909 2 Centésimos


Not junk bin finds, but here are some Japan 50 sen for good measure:

 

Last 3 for today: Brazil
20 Réis 1895, 1889 (holed)
50 Réis 1886

 

Some coppers with the arms of the East India Company.
Some of these were worn enough to be hard for me to ID.
My best guesses, from L to R:
India 1/2 Pice 1853
India 1/4 Anna 1835
India 10 Cash 1808 (Soho mint)
British East Indies (Penang) 1 Cent 1810

 

A few more, these from Hungary:
1894 10 Fillér
1940 10 Fillér
1950 2 Forint

 

Three from Spain:
Spain 1844 8 Maravedis Isabella II


Spain 1878 5 Centimos Alfonso XII


Spain 1954 50 Centimos
The date looks like 1949, but that's the start date for the series.
In the stars around "España" I think I can barely read 19 ... 54

 

Three from Italy:
Italy 1886 1 Lira Umberto I
Probably not a junk bin find as it's 0.835 silver.
But it would up misfiled with my loose 1800 coppers.


Italy 10 Centesimi Vittorio Emanuele II 1867 and 1866
I'm surprised how different in color these two bronzes would up.

 

Two Copper Russian Kopecks:
Left: Russia 1 Kopeck Nikolai I 1853 E.M. (Ekaterinburg)
Right: Russia 1 Kopeck Nikolai II 1899 С.П.Б. (St. Petersburg)

 

1673 Sweden 1/6 Ore
Found today in junk box at LCS

 

1879 Spain Diez Centimos
Today as LCS

 

1861 M Italy 5 Centesimi
Today at LCS

 

1841 Russia 1 Kopeck
A couple days ago LCS

 

1885 A German Empire 1 Pfennig
Today at LCS