I did a thread on this over a decade ago and I figured to make another one since I have found more since then and we have different active members today.

I live in NYC and have found many foreign coins mixed in with U.S. currency. I have also found some on the floors of banks and check cashing/currency exchange places and on the streets.

I am not including Canadian and Euro since I have plenty of those. These are coins that I have found and not from traveling to other countries.





Aruba (10 Cents)

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Belgian Franc

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Italian Lira

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Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (1 Cent)

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U.K. (10 Pence)

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Mexico (5 Pesos)

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Hong Kong (1 Dollar)

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South Korea (10 Won)

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Ecuador (25 Centavos)

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Bahamas

(1 Cent)

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(5 Cents)

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(25 Cents)

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Bermuda (25 Cents)

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Thailand (5 Baht)

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When I get something like that I tend to just toss it (don’t see me making too many trips to Ecuador).

But when Canada put the Stanley Cup on their quarter I did get one on EBay

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Nice coins, James!

Canadian change is common, but I've also, over the years, found many other coins from Barbados, Bermuda, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, China, Japan, Italy, Mexico, etc. I've also been to Europe twice, so I have a large number of coins from Ireland, the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, and Finland. At some point, I do need to sort all of it out.

Your unidentified coin is a Thailand 5-baht (https://www.numiscollection.com/thailand-5-baht-a2714-en.html).

^ Thank you for finding the coin for me. :cool:

A 1968 6 pence Irish coin. These are pics that I found at Google.

I randomly got this in my change from Key Food today:


Panama (1 Centésimo)

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I've gotten several Canadian pennies and a coin from Puerto Rico. You'd think I'd get more living near a military base where they get deployed all over the world. I imagine they bring back all sorts of coins & currency.

Found this on the floor at Walgreens today:


Poland (10 Groszy)

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Haven't gotten really any outside of Canadian in years, as a kid I collected coins, and my uncle who was in the Navy would send me foreign coins, should dig them out and take pics.

My mother gave me her collection of coins and I gave the collection to my grandson.

Found this on the floor at Walgreens today:

Poland (10 Groszy)



Way cool, James!

I found an 1832 Swedish 1/2 Skilling in the reject slot of a coin star machine.

A 1968 6 pence Irish coin. These are pics that I found at Google.

Pics I took of the Irish coin that i have.

A 1977 Canadian quarter.

Found this in my change from local deli yesterday:


Panama (½ Balboa)

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Recently found a 10 cent coin from Canada while I was at a Rest Stop.

Canadian coins are very common here in Michigan. I have never received any other foreign coin.

I recently went to a Western Union and found this on the floor:


Bahamas (10 Cents)

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I have a 1-shilling British coin from 1947.

Not a coin, but I figured this was the place to post...

I went to a Check Cashing / Foreign Currency Exchange place and found a $20 Canadian Bill on the floor.



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I have lots of Greek coins, mostly from the 1960s through the 1980s. Also I collect Canadian and have folders for those.

I have a collection of silver Mexican Libertad coins that belonged to my dad.

In my change I've picked up The Netherlands, but practically no other European countries.

This was a random and interesting find...

I went to a corner store for bottled water and I spotted this coin on the floor by the fridges. 20 Kopecks coin from the former Soviet Union.

I didn't find these, but my friend came back from his 6 month trip to Malaysia and brought me back a couple of coins.

50 and 20 sen.

I had a mini coin collection, a spin off from one my mom had, and I gave all the coins to my grandson some time ago, not a great interest for my life...

I didn't find it, but my friend who went to Japan gave me a 500 yen coin.