Foreign Coins

[Rosco53]

I'm realizing more and more that one thing I like the most is finding foreign coins. Besides Canada ;-). I've been fortunate enough to find coins from 15 countries now but was wondering, what denomination seems to yield the most? So far I think I'm tied country-wise between cents and nickels (thought guessing that could just be due to volume), so curious as to what everyone else has found? Thanks for any input! Happy hunting everyone!

 

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[GB1]

i mostly find Mexico and Canada coins the farthest country was Bermuda

 

[Immy]

Looooooove finding foreigns! Oldest was a 1920 Canadian cent on 2/21/08, oldest non-Canadian was a 1929 Panama 5 centesimos (out of a nickel slot machine!) on 2/26/04.

Panamanian cents were rather common in Vegas slots back in the day, as well as euro 2 centers.

From 2016 to the present I've found 30 nations via Coinstar:

Aruba, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, China Rep (Taiwan), Cuba, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Macao, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Is., Uganda, United Arab Emirates

The all-time number is probably at least double that. Wish I had kept better records. I've got ten nations so far in 2018, so you're ahead of me, Rosco.

Keep at it!

Edit: Check out the actual TNet post when I found the 1920 Canadian:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/coin-roll-hunting/74259-casino-yields-new-oldest-penny.html

 

[ShinyPackRat]

Also a big fan of most foreign coins here, although I don't run across them terribly often.
Coming up on my one year anniversary soon for CRH'ing, so for my first 10 months or so I'm at: 2002 China, 1989 Bahamas, 1996 Panama, 1977 1/2 franc, and a 2005 2 cent euro (France I believe). All from penny rolls (in boxes), about 138,000 searched.
I've also got a 2002 mexican 2 pesos but unsure exactly where that came from.