New York to sell foreign coins found in parking meters New York officials are to sell off more than 220 kilos (500 pounds) of foreign coins found in the city's parking meters, the most common of them being Greek drachmas, according to a report on Monday. "We have pretty much every denomination from every continent," Anthony Alfano, deputy chief of meter collections, told the New York Daily News. He said that drachma coins, replaced by the euro in 2002, were the most common. Buyers in the past have paid up to 8.80 dollars a kilo for the coins, with the proviso that they take the lot. Smarter parking meters, however, are making it harder for cheats. Nearly three times as many non-US coins were found in the city's parking meters as recently as 2001. Sixty-year-old collector Jim Corliss, who bought the 330-kilo lot last year, was again bidding for the more than eight sacks of coins. "Every once in a while I find something of value," he told the Daily News. He found a 1835 British shilling in one of his previous purchases. "It sounds exciting, but it was worth five dollars," he said. He said he had collected "zillions" of coins since finding an interest in coins while sorting through tips as a paperboy. "I have a big house," he said.(Copyright © 2007 Agence France Presse. All rights reserved.)