One man's trash . . .

Mercfan

May be another man's treasure.

I know NOTHING about modern non-U.S. coinage. But at the end of a walk last night, I took a look at some stuff that a neighbor, who's moving, had put out by the curb that afternoon. Among some nice picture frames and like-new board games, wall clocks, etc., was a large glass vase filled with just over ten pounds of coins. I took them home for a look, and found them to include a mix from quite a few countries. Not many have dates prior to 1960, but I imagine they must be worth something.

Any thoughts?

lordmarcovan

Probably nothing supervaluable, but... TEN POUNDS of coins (ANY coins) for FREE sounds like a fantastic score to me!

WTG! I can't believe somebody would throw that away.

Sounds like a contender for the May "Wild Card" award on the Metal Detecting Forum. We have monthly awards there for detector finds, but the "Wild Card" category is for finds made without a detector. Each monthly Wild Card winner gets a virtual sig line trophy plaque and bragging rights. I was thinking of entering the four tiny fragments of prehistoric Indian pottery I found yesterday. They don't look like much, but the Wild Card category is our treasure hunters' "anything goes" category. (Almost anything, that is- if you bought it, it doesn't count.) See link for details, and enter your find!



(Edit: speaking of details, I can't make out too much in that picture, I'm afraid.)

RareBronzeCollector

Sort of gives new meaning to the expression "throwing your money away".......

satootoko

Some, but not all, of the ones from Euro-zone countries may still have face value, and be exchangeable at the various central banks for Euros at the exchange rate set when currency converted from national issues to Euros.

Of course you could always put half-pound lots on EBay as "L@@K, Unsearched, R@RE!"

(Don't forget - "NO RESERVE")

farthing

Given the more recent dates of the coins - you probably could get $3-$5 per pound for these on eBay.

clarkbar04

Nice score!

johnsim03

This sort of reminds me of a story told by one of my stamp dealing friends...

This guy had a deal with the local city administration to buy up all of the foreign change that was used
to fool the parking meters in the city. The city thought they were getting a great deal, and every time
they had five or ten pounds saved up, they would call this guy to come and pick them up.

What they didn't know was that he would turn right around and re-sell the coins at a local flea market,
using a sign saying "Parking Meter Change - Huge Discount!"

Now that is recycling...

BTW, good score!

John