Wasn't Expecting This Coin - British Pound

[flysar]

Tired of waiting for things to thaw enough to dirt hunt some old homesteads with my newly acquired Outlaw I drove 3 miles to our rural school chip lot (K-12 less than 100 students) and I found some clad and a 1985 One Pound coin; for folks who haven't held one they are thick & heavy and have an inscription on the rim. Unusual location (no world travelers here that I know of) and about 4800 miles from WA as the crow flies.

In the 70's I found a 1943 Nederland 1 ct coin and a couple Chinese good luck tokens also at an elementary school. Foreign coins as show & tell items maybe?

What other foreign coins have you found at schools?

 

[deliveryboy]

very cool the most exotic i have found in tot lot was a Panamanian coin

 

[tabman]

I've found all kinds of foreign and silver coins at one particular school that's not all that old.

They must have a coin 'show and tell'. Kids sure do lose lots of stuff. Finding a couple of silver dollars has gotten me digging all the crushed can signals.

Here are a few:

tabman

 

[kaolinwasher]

I also found a coin like taxman,s in the upper right kids bring things to school and loose them ,

 

[dbsmokey]

1945 Nedl. Indie .925 Silver 1/10 G coin in an Oregon Schoolyard. It is smaller than a dime!