When I was 5 I found a weird coin on the floor. It began a life long obsession of picking up coins. Here’s what I’ve collected on the streets so far! (38 Pics)

The coins and notes had all been stored in that tea tin for up to 20 years. It was time to sort them into countries and put them safely in containers.

1970 - Ireland. The coin that started it all. Not necessarily fancy or interesting, but it holds a special place in my heart.

Firstly my largest collection (in four parts). I lived in England from birth to 15 so it was easy to accumulate all these. Part 1 - the crest hidden in the coins.

Part 2 - ordinary English coins.

Part 3 - old English money. Check out all those monarchs!

Part 4 - unusual English coins.

Australia! Old and new money here. Again it’s cool to see all the monarchs.

America. Nothing fancy here. Just cool to have found them all on the street. Are there quarters for every state? If so, I’d love to grow a full collection one day.

Singapore. We’re pretty close to Asia down under so I find Asian coins a lot.

Malta. Found in Malta as we have a holiday home there. There’s old and new coins here too.

Fiji. Didn’t know the Queen ruled here until I found these.

Spain. Before the Euro I’m assuming.

Austria? The silver one is really light.

Malaysia. See what I mean when I say we get a lot of Asian coins?

Indonesia. Another really light set of coins. You almost can’t feel them in your hands.

Morocco. This one was pretty hard to identify until I had a friend from Morocco tell me.

France. Not legal tender but still a cool find.

India. Looks like it’s been through someone’s digestive track which is pretty gross but it’s the only Indian coin I have.

China. I like the wobbly ones.

Papa New Guinea. Also very light. Idk why but the Asian countries like light coins.

New Zealand. I had expected to find more than one in the last decade, since they’re our nearest neighbours, but alas I have not.

Netherlands. It was only when I documented these that I learned that this means Holland, not Denmark.

Denmark. Vastly different coins. Not sure why they’re so weird. I like the hole though. I’d wear my money around my neck if I was Danish.

United Arab Emirates. Probably someone coming home from holiday since I found this at the airport.

Swaziland. Also wobbly.

Unidentifiable?? Any help appreciated! They need a home.

Crowns from England. These are family heirlooms.

Maundy Money. Given to me by my grandfather. This is money ceremonially given to pensioners by the Queen. A red purse is given containing money in lieu of food and clothing, while a white purse is given containing the ceremonial Maundy coins, which consist of the same number of pence as the years of the sovereign's age.

The first crown I have purchased myself. I need a case for it before it tarnishes.

Pretty self explanatory.

A gift from my father. A beautiful coin regardless of your opinions of the marriage.

From the millennium! Bought for me as a five year old by my father.

Another gift from my parents. They know me.

Also a gift from my father.

Once again, from my father.

I have some random notes too. Nothing fancy so I won’t go into details. From top down; Indonesia, India, Singapore, China. Some of these were found blowing around but most were brought back by family and friends from holidays.

Definitely not found on the streets. Old English pound notes in really good condition.

And an Australian one too!!