Countries found in US rolls

Discussion in 'Coin Roll Hunting' started by lincoln, Feb 28, 2015.

  1. lincoln

    lincoln Large Member

    Being roll searchers we all have found coins other than what should have been in the roll. It got me thinking (it has been a while since I had a thought): How many different countries are represented by the coins found in US coin rolls by CoinTalk members?

    I have found (in no particular order):

    Canada

    Mexico

    Great Britain

    Germany

    Panama

    Philippines

    Greece (Euro)

    Italy

    Russia

    Ireland

    Singapore

    Norway

    Hong Kong



    I’m sure there are lots more out there…I would bet (not much) there are at least 50, and probably well over that number, represented. Anyone care to add your additional countries to the list?
     
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  3. SorenCoins

    SorenCoins Well-Known Member

    I was coin roll hunting today and I found a coin from the Bahamas so add that country
     
  4. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    Australia and Switzerland, also South Africa
     
  5. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    mostly Canada
     
  6. CMM

    CMM New Member

    just canadian
     
  7. coinman1234

    coinman1234 Not a Well-Known Member

    Barbados, Zambia, and many more that I can not think of off the top of my head.
     
  8. Effigy303

    Effigy303 Well-Known Member

    United Arab Emirates
     
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  9. coinman1234

    coinman1234 Not a Well-Known Member

    Korea (I forget which one)
     
  10. onecenter

    onecenter Member

    I was fortunate to receive a coin in a roll from the former USSR many years ago. The same coin roll also had a New York city subway token.
     
  11. tulipone

    tulipone Well-Known Member

    Not too much quality control with your banking system for coins is there? I think the only foreign coins I have ever had in error are from Gibraltar (arguably part of UK anyway) and Australia who use, or at least used to use same weight, shaped and numbered coins as us.
     
  12. coinman1234

    coinman1234 Not a Well-Known Member

    I forgot, I had a plastic play money dime that said, "World of Play Money" with weird photo of Roosevelt with a creepy smile on his face. I'm 99% sure it's made in china but not sure if that counts or not.
     
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  13. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    You should post in alphabetical order, too tough to search the list.

    And easier to add the new ones
     
  14. coinman1234

    coinman1234 Not a Well-Known Member

    I did a box just now and found Spain and a 1959 British Caribbean Territories coin.
     
  15. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    I found in a quarter roll a Republica Dominicana Veinticinco Centavos - Dominican Republic 25C
     
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  16. lincoln

    lincoln Large Member

    New alphabetized list with recent additions.

    Australia
    Bahamas
    Barbados
    British Caribbean Territories
    Canada
    Dominican Republic
    Germany
    Great Britain
    Greece (Euro)
    Hong Kong
    Ireland
    Italy
    Korea
    Mexico
    Norway
    Panama
    Philippines
    Russia
    Singapore
    South Africa
    Spain
    Switzerland
    UAR
    USSR
    Zambia
     
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  17. onecenter

    onecenter Member

    Please add Bermuda. One cent, ten-cent and 25-cent coins pop-up from time-to-time.
     
  18. theshoegazer

    theshoegazer Well-Known Member

    Never seen the Mexican or Central American coins some of you find, but lots of Canadians here, and because I'm in a major city, there's a few UK and European Union coins that turn up from time to time. Bahamas and Bermuda are the most common of the others.
     
  19. ottotornesi

    ottotornesi Member

    Ecuador
     
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  20. coinman1234

    coinman1234 Not a Well-Known Member

  21. Pere

    Pere Active Member

    These were post-2000 centavo coins? Which are an easy substitution, in that they are not only the same denominations and dimensions as US coins, but are actually literal divisions of the US dollar--the official currency of Ecuador. Ecuador mints their own fractional coinage, but denominations of $1 and up are physically imported.
     
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