World coin poundage - 5lbs search

[thtr12]

Just got some world coins from a Ebay seller.
After a few hours and some internet research I have them sorted out.
Here are the results for anyone who might be interested.
I think it was okay considering I had maybe 10 coins before.

Ebay 5 pound lot - $34 delivered (per coin 6.6 cents)
coins total 2146g or 4.72 lbs

plus 11 coins in 2x2 holders extra (not weighed).

2 unidentified as of yet Arabic coins (possibly Egypt)

Countries (77) - coin count (514)

Asian:
Thailand - 10
Taiwan - 5
South Korea - 3
Japan - 3
Vietnam - 1
Philipines - 6
India - 5
Hong Kong - 5
Singapore - 9
Malaysia - 6
Maldives - 1
China - 6
60 total

Pacific:
Fiji - 2
Australia - 10
12 total

Central & South America:
Costa Rica - 3
Panama - 1
Honduras - 4
Argentina - 5
Portugal - 2
Bolivia - 1
Venezula - 3
Brazil - 21
El Salvador - 1
Peru - 10
Colombia - 8
Ecuador - 18
Guyana - 3
Mexico - 25
105 total

Middle East:
Pakistan - 1
Saudi Arabia - 2
Libya - 2
Syria - 1
Lebanon - 1
Bahrain - 1
Jordan -1
United Arab Emirates - 3
Isreal - 11
23 total

Africa:
Liberia - 1
Ghana - 3
Zambia - 2
South Africa - 4
10 total

Europe:
Kyrgyzstan - 1
Poland - 10
Netherland - 11
Belgium - 13
Romania - 1
Yugoslavia - 11
Italy - 9
Ukraine - 1
Bulgaria - 2
Finland - 1
Uzbekistan - 1
Hungary - 8
Greece - 4
Croatia - 3
Czech Republic - 3
Iceland - 1
Norway - 3
Switzerland - 3
Spain - 8
Denmark - 3
Austria - 4
Slovakia - 1
Russia - 25
Germany - 20
Ireland - 5
France - 32
UK - 43
227 total

Caribean:
Cuba - 1
Barbados - 5
Trinidad & Tobago - 9
Cayman Islands - 7
Aruba - 4
Bahamas - 2
Dominican Republic - 10
Jamaica - 20
Eastern Caribean - 2
60 total

Tokens - 1 Toronto Transit subway, 2 Arcade, 1 carwash
1 Generic no value (junk)

Junk (non coin or damaged coin) - 10

 

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[CRHQueen]

Any silver?

 

[thtr12]

My answer is about 99.9% sure that any silver found would have been put there just to sell a lot more.
I didnt look for sellers with that in the listing since my goal was to build a collection.
Did not see any in the coins I searched.

Worked on my 2 lb lot from todays coin show (tried from a local coin dealer to see if would get more in future).
lots of canadian pennies and nickels all diff dates so maybe they just dumped a collection in the tray.
Added about 10 more countries and have maybe 13 coins to ID left. 290 coins in lot paid under 6 cents ea.

Hand picked about 24 coins for $3 from another table (12.5 cents each).

 

[CRHQueen]

Sounds like you are well on your way!

 

[frankendime]

Just a thought. Have you looked into Goodwill auctions? They are always selling foreign coins by the pound.

 

[sagittarius98]

Post a pic of the unidentified coins. What was the oldest coin in the lot?

 

[thtr12]

I did not look at all the dates yet just sorted by country in bags. UK 1917, France 1921, some from Japan and Germany WWII era.
Could be older coins I am not sure.

signed up for numista so probably will have my coins listed on there at some point.

Here are my 2 mentioned unidentified Arabic language coins

coin 1


coin2

 

[sagittarius98]

Coin #1- 1938-I Iraq 4 fils- $2 value
Coin #2- 1910 Turkey 40 para- $3 in VF, $10 in XF

 

[thtr12]

Thanks for the coin IDs. I was surprised at the dates and values.
Anyway I am happy with the coin lots for the variety and price.
If I get stuck again Ill post another thread with details for more expert help.

 

[thtr12]

Just a thought. Have you looked into Goodwill auctions? They are always selling foreign coins by the pound.

Saw such a lot on ebay from seattle goodwill. Never been to a live auction though. Have to check if any are in my area.

 

[frankendime]

Saw such a lot on ebay from seattle goodwill. Never been to a live auction though. Have to check if any are in my area.

Goodwill Auctions.com Online auctions

 

[aaron7]

shopgoodwill is the site you'd want.