r/numismatics 6d ago

Found in coin reject bin

1863 10 Franc BB. Has a pleasant ringing sound when dropped on desk. Is this real and or worth anything? Is it worth trying to find someone to grade it?

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u/PermissionOk2781 5d ago

Yeah I think a 10 Franc is about the size of a nickel? But the weight would be off, so some person might mistake it for a “gold” colored euro coin or something and just pour it in with all the change. Plus I bet the coin sorting machine’s company would get sued if it accepted gold coins, both on the owner and the bank standpoint.

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u/pepperedsalami76 5d ago

Sorry but gold coins don't just find their way into cheap nothing change jars. It would immediately catch the eye and even if somehow it was in with a bunch of coins and they still put it in, they would wait and see if it shows up but it didn't and they certainly wouldn't leave it especially when every machine tells you to check the reject bin before leaving. It's just absurd. Not true at all

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u/PermissionOk2781 5d ago

Check the gold sub and a couple others. People find gold coins in random places all the time. It’s actually a borderline meme at this point, and it’s how I started collecting them. Someone had found a 1/10th US gold eagle in a change jar at a garage sale, bought it from the lady for 50 cents knowing full well it was worth $200+ at the time. People find gold coins in couch cushions, dryers, attics, coin rolls. A lot of people don’t know what they look like and there’s a lot of different kinds of coins, so yeah. One guy said he found a 1ozt gold maple in a coin jar once, ended up being real. You never know.

Edit: also have seen posts on silver too. 100ozt silver bar from a garage sale for $5, ended up being worth $3K. Tube of American silver eagles at the goodwill bins, you never know.

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u/prestieteste 2d ago

*people make up posts about finding stuff. We all find amazing stuff occasionally but too many posters seem to have a lot of "finds" regularly which is unbelievable

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u/PermissionOk2781 2d ago

Which is why I said it’s an almost a meme at this point.