If a Barber baby was born in Hong Kong in 1899...

[Weaselbrott]

He would have been a she, and called Victoria, would be 80% silver, and would look like this:




Needless to say, one of my coolest dime CRH finds to date, and oldest wild coin finds. Just one box of MWR dimes yesterday and I found her, and a rosie. It is amazing how well kept this coin is, and is the furthest silver I have found too.

 

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[mark1982]

that a really neat find. That is my other favorite thing about dime boxes. You get a better chance of finding the older foreign coins as a lot of them are the same size . HH

 

[beepbeepin]

Cool coin. I wonder how many people metal detect in china. Lol

 

[CurlysGold]

Very cool find man. Wish you the best of luck hunting!

 

[Eminem]

Dawg shes hawt

 

[fistfulladirt]

Dawg, u beet my crh 10 cent 1900 Victoria by one year, congratz!

 

[Weaselbrott]

Dawg, u beet my crh 10 cent 1900 Victoria by one year, congratz!

We are both winners. There are no losers in CRH except people who stop CRHing!

 

[Numismaniac]

Cool find! I got a Hong Kong dollar on a box of halves, but it wasn't silver. Congrats!

 

[baddbluff]

Sweet find! I love foreign silver.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

very cool find, love foreign silvers, and for 113 years old, she's still in nice shape!

 

[sagittarius98]

Congrats! .800 silver and 0.0698 troy oz.

 

[jeff of pa]

cool looking Coin !

 

[FormerTeller]

Cool coin. I wonder how many people metal detect in china. Lol

I thought about taking my MD over there the next time I go, until my wife's family told me I'd spend years in jail if I got caught...

 

[FormerTeller]

that a really neat find. That is my other favorite thing about dime boxes. You get a better chance of finding the older foreign coins as a lot of them are the same size . HH

You are quite correct. I just found a 1/2 Fr. coin in a roll of dimes. I'd found several before, but decided to look this one up, at it's dated 1969 to see if it's silver. Alas, Switzerland stopped minting silver 1/2 Francs in 1967, but I did find out that the coin is worth 53 cents! I always assumed it was worth less than a dime.

Gotta love the foreign stuff!

 

[hotrod]

nice

 

[AdDicted2Ag]

Sweet coin.. I would love to find one of those.. I have had so many foreign clad coins lately.. Nothing like finding some sweet foreign silver though..

 

[Easy]

Now that's cool!
Any numismatic value there? I don't know squat about foreign coin but if its 1899 and in good condition it's probably worth a bit.

I wish the Crh forum had its own banner. I would def vote this.

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

That's a sweet find. My farthest it the Philippines, but those were minted in America

 

[sagittarius98]

Any numismatic value there? I don't know squat about foreign coin but if its 1899 and in good condition it's probably worth a bit.

It is just worth melt, I checked it with my catalog.