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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 2509600, member: 59737&quot;]I had a lot of fun at the show because someone was kind enough to bring a World Coin bin or two and let me go through them.&nbsp; At 10 cents and 3 cents per coin in the bin, I happily sat myself down and went coin by coin.&nbsp; My world type collection isn&#039;t huge but I have to put some extra effort into not pulling coins I don&#039;t already have.&nbsp; It takes a little mental gymnastics to look at a coin in a half second and decide to keep or toss.&nbsp; I managed to pull out 48 coins/tokens I didn&#039;t own and a few I did own in better condition than what I have.&nbsp; Notable coins include:</p><p>- North Korea 5 Chon from 2008 that I fished out on accident.&nbsp; I actually thought it was a generic South Korea coin, but I didn&#039;t recognize it and it actually fell out of my hands into the discard bin but it caught my eye and I snagged it.</p><p>- Great Britain half cent from the early 1700s KM 566 (it&#039;s about FR01-02 but I was able to match diameter and some of the markings to get it correct)&nbsp; Pretty cool to find a coin older than your country and pick it up for only 10 cents.&nbsp; I understand many of you would&#039;ve passed but I can carry this bad boy around and get people interested in coins by using it as a talking piece.&nbsp; If they drop it, it only cost me 10 cents <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>- 1920 Coblenz 10 Pfennig Notgeld.&nbsp; It&#039;s in terrible condition and rotted to heck but it&#039;s my first one and I&#039;m excited to own it.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to learn more about them as well as figure out how to conserve it.</p><p>- Guyana 1967 1 Cent, my first coin from that country</p><p>- Straits Settlements Half Cent 1862.&nbsp; Also almost unrecognizable but based on diameter and some of the letters I can make out, I&#039;m pretty sure it&#039;s the KM 5.</p><p>- Norway 10 Ore and Romania 20 Lei under German Occupation</p><p>[ATTACH]533511[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]533512[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]533513[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]533514[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]533515[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]533516[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]533517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]533518[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]533519[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]533520[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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