Good day at the junk bin

Lots of older stuff. There was a bag of unsorted "probably junk" that they let me pick through at junk bin prices (~10 cents/coin). Lots more 1800s stuff than the usual
junk bin selection, and a couple which might not have otherwise wound up as junk.

 

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Cool find, I like the first coin, the Edwardian penny, most. Nice even honest wear.

 

Would have gladly picked those up for $2.50 as well. Fun finds. Think I like the 1902 Belgium 2 Centimes best out of those although the Edward penny is a very nice coin as well.

 

Ten cents a piece, oh heck yeah, all day long, especially for all those nice large coppers.

 

I’m not a collector of those but at that price I think I would have purchased the entire box.

 

For some reason, French minor coinage seems a bit unloved these days; I always find a lot of really nice examples in dealers' junk boxes at shows.

 

Hope that Australia ½ penny cleans up for you. What is the date?

 

Looks like 1921. Might be worth a soak. I'm not too optimistic.
@Collecting Nut Most of the rest of the bag was modern stuff of little interest.
I think I got most of the older stuff.

 

The 1879 narrow date penny is scarce.

 

Thank you! As always, you have an amazing eye for spotting varieties.
There are two 1879 pennies in the bunch. There's no separate picture in Krause or
on Numista, but from your description I assume the one on the right is the
"narrow date" you mention, with the digits spaced closer together.
Thanks for pointing it out, I never would have noticed the difference.
Do you happen to know what the mintage was for this variety?
Krause only has it listed as "Included Above" for part of the 7.7 million that year.

 

Here are some closer-up photos of a few selected coins from this set.

Mexico 50 Centavos 1956
I like the level of detail remaining on this one, even if it's not very valuable.


UK 1 penny 1904 and 1928


Guatemala 1932 2 Centavos de Quetzal
Seems to be a 1 year type


Sweden 1925 5 Öre


France 1903 25 centimes, 1952 50 francs, 1955 100 francs


Belgium 1902 2 Centimes French text

 

Sorry, I've not got any mintage figures for the varieties.

It's rated R13 by Freeman, which is an estimated 501-1000 examples extant.

My own example isn't much better.

 

Wow such a buy at ten cents a coin lucky you! Thanks for sharing.

 

Lots of enjoyment in that lot!

 

I'm not into those coins, but like everyone has said, for ten cents, I would also have bought the lot.

 

Some more pickups from the same day. None of the rest were junk bin finds. They were unlabeled, unpriced world coins which went for about $0.5-$5.00 US each except for a couple otherwise noted.

Portugal (Azores), 100 Escudos, 1986, 10th anniversary of regional autonomy commemorative, Cu-Ni version

 

I posted an Azores coin to a separate thread when I noticed it was an overstrike.

next: Argentina, 1894, 2 Centavos
A common type, but this in is in better shape than I usually see these.
Rim ding obverse at around 5:30, but otherwise good surface detail. $2.

 

Three from Brazil for about $1 each. From L:
Brazil, 100 Réis, 1870, Cu-Ni
Brazil, 2000 Réis, 1937, Al-Bronze
Brazil, 1000 Cruzeiros, 1993, Steel

 

Same lot, still taking photos and writing in the details on these.
Denmark, 1 Øre, 1891, Christian IX, $2

 

Iceland, 25 Aurar, 1940, Christian X, $1