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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Milesofwho, post: 3037870, member: 91469&quot;]I was on a day trip the other day and, as always, I stopped by a local coin store for a bit. The man had four separate bargain bins, four for $1, one for $1, one for $2, and one for $5. Naturally, I sort through all of them. Here is what I bought. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]757878[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]757880[/ATTACH] </p><p>Luxembourg, 1901, 10 centimes.</p><p>Neat old Luxembourgish portrait coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]757881[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]757882[/ATTACH] </p><p>Italy, 1918-R, 20 centesimi.</p><p>I&nbsp; disregard my aversion to overstrikes if it is a modern overstrike, like this one, which has been overstruck on a 1894 20 centesimi. You can see parts of the the undertype’s wreath near the edges of the coin on the obverse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]757883[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]757884[/ATTACH] </p><p>Italy, 1931-R, 10 centesimi.</p><p>Neat natural design, plus I needed something to make four coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]757886[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]757885[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sweden, 1955, 2 öre.</p><p>I always liked the incuse design they chose for this series of öre.</p><p><br /></p><p>Monaco, 1943 (undated), 1 franc. </p><p>It’s Monaco, and it brings a good catalog price!</p><p>Canada, 1943, 5 cents.</p><p>I now have an example of the Tombac brass nickel to go with my steel one.</p><p>Philippines as a U. S. Territory, 1903, 1/2 centavo.</p><p>It complements my Commonwealth cent. </p><p>Sweden again, 1862, 5 öre.</p><p>Neat large bronze, and prices well.</p><p>British West Africa, 1936-H, 1 penny.</p><p>I enjoy seeing any coin with Edward VIII’s name on it.</p><p>British West Africa 1936, 1/2 penny. </p><p>Ditto.</p><p>Sarawak, 1891-H, 1 cent.</p><p>Good condition, plus the story of Mr. Brooke being gifted an island and running it successfully on his own always interested me.</p><p>France, L’an 5 (1796-1797), 5 centimes.</p><p>Neat Marianne design, as always.</p><p>Vatican City, 1930, 20 centesimi.</p><p>The Vatican mint was not opened until 1931, but they struck backdated coins dating from the first year of Vatican City’s foundation. This is the middle ground, so to speak. I actually had not meant to buy this one, but when I found it in the bag I was not displeased. </p><p>Vatican City, 1933-34, 20 centesimi. </p><p>This is a jubilee year, that is, a special year in the Roman Catholic Church emphasizing forgiveness of sins. Normally there are Jubilee years every 25 years, but exeptions can be granted, such as this one, which commemorates the 1900th anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that’s all of them. Did you think I did well? Which one did you like the most? What great bargain bin finds have you had?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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