Post some random world coins

Those look nice. So far I haven't gotten any world silver from my LCS, because he pulls those before they go in his world coin bin.

 

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Upon further review, it looks like a shilling. Even better.

 

Superman is Back

 

This is pretty random...





Rob

 

This are some of the random coins I have picked up out of the coinstar reject bin over the last couple of months. Some were collected by my co-workers and given to me. The Silver dime I walked by twice before I stopped and picked it out of the tray. I guess it didn't register the first time I saw it. The medal of Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier is interesting. I was helping a customer who jammed the machine and it was what caused the jam. He told me he didn't know where it came from and gave it to me. I did some research and found that it was made both in Silver and Pewter. I has the correct weight and diameter for the silver coin(21.3g and 38mm) but it just doesn't look and feel like silver. The two brothers are credited for inventing a hot air balloon in 1783. This medallion is also associated with TWA, so who know where it came from. Maybe someone here that collects medals may know more about it. Sorry about using the scanner, but all my cameras are packed. My wife and I headed to Colorado early tomorrow morning on vacation.

 

Just looked that Montgolfier medal up. Pretty cool - the pieces were apparently given to passengers of that airline. (This list http://library.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/newman/#1490 mentions some silver version. Ah, those were the days ... when flying was more "exclusive" than nowadays.) The 1 quetzal coin with the peace dove looks cool, I think. Enjoy your trip!

Christian

 

here's a few

 

Random as I can get

 

H8, what is that first coin? pretty darn cool.

 

Austria - Salzburg 1642
1/4 Thaler klippe
KM#103

 

I have a glass on my dresser for random silver found in world bins or holed silver I pick up cheap.

 

Some of my small (but growing) world junk silver pile:

 

Not bad looking junk silver !

Nice!

 

Ouch! Those U.S. coins hurt me!!

 

Out of my pocket........just kidding!

 

Random Ethiopia (1936) & Spanish Netherlands (1624)

 

Some more junk silver (I guess the 3 pence is a bit better than junk though):

 

2,000 Réis - 1922 by setti posted Dec 13, 2015 at 10:34 PM

1 Real - 2015 by setti posted Dec 13, 2015 at 10:34 PM

400 Réis - 1940 by setti posted Dec 13, 2015 at 10:34 PM

2,000 Réis - 1928 by setti posted Dec 13, 2015 at 10:34 PM

1,000 Réis - 1939 by setti posted Dec 13, 2015 at 10:32 PM

 

From a Swedish type set I am working on...