First foreign coin spill yesterday

[Clad the Impaler]

Hi everyone. I hadn't been out hunting in over a week due to my work schedule, but decided to hit a new spot yesterday after work. Hunted for about 3 hrs, finding $2.21 in clad, a 2001 dog tag, a zinc PGA charter member token, 2 wheats ('44, '56D), and 13 foreign coins, all shallow and in the same area. I figure this is either a BIG pocket spill, or someone simply didn't want these coins and discarded them. Sadly, no silvers among them (all coins appear to be cupronickel, tin, copper, or zinc). There are 4 Asian coins (either Chinese or Japanese) I cannot identify, and help with their id would be greatly appreciated. The ones I can id are as follows (in no particular order): Philippines 1 Sentimo (1969), 5 Sentimos (1972); Canada George VI 1 Cent (1943); USSR 1 Kopek (1982); Ireland 1/2 Penny (1971), 1 Penny (1971; x2); Germany 10 Pfennig (1972), 50 Pfennig (1950); and the 4 Asian coins I can't identify, though one may be dated 1948 (it has small Asian characters on one side and the number "48" next to them....). Pics below. Enjoy!!

 

[outlaw007]

congrats on all your finds!

 

[Clad the Impaler]

UPDATE: mystery solved thanks to resourceful t-netters!! All 4 coins are Japanese. I have two 5 Yen coins, one 10 Yen coin, and one 100 Yen coin. I am fairly sure the 100 Yen coin is dated 1948, however the dates on the 5 and 10 Yen coins are all in Japanese characters, so I can't read them. Oh well. someone posted that the 100 Yen coin is worth more than a buck. Cool!! Now if y'all will excuse me, I'm gonna check some exchange rates.....

 

[DPBOB]

WTG

 

[p2c]

Nice assortment of foreign coins. It's always interesting to speculate on how they got there. I do wonder if McDonalds in Japan has something like a 100 yen value menu. Good luck exchanging it with all your other clad.

 

[ivan salis]

meat in japan is quite costly normally -- imported food stuff is costly as japan touts its "by local food stuffs as much as possible ' to its folks --they know the evils of bringing in foreignfood trade balance wize .

foreign coins as such a not exchangible at banks ( however when I get enough candain coinage i mail it north to a candain coin shop and use it to "buy" us silver coins with -- I include coins enought to pay return postage in candain as well---so i get american silver coins for "upbound postage" only) --only paper money is exchanged by banks and you need a bit to make it worth while to do

 

[Lowbatts]

There are, or were a lot of "startup" coin collecting kits for kids that included primarily unvalued foreign coins in years past. Perhaps this is part of some kids collection that he had a toss party with upon entering beer drinking age and finding the liquor store would not redeem them.

But enough about me.

 

[Lookn4Seated]

How about a coin spill?! Soon enough you;ll be pulling silver coin spills. I can smell it.