Junk bin coin list.

I thought I would start this discussion because you hear about some really nice finds in the junk box find threads, but I myself never know what exactly to look for.

So what I am thinking is that we could make a list of coins that you specialize in or are from your country that are hard to find, have some bullion value or are just valuable in general. Now I personally think that the date range should be from around 1900-current time because if we go much older then 1850s then I believe most coins are slightly harder to get or have some value to them. (Please feel free to comment on the date range in any way)
The coin should also be in circulation or have been in circulation, otherwise uncirculated commemoratives or coin sets may become a problem.

So just list the country, the year of the coin, the type of coin, a small comment as to why it has value or is hard to find, and a link to the numista page if one exists.


Australia

1916 half penny: Extremely Rare mule variety.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces90246.html
https://www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/research/1916-mule-halfpenny-australias-rarest-commonwealth-coin

1923 half penny: Rare due to its low mintage number. (15,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1564.html

1915, 18, 39* half pennies: Considered scarce due to low mintage. *1939 Kangaroo reverse.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1564.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5320.html

1925 penny: Scarce due to low mintage. (117,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1269.html

1930 penny: Extremely rare. (estimated 3,000 minted in total)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1269.html

1946 penny: Scarce due to low mintage. (363,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5788.html

Any Australian three pences, six pences, shillings, florins and crowns: All of these types of coin have at least .500 silver in them depending on the date.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4203.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1563.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10525.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9267.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12503.html

1968 one cent: Currently the lowest year minted for 1 cent coins. (19,930,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1559.html

1969 two cent: Currently the lowest year minted for 2 cent coins. (12,940,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1558.html

1972 five cent: Currently the lowest year minted for 5 cent coins. (8,256,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces70.html

2011 10 cent: Rare, Currently the lowest year minted for 10 cent coins. (1,750,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1565.html

1985 20 cent: Currently the lowest year minted for 20 cent coins. (2,700,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1703.html

1983, 93 50 cents: Both currently the lowest years minted for 50 cent coins. (1,000,000 for each year)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5027.html

2014 1 dollar: Currently the lowest year minted for 1 dollar coins. (1,052,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3148.html

1993 2 dollar: Currently the lowest year minted for 2 dollar coins. (4,870,000)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1568.html

I know the first few coins in my Australian list are pretty much impossible to get but you never know.

If you can contribute or have a suggestion on changing something to make it better, please do.

Kindest regards

Ben

I think the date range could probably be extended back by at least a few decades, probably until the late 17th or early-mid 18th century for Europe even.

Anyway, here are a few, of varying degrees of "scarceness" from the countries I collect from:

France
1878 and 1889 20 centimes Ceres: It sounds like a normal, common, circulating coin to the uninitiated, and it's 2nd Republic type counterpart is indeed quite common, but it's 3rd Republic counterpart has only a total mintage of just 130 pieces.
https://fr.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1147.html

1921 5 centimes Daniel-Dupuis; 141.000 or so pieces minted for colonial use in Madagascar, considered rare:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces678.html

Italy
1889-92 50 centesimi Umberto I; like it's comtemporary French equivalent of the 20 centimes above, this coin is very rare despite it's much larger mintage:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21246.html

1895-1900 5 centesimi Umberto I; not a "rare" coin, but certainly the most scarce of the LMU era 5 centesimi types, with lower mintages than the coins of VEII or III.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7521.html

1902-03 25 centesimi VE III; the coin proved unpopular for the same reason the American 20 cent coin never took off; it was too easily confused with it's 20 centesimi counterpart, and the majority of the mintage was melted down. Considered scarce nowadays, I recently found myself one in a junk bin.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7231.html

Germany
1887-92 20 pfennigs Wilhelm II; neither are rare per se, but both eagle types are generally scarcer than the silver 20 pf that preceded them. I recently last-minute sniped an 1888 coin on Ebay:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15608.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces14842.html

1898-1903 50 pfennig Wilhelm II; the rarest pre-WWI type of the 50 pf/half mark coin; much harder to find than either the small eagle 50 pf before it, or the large eagle 1/2 mark after it.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22640.html

Spain
1869-70 20 Centimos (1st Republic); the trend seems like LMU 0,20 denominations tend to be rare, don't they? This coin has only 5.000 or so mintage:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18368.html

1894 Alfonso XIII 2 Pesetas 2nd portrait; this coin type is the rarest of it's denomination in LMU era Spanish coins, despite it's mintage of 279.000, worn examples are being sold for 175€.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18487.html

1938 10 centimos (Republican issue); another one of those coins that sounds very common until you find out more; this coin has only a mintage of 1.000 coins, and in Barcelona I saw one on sale for 1.500€ apiece:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17671.html

@ CassTaylor

I must say I chose the date range going off what I find in junk bins being mostly 19th and 20th century coins.
However if others agree then I am happy to make it earlier.

Like I said if you have any suggestions feel free to share I am open to any options.

Cita: "XRY-478"​@ CassTaylor
​
​I must say I chose the date range going off what I find in junk bins being mostly 19th and 20th century coins.
​However if others agree then I am happy to make it earlier.

​Most of the examples I could think of off the top of my head (and listed above) fit into your date range anyway, so I'm happy with it. It also happens to be roughly my own time frame for collecting.

I feel that this thread is being left behind a bit in the free discussion list. And it could be really helpful to us all. So if you know of any coins to add please do so.

Hong Kong
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9561.html
10 Cents - Edward VII, year 1905

Also, the less rare 10 Cents - Elizabeth II (1st portrait), year 1980 for $125...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1574.html

...and the 5 Cents - Elizabeth II (1st portrait), year 1964 for $250
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6141.html

I am quite new to junk bins and am a new collector, really, so these are the ones I know of and in my price range. I think I may be doing the wrong thing and please correct me if I am. Thanks.

Best,
SRL

Cita: "SquareRootLolly"​I am quite new to junk bins and am a new collector, really, so these are the ones I know of and in my price range. I think I may be doing the wrong thing and please correct me if I am. Thanks.
​
​Best,
​SRL

​Thanks very much for your contribution, what you have added is fine.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces125927.html

Found for £1 on a junk stall.