Great finds !

I was at a garage sale in my area last week, and I came across a box. I opened it, and voila, I found lots silver crowns and half-crowns from 1800-2010. All genuine, mostly in good condition,and with minimal toning. I also fond some other coins, banknotes from 1934-1955, and some Empire and Commonwealth stamps. Oh, and a WWII Medal from 1945, complete with blue ribbon, pin and clasp. And all for £125! Bargain of a lifetime?

Coins
1802 A An. XI Napoleon Premier Consul 5 Francs VF
1822 George IV tetrio Crown, F-VF
1845 Victoria Young Head Crown, VF-EF
1850 A Ceres 5 Francs, Ef-XF
1875 A Hercules 5 Francs, EF
1887 Victoria Jubilee Head Crown, XF-AU
1901 Liberty Cap Mexico 1 Peso, AU
1901 Japan Meiji 1 Yen, EF-XF
1904 Straits Settlements 1 Dollar Edward VII, EF
1931 Wilhelmina Netherlands 2 1/2 Guilders EF
1936 Canada George V 1 Dollar, AU
1944 Curaçao Wilhelmina 2 1/2 Guilders Wilhelmina UNC (AU)
1948 George VI South Africa 5 shilllings Impala XF-AU
1968 Mexico Olympic Games 25 Pesos, UNC (AU)
2011 Canada Elizabeth II 5 Dollars Silver Bullion UNC (AU)

1836 WIlliam IV 1/2 Crown VG-F
1840 Victoria Queen East India Company One Rupee XF
1887 Queen VIctoria Jubilee Head 1/2 Crown VF
1906 Edward VII One Rupee No dot VF-EF
1919 George V One Rupee No dot F-VF
1921 Straits Settlements 50 cents George V EF-XF
1935 New Zealand 1/2 Crown George V EF
1940 George VI One Rupee No dot XF-AU
1940 George VI 1/2 Crown .500 Silver AU

1804 Prussia 4 Gr. Fredrick Wilhelm III VF-EF
1805 Ireland Bank Token 5d George III EF
1834 USA 10 cents Capped bust dime VF
1890 Victoria Jubilee Head Maundy 3 pence
1900 Kwangtung Province China 7.2 Candareens VF
1922 Soviet Union (RSFSR) 50 kopeks St Petersburg EF-XF
1937 Indochina 20 centimes XF
1944 Florin Australia George VI EF
1951 Australia Federation Florin EF-XF

NON-SILVER
1776 Netherlands Indies 1 Duit Holland type
1830 George IV Farthing (type 2)
1875 G German Empire 2 pfening
1875 A German Empire 5 pfening
1918 German Empire 5 pfening (iron type)
1921 Italy 50 centimes
1923 Italy 1 Lire
1925 Chambres de Commerce 1925 Bon Pour 2 Francs
1928 Soviet Union 2 Kopeks
1938 Soviet Union 3 Kopecks
1939 Indochina 20 centimes
1942 Vichy France Tunisia 20 centimes
1943 Ireland 1p
1951 George VI Festival of Britain Crown
2011 UK 50 pence Olympics-Weightlifting


If you're intrested in buying:
BANKNOTES
1902 Austria 1000 Kronen
1909 Russia 5 Rubles
1909 Russia 10 Rubles
1909 Russia 25 Rubles
1914 Serbia 20 dinars
1917 Russia 250 Rubles
1917 Russia 1000 Rubles
1917 German Empire 5 Marks
1919 Poland 1000 mareks Purple
1920 Germany 10 Marks
1920 Germany 100 Marks
1923 Germany 1000 Marks Overprint 10000 Marks
1923 Germany 100000 Marks
1923 Germany 1,000,000 Marks
1923 Germany 20000 Marks
1923 Germany 20,000,000 Marks
1923 Germany 50,000,000 Marks
1923 Germany 50000 Marks
1923 Germany 10000 Marks
1934 UK Green Pre-War 1 Pound
1937 Canada 1 Dollar
1940 UK Blue War 1 Pound
1940 Occupied Bohemia and Moravia 100 marks
1941 Japan 10 yen Overprint Army note
1941 Japan 100 yen overprint army note
1942 Germany 5 Marks
1944 Germany Allied Currency 1 Mark
1947 Indonesia Dutch 25 sen
1948 UK Armed Forces 5 Pounds 2nd issue
1953 Malaya and British Borneo 1 Dollar
1955 UK Ten Shillings
1959 Hong Kong 5 Dollars Large
1969 Hong Kong 1,5 and 10 cents banknotes
1970 Hong kong Chartered Bank ND 5 Dollars
1968 Hong Kong Chartered Bank ND 10 Dollars
1974 Merchantile Bank Hong Kong 100 Dollars
2008 Zimbabwe 1,000,000,000 Dollars (one billion)

STAMPS
1864 QVR Cape of Good Hope sixpence
1864 QVR Cape of Good Hope one Shilling
1870 Trinidad Red ND Brtiannia
1880 Queensland QVR 1 penny
1881 Puerto Rico Alfonso XII 1/2 R
1895 Natal QVR 6 pence overprint 1/2 penny
1897 Canada QVR Diamond Jubilee 3 cents
1898 Canada Xmas Empire 2 cents
1900 Hong Kong QVR 2,4,5,10,30 cents stamps
1901 French Guyana 2, 5, 25 centimes
1905 Lagos One Penny EVII
1908 Hong Kong 2 cents EVII
1908 Hong Kong 5 cents EVII
1910 Natal One Shilling KEVII
1912 KGV Hong Kong 4 cents
1917 Gibert and Elice Islands KGV 5d
1918 KGV Leeward Islands 1d
1912-1936 KGV India Stamps 1/4 Pice- 2 Rupees complete set
1936 KEVIII 1/2, 1, 12/2,21/2 d

JUBILEE ISSUES
1935 Silver Jubilee KGV 1d
1935 Falkland Islands 1, 2,5,10 d Jubilee KGV
1935 Trinidad and Tobago 1,4,5,25 d Jubilee KGV

CORONATION ISSUES (KGVI and Q Elizabeth)
1937 KGVI Turks and Caicos Islands 3d
1937 KGVI Fiji 3d
1937 KGVI Nigeria 3d
1937 KGVI Aden 1d
1937 KGVI Gold Coast 1d
1937 KGVI Solomon Islands 12d
1937 KGVI Canada 3 cents
1937 KGVI New Zealand 1 d
1937 KGVI Gibraltar 3d
1937 KGVI Jamaica 10d
1937 KGVI Jamaica 3d

CORONATION ISSUES (CoA)
1937 KGVI 2/6'
1937 KGVI 5/-
1937 KGVI 10/-

1939 Canada 3 cents
1940 New Zealand Overprinted Tenpence 4-block 1840-1940
1940-1945 KGVI 11d and 1/-
1945 Australia Duke and Duchess of Gloucester issues
1945 Newfoundland stamp 3d Discovery of Newfoundland
1941 NZ 1d and 2d Health stamps
1947 Australia Princess Elizabeth and Magaret
1947 South Rhodesia Princess Elizabeth and Magaret Royal Visit
1948 KGVI Olympics 1,11/2,2,21/2 d set
1949 Universal Postal Union KGVI 1,11/2,2,21/2 d set
1953 Australia Coronation of QEII 71/2d,31/2d 21/2 d issues
1953 Coronation issue ERII
1959 Prince Charles and Princess Anne 1d  and 11/2 d Health Stamps
1961 St Lucia Royal Visit Set
1972 Cook Islands Olympics set
1976 Germany Montreal Olympics Set

MEDALS
1902 Edward VII Coronation Medal With pin and ribbon
1939-1945 George VI WWII Medal with pin, ribbon and clasps
1953 Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, Nickel Brass Large 48 mm in original box

OTHER
WWI Military Hospital Postcard 1918

Altogether almost 200 items. Bargain of a lifetime!

Wow! I hope they're all real!

Great find, That's what you call, being in the right place at the right time.

Yeah, that's probably an once-in-a-lifetime bargain. If they're all real, you actually paid for the two-three first coins, and the rest of items you got for free. Lucky you, congrats :)

Very nice, I'm jealous.  I picked up a bulk lot recently, I haven't got it yet but I noticed a copy of this token sitting amongst the pile in the picture

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces27267.html  

Interested to see what else is in it.  I only paid NZ 50c per coin (about 25p per coin) so I'll definitely get my money's worth.

Very jealous indeed. I'm hoping I get something like this soon too!

I cant believe it.
I was at a window sale in charity shop. Was there good few hours before the shop opened, i was fourth in a queue and fortunately there was noone in front of me who wanted the coins. Some people behind me grabbed the copper lots and all so i only got 2 bags of coins. Very small bags... like 30 small coins in one bag, various countries and 20 big coppery, silvery looking coins in other bag. Paid €5 for first bag and €9 for second bag.

And i still cant believe what i found. The rest of coins i haven't made much note of yet, because they are nothing special, just random world coins.

But these two i absolutely love:
The €9 euro bag contained that:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12802.html

And the €5 euro bag contained that:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5502.html
1902

Seriously, i never thought that myself can have such luck.
Reading the stories here im always like, yea, right, where on earth i could ever find something really cool, like nowhere..

And that was my FIRST EVER random coin buy:)
Im so happy:)

(and yes, i checked, they are real:))

Seems almost too good to be true, let's see some photos

yes picture will be welcome

Wattle hell is a 1937GVI Gibraltar3d ?

Quote: Mark240590Wattle hell is a 1937GVI Gibraltar3d ?

A stamp! I think I have one...

Ohh.. I was just skimming through the list and was expecting coins haha

Sorry, but this is all that I can master with my phone. I think it is only 2 megapixels.

Yea, it seems too good to be true to me too. Still. I keep checking them to be sure I didn't imagine it lol.

Wow both great finds.

  Brittania, we need photos

We need scans Kartway! Come on! The suspense!

Hmm, I don't have a normal scanner. I can use some old crap Canon at work tho. Never scanned a coin before; doesn't background stay ugly dark? Do I just place coins on it and scan? I try on Tuesday night at work. If I'm successful u see pic on Wednesday.

OK some more I forgot to mention as I was typing this at work.
1939 George VI Dollar Royal Visit,
1973 Juliana Netherlands Silver Jubilee 10 Guilder
1870 Leopold II Belgium 5 Francs
and my biggest bargain of all.....
I bought this seperately, and it was at a coin shop. I bought a 1863 Swiss shooting thaler in EF-Xf condition, for only £35! It's worth around £ 250! Having a mintage of only 6,000, it's my rarest coin yet!

It's real - weight, diameter, legend, details, sheen, ring, it passed every test
It came with a nice dark partial patina too!

We still want pictures...please!

pls update OP

There are some fairly rare stamps in there, I'm looking at ones from Natal and Lagos.

I am such a bloody noobie...
I tried scanning like 10 times, the only thing it let me to change was resolution, but I don't think anything changed actually on scanned pictures changing that.

How do you all get huge pics of scans like that? I only got this sort whatever I did:

     

Can you make it bigger somehow like other normal peoples pictures? Maybe it's just crap scanner, it looks bloody old (it's at my work), I didn't find anything to change before scanning to get small magnified pics.
I'm such a noobie...  

Quote: glorkar

Please send me PM about how you did it, I would be very grateful. Then finally I can upload a few coins that I don't know what they are and ask about them too...

Just did a quick edit.  I've sent you a PM.
Tweaked them a little more by removing some of the background space.

Super, thanks.

Hi Ive got exactly the same coin with no date and its original still,what could its value be?

Are you gonna sell any?

Will definitely sell need cash yesterday!!lols

Who's willing to bet that Brittania's post was fake?

I'm just thinking to what benefit did Brittania do this? It can't all have been a lie?

Quote: bam777I'm just thinking to what benefit did Brittania do this? It can't all have been a lie?

I really don't know... but I think I'm done wasting my time trying to figure her out. She's gone now, anyway, so it means nothing to backtrack and play the suspicion game.

Find #1: I went to a relative's house for the day and they found a small purse while cleaning up. We found the following inside the purse:
Hong Kong (Japanese Occupation)
- 1 sen (1940)
- 10 sen (1940)
- 5 yen (1938)
- 10 yen (1938) x2
British Hong Kong
- $1 (HSBC, Jun. 1935)
- $1 (George VI, 1939)
- $5 (HSBC, Oct. 1930)
- $5 (HSBC, Jul. 1937)
- $5 (Chartered Bank, 1970-75)
- couple HSBC $5 notes from 1973 and 1975 (can't remember the exact number)
Other Countries
- Thai banknotes, 1980s (can't remember the denomination or amount)
My relatives eventually gave me all the Hong Kong notes (for free!)

Find #2: I was at a mall two or three years ago and spotted a Hong Kong 10 cent coin from 1950 inside a charity box near the checkout counter. I remember thinking, "This coin. Was in circulation. For close to 70 years!"
Of course, since the box was locked and *ahem!* for charity purposes, I didn't get it. But it was a surprise to be sure.