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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 6229632, member: 102103&quot;]Going through my unsorted loose coppers recently, I found this one.&nbsp; I believe it is a <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces24144.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces24144.html" rel="nofollow">1 Rappen from the Swiss Canton of Schwyz, 1843</a>.&nbsp; I rarely see regional Swiss coins loose, so I&#039;m pretty happy with it.&nbsp; Date and purchase price unknown, but if I got it loose, it can&#039;t have been more than a few bucks.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246365[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>i have to admit, anything I see something old-looking and unfamiliar in a junk bin, I tend to pick it up.&nbsp; The condition usually isn&#039;t much to look at, but it&#039;s a chance to educate myself about some older types cheaply.&nbsp; I also sometimes make an offer for batches of unsorted copper coins at my local dealers.&nbsp; Often the dealer is willing to sell them pretty cheaply to save the trouble of looking them up and packaging them.&nbsp; It&#039;s not really cherry-picking if I don&#039;t know what I&#039;m looking for, but at times I&#039;ve been happy with the results.&nbsp; I&#039;ve find quite a few billon coins mixed in with the coppers over the years.&nbsp; Example:&nbsp; this 1851 billon 10 rappen for ~75 cents.&nbsp; Reverse is unreadable.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246385[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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