Do You Actively Collect Foreign Coins?

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What's that?

 

I have no idea. I am pretty sure it is Japanese. I like the the building.

 

Ok so I looked a little closer and I'm thinking its Chinese maybe? The Forbidden Palace maybe? Neat coin.

 

The 3 characters across the top stand for Japan. However, the reverse characters refer to a Chinese dynasty. I am befuddled by this coin.

 

Strange - very cool lonegun.

 

That 10 yen coin shows the Hall of the Phoenix at the Byōdō-in temple near Kyōto. Sounds like Japan to me ...

Christian

 

I collect foreign coins because I collect the British empire being British and these were colonies so really not "foreign" as such ha !

 

I have nearly 200 current/extinct countries. While many were inherited, I still add when I find something purdy.

 

in my countries list i had 350 different ones in my old collection, even now with my new collection i have 326.....not including german or italian states issues...

 

Not sure I think I have 80 odd countries actually including my brunswick luneburg

 

Something from India.

 

I actively collect foreign silver coins. i started collecting them for bullion value, but more now for building a collection and less for bullion. I have silver from many different places, a lot from South Africa, Australia, Sweden, Brazil, Britain, and recently a few from Germany and France. I love the designs and beauty of most of the coins i collect.

 

I was picking up loads of South African silver of KGVI & QEII for well below melt before and built a decent collection but now they are selling at a much higher value so I'm
Struggling for George's varieties at a fair price

 

Here are some more coins the 10 pesos i got it for 9 bucks and the 1/2 real i found it at my grandpas house in the dirt when i was a lil kid maybe like 20 years ago i was so happy because it was my oldest coin that i had

 

I started with collecting U.S. coins but have recently moved to Ireland Republic coins. Ireland is one of my favorite countries, it's fun to learn about the history of the coinage in another nation, and since there are less collectors than there are for U.S. coins, the high grade rare stuff is more accessible on a limited budget. That does also mean there are less coins to choose from on the market, but it makes it all the more sweeter when you find that coin you're looking for.

 

That is a Japanese 10 Yen coin from the Showa emperor's 35th year (1960).

The left picture below the big 10 reads: Showa san jyu go nen (Showa 35th year)
The right picture reads: Nihon Koku (Japan) Jyu en (10 yen)

 

I was reading it in Chinese.

 

1,2, and 5 ORE type coins from Sweden. Pre WWII, WWII era, and post war era.