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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3554023, member: 10461&quot;]In the early 2000s I found a 1694 London Elephant token (thick planchet variety) in a small lot of World coins I bought for $3.00.&nbsp; It had VG details and a deep gouge in it, but it was the real deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Found a Connecticut copper in another small lot.&nbsp; And a pretty nice Saint Patrick farthing (with the brass insert nice and bright) in another.&nbsp; So that&#039;s three times I&#039;ve found stuff from the Colonial section of the Red book in bulk World coin lots. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also found a neat Civil War token of a somewhat lesser-seen variety in a 20-pound bag (of what was otherwise all very modern World coins) from a Bundesbank lot. </p><p><br /></p><p>Quite often the lesser known stuff that&#039;s not regular US Mint issue but <i>is</i> listed in the Redbook finds its way into mixed World coin lots.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember speaking to a fella at my old antique mall booth, and telling him some of these stories.&nbsp; He later told me that inspired him to go through some bulk lots and he found a <a href="https://uspatterns.stores.yahoo.net/p2081.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://uspatterns.stores.yahoo.net/p2081.html" rel="nofollow">Martha Washington pattern dime</a>.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t believe him when he told me that, but later read about the discovery in <i>Coin World</i> or a similar publication.&nbsp; Amazing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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