Hello,

finally decided to start a subject on what can be found in lot buys. I got a kg of coins last week and I am still slowly going through it. Next week one more will arrive (from the guy mentioned here. ) which I will also go through rather slowly. I don't intend on posting just... valuable stuff. Just the coins I find pretty, the ones that manage to excite me etc.

I will also post eventual George V coin buys, even tho I have cut that down a bit this month.

So, for a start I'd like to show you the US coins found in 1 kg of a world coin lot. All of them Cents.



Also a coin from the Netherlands. It was a nice change to get a Wilhelmina 1 cent, after 15 or so Julianas.



That's it for now.

Over here I usually get British pennies and German Pfennig coins as fillers. None of those Lincolns are showing much wear at all, which is pretty good considering they came from a bulk lot. I'm looking forward to your report on your next bulk lot.

Well the real fillers in this lot were the Juliana of Netherlands 1 cent coins.There must be about 25 of those and I think they are the commonest coins in it. That is why the Wilhelmina made me happy.

I also had this nice gentleman. I wonder if he can still be graded VF. Everything is crisp and readable. Only some wear marks here and there.



This is a french coin I really find interesting (all though common). Very industrious :



The worst thing about this bulk, is the amount of corrosion damaged coins, whether bronze, zinc, iron or aluminium. Among them a very nice italian 5 centesimi coin from 1925. Sadly the entire reverse is ruined. I am sure this is inevitable in bulks, but it is still sad.

phh i had like 4 of these dated 1978 X( hated em cause all i found in junk bins an got from frnds where 1978 nothin else so kept 2 an gave away the others 2 my frnd for trade an stuff

I kinda like the french coin. And it is my first one of the kind.

Could I hear some suggestions of grading for the Juarez coin? Would it qualify as VF?

Still going through the lot. I think I will need more... erm... are they called 2x2s? Those things with the round see through bit!

Today I found a nice Maltese coin. Nothing special worth wise, but I do like that little St. George in the middle of the cross.



And it was a nice change to find a German bronze 2 Pfennig piece... especially in that good condition. The only German coin as far as I can see.



And once more... if someone has a good idea, I'd love to know if the Juarez coin would qualify as VF. I am really bad at grading.

Till next coin.

i found one of those german coins in my change at walmart hence i live in ohio lol

i get alot of germans usually just pass on em ...my frnds keep gettin me some ....ohh btw i think i converted my best frnd yesterday ^_^ eheh lol first time i showed him my full collection xD lol an he really liked em said he has a box at home (in which i chocked him told him grr an u only gave me 5 coins xD lol) an if he doesnt collect he will give em 2 me he kept asking me how do i know which coins are fake when i go buy em told him ill go with u for a month or 2 then he will know eheh ohh yea converted some1 lol but he was intrested in banknotes a bit more ...hmmmm maybe a banknote nut xD lol

Graikos, Just to let you know, I'm not ignoring your request for a grade on that Mexican, I'm just not a very good grader at all, but it does still have a lot of detail on it. If I had to guess, I'd agree with you, but then again, maybe that's not a good thing!

Oh, no. No worries, Topher. I can imagine that many of us have difficulties with grading. But thank you for your comment. It's nice to get any answer on a question.

eheh i dont use the new grading stuff i grade from poor till unc with no numbers only 8 steps an out of 8 i give it a 6 thats vf .....hmm might be a fine ...i don know but from the pic it looks nice an cant see alot of wear ....details all showen ...so vf

Well, my Bundesbank lot arrived today. I haven't had much time to go through it yet. The first coin I got out the Bundesbank bag when I opened it, was this Mexican coin. Need to look it up on Krause, but I thought I'll post it first.

Btw... this lot will be called BBLot from now on. Just so people can distinguish what is from where.

KM#439
You just happened to get the year with the lowest mintage! 6,560,000 with all the other years (1943-1955) ranging from 11,385,000 all the way up to 83,650,000.

VF $2.50
XF $4.50
UNC $25.00

Not bad for the first coin.

Both Mexican pieces appear to be EF IMO.

Yeah, I saw that last night. Lucky I guess!

And we come back to the question of whether or not this coin qualifies as VF. I'd say yes...

EDIT: ccg just replied. Reeeeeeally? Can I buy you coffee?

<3 ahhh ^_^ nice

Well, I got another handful of coins out of the bag and among 1 cents from the Netherlands, some Yugoslavian coins and the occasional 1 and 2 Drachma coins, were these two:

1 Reichspfennig 1940 (Mintmark J) made of Zinc:



2 Centimes 1876 from Belgium:

wow like the hitler 1

This looks like a batch worth pursuing. I'd take any of those in a heartbeat!

Well, another two handfuls were removed. I got a lot of east european countries' coin and some nice indian republic aluminium coins. And one more US cent from 1988 ( if this continues, I should start a proper cent collection )

I got this nice 5 Francs with an open nine. Depending on the grading this could be worth 3 (vf) to 6 (xf) $. No matter which is the case, this coin is beautiful and the biggest aluminium coin I have had in my hand.



Also within these handfuls a AUNC Indonesian 100 Rupiah. The condition is remarkable if you consider that these coins are banging against each other since 1978.



And a probably only XF coin from Romania (as it has two little scratches on the reverse). This one is even older.



Finally a nice coin from Belgium. If this were an EF it would be worth 6 $ (No idea if it is EF, but I guess not). It is a 1967 25 Belgian Centimes with the Belgie legend and a medal alignment. Cute... The only thing that bothers me is the color. It looks kinda weird.



That was it for now.

Welcome to the wonderful world of "Lot" Collecting. It looks like you've found someone to send you some good lots, too!

Those are some great coins you've gotten to add to your collection. I hope you enjoy this.

Kitty

Oh indeed I am! Unfortunately I can't pursue my George V collection at the moment, but I will be soon enough again. So, at least I got a large quantity of coins to play with till then.

Weeell... Another handful:

2 Francs 1945 with a Mint mark. Krause gives this a value of 3.00 even with a F condition. Aluminium again.



A coin from Morocco I just found pretty. It's from 1952.



And another French coin from 1911. The condition is poor, but still a nice coin.

got 1 in 9th grade from a frnd weird ....how the hell did he get it in the first place xD lol ....but its nice

Here I am again with another small handful of coins... My finds this time were:

A 1935 coin from Sweden:



A coin from 1941 Netherlands. I really like this coin, even tho the details are hard to read. I was wondering a lot about the Viking boat on a coin in the middle of the Nazi period. Speaks volumes about the ideology behind the design.



Una moneda de Cuba. This is my first and only Cuban coin... What an interesting design with the Roman numerals. The cpndition again is not that great.



finally a 1940 coin from Denmark.

Here I am again with another little handful.

This one was a nice one. I fished 5 coins and 3 of them I will show you now. The other two were Indian aluminium coins. Of those there are so many in this lot that I already have more than half of the types of the 1, 2, 3 and 5 Paisa coins made by this metal.

Among them one made of Bronze for 1 Paisa



Also one coin from the German Empire.



And a com. coin from France. The lowest version.



Finally a DDR coin.



That is it for today.

Hello again.

Well, I encountered three nice ladies in my bundesbank bag yesterday. Two beautiful French girls and an exotic Portuguese.

Lets start with the one from the Iberian peninsula.



Now a rather melancholic lady (at least I think it is one ) from 1948. She does carry those years well tho.



And a rather more upbeat cutie. Why she brought a rooster along... beats me!



There are a lot of French coins in here. Anyway. That was it. The handful was small last night.

Thank you for watching.

Demetrios

Today I got a wonderful present. This coin:



A professor that also collect had actually ordered an Edward Rupee, but got this instead after two months. He was fed up with the whole deal and because he had this coin already he just gave it to me! Yay!

From my Bundesbank lot I chose these coins today.

First, a coin from the Vichy French State. Interesting how the beautiful women and jugendstil motives of earlier French coins get replaced by a double ax.



Then a 5 Mark coin from Eastern Germany.



And finally 5 Pfennig from Eastern Germany

Like the rupee. That was good luck. The other coins are outstanding as well.

Thank you, Art. Of course I only agreed taking the Rupee knowing that he had only paid about 1 euro for the coin. This guy is amazing. He got the 8 Anna coin from George's time for 2 euros plus shipping. Never seen it under 20 in the last 4 months... if at all. I'd like to have that luck.

Hello.

Today was a non Bundesbank lot day. I received an Italian coin I got for very little money some days ago. The condition is quite nice and alone the portrait is beautiful. Sadly, someone scratched a bit around the 5... Still quite nice.



I also got 3 Kronen from Sweden today from a friend that went there last week. All three are a pain to scan and to be honest... horribly ugly coins. Maybe except the one from 2003. Nevertheless... here they are.

1973



1984



2003



That's it for today.

Demetrios

I agree with you on the Swedish coins. I've got the first two pictured and always found them to be very ugly. No offense to Adolf and Gustav.

Very nice coins, I really enjoy looking through bulk lots, there is such a variety in coin design and keeps the hobby interesting

The day before yesterday I got this lot. These are UNC (or aUNC) coins from the Central African States from 2003. The cost was around 3 euro for the entire thing, which I am very happy about. Anyway... I am really happy with these so I had to show them around.







By the way... Central African States is missing as an entry from Omnicoin, so I posted them under the Republic.

Love the C.A.S.

Yesterday I got these two coins from YeOldeCollector. We had agreed for one, the penny was a bonus! Yay!

nice

Very nice coins! Especially the last two!

Oi!



Thank you for the coins, Yeold.

Do you want to take this outside?

Not a problem Graikos!

I am back! And so glad this is the case. Two days ago I gave my dissertation to my professor and besides some schmall changes... my work is done!

So... to "celebrate" I wanted to show some coins I got months ago, but no time to scan them or take a photo of. Again nothing special, but in a nice condition.





I am glad to "see" you all... and to finally be able to buy some coins again!

Great looking coins and it was good to see a couple of French coins that I am missing from my French circulated collection LOL at least now I know that they are actualy out there

Good to have you back - and most importantly, congratulations!

Christian

Thank you, Christian and De Orc.

Which coins are you missing, De Orc? Some of the ones I've posted were double or triple in that lot.

The two I know for sure without checking are the 1911 5c & 1987 10F I think I have the alluminium ones you displayed (Famouse last words LOL )

Welcome back Demetrios! Long time no see!

Congrats and I hope you received my previous email!

It's good to have you back again!

As your inbox will have told you by now... yes, I did. Thank you, Clive. Good to be back.

@Orc

Sadly, those two coins were included in the lot only once. If I run into one of them again, I'll let you know.

Thanks it is appreciated, but at least it gives me hope that I might find them in one of the lots I pick up every now & then LOL

And I thought I'll be having more time! HA! I hate work!

Anyway... here I am again after a month long absence. And what can say "nice to see you again" better than the 1, 2 and 5 Afghani coins of Afghanistan from 2004. I am really happy to have those as these will always be connected to history taking place in our lifetime (whether good or bad, that is a matter of opinion).

Here we go:







Hello to you all!

Demetrios

Hi nice looking coins it is something I haven't seen before.