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Harpua
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I recently finished going through 20+ pound bulk lot. Nothing too exciting came out of it, a typical lot and not too impressed. I did keep detailed stats of what I found however (I like stats for some odd reason) so I thought I would share. If you get bored easily, please move on. 
I got them fairly cheap (at least looking at the lots on eBay and what they normally go for), under 3 cents per coin as it turns out.
While the total count includes all coins, the rest of the stats do not include 61 coins yet to be identified...most are Middle Eastern or Asian that I just haven't taken the time to identify yet.
So I spent a lot of extra time collecting this data, but my kids and I had fun despite the fact that this was a less than exciting batch. I have another batch that just arrived today (much smaller this time, only about 300-400 coins) that look much more promising that this batch was.
Total Coins: 2093
Total Different Countries: 102
Top 10 Most Represented Countries:
1. Spain - 419 - 20%
2. Belgium - 173 - 8.2%
3. Portugal - 103 - 4.9%
4. Finland - 96 - 4.6%
5. Yugoslavia - 88 - 4.2%
6. Greece - 74 - 3.5%
7. Denmark - 58 - 2.8%
8. Turkey - 58 - 2.8%
9. West Germany - 58 - 2.8%
10. Russia (Soviet Union) - 57 - 2.7%
Top 5 Oldest Coins - As you can see, the older ones are pretty rough
1. Undated US Large cent 1837-1857 type - Pretty Rough
2. 1861 France 10 Centimes - AG
3. 189? US 5 Cent - Pretty Rough
4. 1911 Austria 2 heller VF
5. 1916 Egypt 10 Milliemes G
By Decade (there were a handful that were identified, but not the date)
< 1900 - 3 - 0.1%
1900 - 0 - 0.0%
1910 - 5 - 0.2%
1920 - 3 - 0.1%
1930 - 6 - 0.3%
1940 - 48 - 2.3%
1950 - 198 - 9.5%
1960 - 359 - 17.2%
1970 - 674 - 32.2%
1980 - 519 - 24.8%
1990 - 200 - 9.6%
2000+ - 5 - 0.2%
By Metal
Copper-Nickel - 926
Aluminum - 253
Bronze - 226
Aluminum-Bronze - 200
Brass - 76
Nickel-Brass - 55
Copper Plated Steel - 49
Copper - 49
Copper-Zinc - 32
Nickel - 32
Nickel Clad Steel - 21
Stainless Steel - 18
Zinc - 16
Bronze Clad Steel - 12
Copper Clad Iron - 9
Nickel Plated Iron - 8
Brass Plated Steel - 8
Nickel-Bronze - 7
Copper-Tin-Zinc - 6
Bronze Plated Steel - 4
Nickel Plated Steel - 4
Steel - 2
Copper-Aluminum - 2
Iron - 2
Other - 29
I got them fairly cheap (at least looking at the lots on eBay and what they normally go for), under 3 cents per coin as it turns out.
While the total count includes all coins, the rest of the stats do not include 61 coins yet to be identified...most are Middle Eastern or Asian that I just haven't taken the time to identify yet.
So I spent a lot of extra time collecting this data, but my kids and I had fun despite the fact that this was a less than exciting batch. I have another batch that just arrived today (much smaller this time, only about 300-400 coins) that look much more promising that this batch was.
Total Coins: 2093
Total Different Countries: 102
Top 10 Most Represented Countries:
1. Spain - 419 - 20%
2. Belgium - 173 - 8.2%
3. Portugal - 103 - 4.9%
4. Finland - 96 - 4.6%
5. Yugoslavia - 88 - 4.2%
6. Greece - 74 - 3.5%
7. Denmark - 58 - 2.8%
8. Turkey - 58 - 2.8%
9. West Germany - 58 - 2.8%
10. Russia (Soviet Union) - 57 - 2.7%
Top 5 Oldest Coins - As you can see, the older ones are pretty rough
1. Undated US Large cent 1837-1857 type - Pretty Rough
2. 1861 France 10 Centimes - AG
3. 189? US 5 Cent - Pretty Rough
4. 1911 Austria 2 heller VF
5. 1916 Egypt 10 Milliemes G
By Decade (there were a handful that were identified, but not the date)
< 1900 - 3 - 0.1%
1900 - 0 - 0.0%
1910 - 5 - 0.2%
1920 - 3 - 0.1%
1930 - 6 - 0.3%
1940 - 48 - 2.3%
1950 - 198 - 9.5%
1960 - 359 - 17.2%
1970 - 674 - 32.2%
1980 - 519 - 24.8%
1990 - 200 - 9.6%
2000+ - 5 - 0.2%
By Metal
Copper-Nickel - 926
Aluminum - 253
Bronze - 226
Aluminum-Bronze - 200
Brass - 76
Nickel-Brass - 55
Copper Plated Steel - 49
Copper - 49
Copper-Zinc - 32
Nickel - 32
Nickel Clad Steel - 21
Stainless Steel - 18
Zinc - 16
Bronze Clad Steel - 12
Copper Clad Iron - 9
Nickel Plated Iron - 8
Brass Plated Steel - 8
Nickel-Bronze - 7
Copper-Tin-Zinc - 6
Bronze Plated Steel - 4
Nickel Plated Steel - 4
Steel - 2
Copper-Aluminum - 2
Iron - 2
Other - 29
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Fascinating statistical breakdown...!
-YN Currently Collecting & Researching Colonial World Coins, Especially Spanish Coins, With a Great Interest in WWII Militaria.
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After saying that, I had a lot of coins from Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Jugoslavia, so maybe it is a different bank sourse.
The best bank bag I have purchased from from a British bank but I can not seem to locate anymore.
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