CoinTalk Member Shows Leftover World Coins Received From a Friend
On the collector forum CoinTalk, a member named The Eidolon posted photos of world coins received from a former coworker. They were the non-silver modern world coins that a shop did not take when it bought the coins the friend had inherited. The source does not give the date of the posts.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We rewrote the headline, summary and body to match the source. The previous article described Edo-period domain notes, early Meiji government notes, Kan'ei Tsuho coins, a reunion after 15 years and a previous owner's notebook, none of which appear in the source; the source is a forum post showing leftover world coins given by an old friend, and we removed all of that material. We also removed statements about investment value and noted that the source does not give the date of the posts. The previous headline was "Collectors Exchange Coins in Informal Networks."
This article summarizes the CoinTalk forum thread "Received (part of) a free coin collection." The source does not give the date of the posts. What follows are the original poster's own statements and other members' opinions.
The Coins the Shop Did Not Take
The original poster, The Eidolon, wrote about helping an old friend and former coworker find a place to sell some coins the friend had inherited. The shop that bought the collection was not interested in the non-silver modern world coins, so the friend offered the remainder to The Eidolon.
The Eidolon wrote, "I think this little Philippines 1945 10 centavos is actually silver," and guessed that the shop had missed one. The friend laughed it off and said The Eidolon could keep it. The poster said there were no American coins, but a few tokens.
Other Members' Comments
A member named Hiddendragon wrote that the "sneaky good coins" were the British Honduras pieces, of which there appeared to be five or six, adding that most people look past them but everything from there has some value. The Eidolon replied that, from looking some of them up, almost everything from there seems to be worth a dollar or more, and wrote of liking the 1965 50 cents, the 1961 5 cents and the 1970 1 cent for their lower mintages.
A member named lordmarcovan called the French 25 centimes fun and the early Soviet piece cool.
More Photos
In later posts, The Eidolon listed coins including:
- Japan: 1 sen Taisho 9 (1920) and Showa 13 (1938); 5 sen Taisho 9 (1920) and 11 (1922) - Mexico: 20 centavos 1944 and 1945; 5 centavos 1943; 1 centavo 1906 and 1928 - USSR: 20 kopecks, 1936 - Italy: 50 centesimi, 1941 - France: 25 centimes, 1922 - Austria: 1 kreuzer, 1881 - Germany: 5 pfennig, 1949F, "Bank of German States" - Chinese cash coins, including one of Dao Guang
An Italian 5 centesimi was damaged and its date could not be read; The Eidolon wrote that it looks deliberately defaced. Lordmarcovan said that, from earlier bulk-bag searches, many early 20th-century Italian 5 centesimi pieces turned up badly worn or mangled.
Among the modern coins, The Eidolon listed these as "more interesting (to me)": Germany 2 marks (1971, 1992) and 1 mark (1966, 1992); France 10 francs (1991 x2, 1992) and 1/2 franc (1977); and Luxembourg 5 francs (1986).
Source: CoinTalk, "Received (part of) a free coin collection" (forum thread).
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