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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 25389859, member: 102103&quot;]The junk bin was almost empty last week, but for some reason had quite a few coins from Japan left.&nbsp; Here were my $1 worth of picks:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1625916[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a relative going to Japan soon, so I figure I can use any modern 50 and 100 yen coins to give her for spending change.&nbsp; Most of my junk bin 100 and 50 yen coins seem to come from the 1960s and 1970s, so I didn&#039;t have the heart to send those off to be spent.&nbsp; Guess I&#039;ll keep working on a Showa post-WW2 junk bin date set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking for pocket change among the older stuff:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1625917[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s my newly completed early 50 yen date set thanks to the Showa 30 in the junk bin.&nbsp; I think nearly all of these were 10 cent picks, but it took years.&nbsp; I&#039;m still working on my date set for the 1959-64 series.&nbsp; Those don&#039;t show up in junk bins much.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1625918[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I also picked up $20 worth of mostly loose coins.&nbsp; Most of that was for the China silver minor.&nbsp; I think Somaliland is a new &quot;country&quot; for me.&nbsp; The Uruguay 4 centesimos looks to have been cleaned, but has a lot of nice detail.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1625919[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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