5lb CIRCULATED World FORIEGN Coins,Heavier,Larger,Older,A Mix of Old and New!World Coin Collection Set.NO Tokens.

My ten-year-old son wants to build a coin collection, so I used this as a great way to "seed" his set. The first thing I realized as we spread these out on the living room floor is that five pounds of coins is a LOT of coins! We set out to sort them by country to start, and at two-thirds of the way through the bag we've already identified over 50 countries. The coins seem to range from about 1970 all the way up to at least 2009 - I'd say it's a good mix between those ranges. What makes it interesting to me (and to try to explain to my son) is that it contains many currencies (Francs, Lire) and countries (Czechoslovakia) that don't exist or aren't used any longer. I was also happy to see at least one Euro cents-based coin in there, since that's a good talking point for a ten-year-old when discussing currencies. Are there duplicate coins? Sure, but that's to be expected and it's perfectly fine. We have a lot so far from Mexico and from England, and there are a few other countries with some coins appearing many times, but we also have some from (to me) more obscure places such as Romania, Czechoslovakia, Thailand, Guyana, and several others from countries using the Arabic writing system that I've yet to sit down and identify. You're probably not likely to get one-of-a-kind or super-valuable coins out of this, but as an introduction to the world's currency and as a great way to get a pretty wide variety of coins at one time, I'd say this is a fantastic buy.

I'm new to coin collecting - given that, this is a fun assortment with some treasures like a WWII-era Japanese coin. The majority were newer, in the '90's or later. I charted my finds and listed the oldest date for each country - the average was 1989. Euro coins were heavily represented, as well as English pennies.Because they're money, I washed them first but still had the typical expected grunge on my fingers after going through them.The box of 10 small bags contained coins from 76 countries, ranging from Argentina to Vietnam and many points in between. 641 coins total, 221 unique coins, so many duplicates. Depending on your use for them, this could be a feature or a drawback. I found it a worthwhile purchase for the fun I had going through and figuring them out.Countries in the collection I received and oldest date for each if I could figure it out:Argentina 2010Armenia 2003Aruba 2009Australia 1967Austria 1994Bahamas 2005Barbados 2007Belgium 1958Belize 1986Bolivia 2010Brazil 1994Cayman Islands 1987Chile 1995China 1978Columbia 1995Costa Rica 1982Croatia 2007Cuba 2009Dominican Republic 1990East Caribbean States 2014Ecuador 1988El Salvador 1988England 1971EthiopiaFiji 1990France 1960Germany 1974Ghana 2007Greece 1990Guatemala 1970Guyana 2002Haiti 1958Honduras 1991Hong Kong 1974Hungary 1995Iceland 1999India 1989Ireland 1971IsraelItaly 1971Jamaica 1987Japan 1943JordanKazakhstan 2002KuwaitLithuania 2014LuxembourgMalaysia 1998Malta 1986Mauritius 2010Mexico 1968Netherlands 1972New Zealand 2006Nicaragua 1997Norway 1978Pakistan 2002Philippines 1992Poland 1991Portugal 1978Romania 2006Russia 1997Singapore 1989Slovenia 1993South Africa 2012South Korea 1991Spain 1957Sweden 1970Switzerland 1972TaiwanThailandTrinidad & Tobago 1980Turkey 2009Ukraine 2012United Arab EmiratesVietnam 2003

I have just begun a World Coin collection, ordered several hundred coins to start, and placed them in 17 albums (15 pages each).I purchased two 5-pound bags from this seller and was absolutely delighted. I'm certain each bag was more than 5 pounds (judging from the generous number of coins). All of the coins were identifiable and most in pretty good condition for being circulated. There was a good number of the oversized coins in each bag. I was afraid I would end up with a lot of duplicates from my previous purchases, but instead, discovered harder to find coins from places like Palestine and French Polynesia. This seller has my highest personal recommendation!!

I was excited to receive this set, hoping for a good variety of coins to add to my collection. Unfortunately, I was disappointed with what I got. There were way too many duplicates—one particular coin from Japan repeated more than 20 times, some coins appeared 4 or 5 times, and several types were repeated across the entire set. I understand that some repetition is regular, but this was excessive.If you want to start a diverse coin collection, this is not the set for you. It feels more like a bulk filler than a curated collection. The description was misleading, as it implied more variety than was delivered.Overall, I wouldn't recommend this to serious collectors. It might be fine for crafts or educational use, but if you're looking for unique or historic coins, you'd be better off buying individual pieces or from a specialized seller.

There were at least 50 UK pennies and at least that many Euro cents (mostly ones and twos). A few nice pieces, some variety, the oldest was late 1960s.