My first foreign coin CRHing...

[cyberdan]

Got this in a box from B of A
There was 21 coins in that roll so it didn't cost me a cent. Good thing because it is worth less than 2 cents. It is almost the size of a half but a little thinner. When I first saw it I "knew" I had something special because of the thin white stripe. Boy was I wrong. :P

10 Costa Rican Colon = 0.01966 US Dollar

It would take a 25 pound box of these to buy $20 worth of anything in Costa Rica. Anyone got a wheelbarrel.

 

[kestrelia]

Nice find! We should have a contest - Least Valuable Coin found in Circulation (across the denominations). You might be the winner for half dollars!

-Brian

 

[soldierman]

Just think how many it would take to fill up your gas tank.

 

[Silver_Fox]

It could even be worthless. Some of the not so recent Mexican coins are because there money has been devalued over time. I keep all the foreign coins in holders in a page in my "special coins" CRHing book.

 

[tw656]

There are some cool foreign coins. The older the better. I found a 1923 Canadian nickel at the coin return today. It kept jamming up and finally the coin popped out in the return tray. Pretty sure it wasnt one I put in. The side nicked pretty good twice. Im sure its from the coin return. Looked it up, not a drop of silver or any metal worth anything. Still the reverse kind of cool looking. Oh well, Ill keep it anyway. Probably worth more than your costa rica coin!

 

[gallileo60]

Ah, it is still nice tho..Cool find.

 

[GMan00001]

Nice find! We should have a contest - Least Valuable Coin found in Circulation (across the denominations). You might be the winner for half dollars!

-Brian

I doubt it as mentioned above with the devaluing of the old Mexican peso, those are worth far less if I remember right and there may some lower than those. Old pesos are worth 1000x less than todays pesos.