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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JoshD, post: 53741, member: 3180&quot;]Hi all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I am obviously new but have been reading on here for about 2 months.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a big collector, it&#039;s just a part time hobby because I don&#039;t really have much money to spend on it but I enjoy it nonetheless.&nbsp; Besides, sometimes you can put together a collection of interesting things basically for free if you look at your change like I do.</p><p><br /></p><p>My girlfriend works part time at the most popular gas station in a nearby small town of about 8000.&nbsp; I have told her a couple things to look for, such as pre 64 quarters, pre 70 halves, bison nickles, $2 bills, or anything else which she thinks does not look ordinary.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>2 days ago she is holding a coin and asks me what a half dollar is worth.&nbsp; I asked her what kind, a kennedy or franklin.&nbsp; She asked me what a franklin looks like, so I told her and she said it wasn&#039;t Ben on the coin.&nbsp; Then she says it has a lady in a dress.&nbsp; I tell her to let me see it, and my friends were standing around so I asked whos it was.&nbsp; She said it was mine now, some lady came in the store today and spent it.&nbsp; It was a 1941 Walker, prob. in VG to Fine condition, nothing special.&nbsp; Still, being only 22 years old, it was the 1st one I have ever seen in circulation.&nbsp; I told her that was a good find IMO because even though it isn&#039;t worth much, it is special to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, she hands me another coin that I don&#039;t know about.&nbsp; Guessing it&#039;s from the UK or something since the design reminds me of a pound.&nbsp; It is about the size of a US nickel, says Queen Elizabeth the Second with her picture in the middle on the obverse, and a reeded edge with a groove cut into the middle all around the edge.&nbsp; The reverse has the words &quot;Ten Cents 1957 Hong-Kong&quot; around the edge, and in the middle appears to be 4 different oriental symbols.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Can anybody tell me what I&#039;m looking at?&nbsp; I have mentioned my guess earlier, but the Hong Kong thing throws me off and I still don&#039;t know how a coin from the UK minted 48 years ago would be circulating in the US.&nbsp; Guess stranger things have happened!&nbsp; Thanks for the help![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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