Got 61 miscellaneous coins for $10 this week. There were some unsorted bags bound for the 10 cent bin, but with a few better coins mixed in, so he rounded up a few bucks. I suspect I still did OK. I'll start on ID by rows, L to R from top 1) France 25 centimes 1921 Sweden 1 krona 1989 Mexico 20 centavos 1967 Germany 5 pfennig 1918 Bolivia 1942 20 centavos (zinc, but not in bad shape) China (RoC) 20 fen Year 25 (worth a couple dollars, perhaps) 2) Iceland 5 aurar 1942 Norway 1 Krone 1956 Japan 10 Yen Showa 28 Canada 1 cent (small) 1920 Mexico 20 centavos 1967 Japan 100 yen Showa 47 3) Australia 1940 penny (can't tell which mint) Japan 5 yen Showa 25 UK Half Crown 1947 UK half penny 1938 Jamaica 25 cents 1989
4) Japan 5 yen Showa 26 New Zealand florin 1948 Switzerland 20 heller 1992 Hong Kong 50 cents 1968 Straits Settlements 10 cents 1927 (0.600 silver) France 10 centimes 1922 5) Brasil 200 réis 1937 Japan 100 yen Showa 63 Nicaragua 10 centavos 1939 India 1 rupee 1981 Japan 10 yen Showa 28 Austria 20 groschen 1954 6) France 25 centimes 1904 France 2 francs 1941 Italy 5 centesimi 186? UK penny 1920 Switzerland 20 heller 1974 El Salvador 5 centavos 1940 (lower mintage year)
7) Brazil 400 réis 1901 Switzerland 20 rappen 1943 Japan 10 yen Showa 27 Germany 5 rentenpfennig 1924 A Hong Kong 50 cents 1951 Moçambique 10 centavos 1942 (worth a few dollars probably) 8) Denmark 5 kroner 1961 (don't normally see larger denominations in junk bins) Iceland 1 eyrir 1946 Japan 10 yen showa 30 China (RoC) 5 fen year 25 Iceland 1 eyrir 1953 Japan 10 yen Shows 26 Mexico 20 centavos 1974
9) Brasil 300 réis 1938 New Zealand 50 cents 1978 Japan 5 sen Showa 17 Norway 1 Krone 1937 Ceylon 25 cents 1943 Japan 5 yen Showa 26 10) UK George III (?) halfpenny, date unreadable Mexico 5 centavos 1944 New Zealand shilling 1948 Malaya and British Borneo 50 cents 1955 (worth a couple dollars) Sweden 5 öre 1922 (nice condition) Sweden 5 kronor 1982 (worth about $0.45 face) That's all, thanks for following along. Let me know if any would like to see a closer picture of any of them.
