Putting super common coins up for swap

Do you guys put real common world coins such as most modernish mexican coins up for swap that most people have? For example do you only put coins up for swap that have a numista rarity index of 5 or more?

I used to and there was a lot of interest in them despite them being common however due to the price of shipping (shipping 1 kg of common coins cost more than the coins are worth) I removed them from my swaplist and sold them by the kilo at my local coin club.

Quote: "cro321"​I used to and there was a lot of interest in them despite them being common however due to the price of shipping (shipping 1 kg of common coins cost more than the coins are worth) I removed them from my swaplist and sold them by the kilo at my local coin club.

​Interesting, I suppose they might be good to trade up for fun.

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​​Interesting, I suppose they might be good to trade up for fun.

​Yeah, if you like such coin and would like to exchange them for other common coins I'm sure you'll find a lot of interest.

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​ Do you guys put real common world coins such as most modernish mexican coins up for swap that most people have? For example do you only put coins up for swap that have a numista rarity index of 5 or more?

​Are they the older Peso types up till 1992 or the current peso 1992 onwards? If you have too much to swap you can sell them at a coin club or on Ebay or Craigslist as a joblot.

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​ Do you guys put real common world coins such as most modernish mexican coins up for swap that most people have? For example do you only put coins up for swap that have a numista rarity index of 5 or more?

​I personally put absolutely everything I am willing to part with on my swap list as you never know what interests other swappers. It also gives both sides more options in negotiating and concluding successful swaps.

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​​ Do you guys put real common world coins such as most modernish mexican coins up for swap that most people have? For example do you only put coins up for swap that have a numista rarity index of 5 or more?

​​Are they the older Peso types up till 1992 or the current peso 1992 onwards? If you have too much to swap you can sell them at a coin club or on Ebay or Craigslist as a joblot.

​Most of them are older not the current bimetalic, though I do save my coins with some exchange value to do that, I call it vacation money.

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If you are a COLLECTOR and not an INVESTOR, then there's no reason not to collect even the 0.01$ value coin! There are truly beautiful cheap coins out there and they certainly deserve our attention.

Quote: "Dejan"​If you are a COLLECTOR and not an INVESTOR, then there's no reason not to collect even the 0.01$ value coin! There are truly beautiful cheap coins out there and they certainly deserve our attention.

​Yes I collect all the main world coin types mostly, I figured everyone already had 'em.

Quote: "Dejan"​If you are a COLLECTOR and not an INVESTOR, then there's no reason not to collect even the 0.01$ value coin! There are truly beautiful cheap coins out there and they certainly deserve our attention.

Nothing to add here, 100 % agreed.​

Quote: "Dejan"​If you are a COLLECTOR and not an INVESTOR, then there's no reason not to collect even the 0.01$ value coin! There are truly beautiful cheap coins out there and they certainly deserve our attention.

​I have to disagree with this. While I agree there's no reason not to collect modern pocket change, by all means if you like it collect it, not everyone that doesn't collect it is an investor. I, personally, like historical coins from ancient and medieval times and I couldn't care less about modern pocket change or bullion coins. Just collect whatever you like and what makes you happy.

Quote: "JoeTheLucky"​​​Yes I collect all the main world coin types mostly, I figured everyone already had 'em.

​Don't forget not every collector is a type collector. Some of us are also year collectors (and/or variety collectors). You would be amazed how often we're still missing a common year of a common coin.

Quote: "harryg"​​​I personally put absolutely everything I am willing to part with on my swap list as you never know what is of interest to other swappers. It also gives both sides more options and opportunities in negotiating and concluding successful swaps.

​It's not only that, the exchange box is also the perfect way to manage your doubles, just like the other boxes are the perfect way to manage your collection (talking about boxes because is still use the old version for those who never knew this version).

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​​ Do you guys put real common world coins such as most modernish mexican coins up for swap that most people have? For example do you only put coins up for swap that have a numista rarity index of 5 or more?

​​I personally put absolutely everything I am willing to part with on my swap list as you never know what interests other swappers. It also gives both sides more options in negotiating and concluding successful swaps.

​Very true Harry. I often trade for very common coins, to complete date runs.

Quote: "Very true Harry. I often trade for very common coins, to complete date runs. "Very true Harry. I often trade for very common coins, to complete date runs.

Harry and JohnS are correct,
​I have found this true also, many of my trades and sales have been for common (hole filler) coins.
My only advice, is say if you have six UK 5 pence same year but range in grade from G to XF, I would only list the XF, and when gone, list the others.
It is hard to look through a list of common coins (for the swapper view) when there is a lot of the same year and grade.
It just gives your swap list a clean look. and less choices when you go to pull the coin, Ive had orders 400+ coins, and it can get time consuming looking through a lot of grades. Basically, keep it simple.
Put your spares in a separate list or category and move em over when appropriate, I must have 1000 Philippines coins, man Im dreading grading all those, lol. Bet I only list 50 of them, though after grading and duplicates.

Also if it has a Numista Rarity index of 3, well, a lot of folks have that coin, so make sure to list the best, in a 3 category, I only move AU to BU coins.
But do keep them low end coins, someone someday will want them.

also as last resort..
I know some 3 level coins will never be loved, lol, like Almost Good grade, well. I cash em in if they are still active, and there are a few sites I use that will cash in non active coins and Bills. SO if you got 12 pounds of junk, I mean junk, then my all means cash em out fast.

- a very common technique I use is to buy 100lbs bulk common coins (I spend $900), have fun for a while sorting, because it is fun being wrists deeps in coins.
I usually end up with 20 pounds of decent coins. I usually sell the rest back to places (the 80 pounds) and almost always break even, now the 20 pounds of coins I have are FREE. just a tip.

kind regards
Mike

Quote: "Dejan"​If you are a COLLECTOR and not an INVESTOR, then there's no reason not to collect even the 0.01$ value coin! There are truly beautiful cheap coins out there and they certainly deserve our attention.

​Have a nice day and evening.

Yesterday I had the same opinion when I read the title on the line. Yes it's right. Of course, we all focus on some specific coins someone wants silver someone prefers commemorative coins.
,, It is the collectors who determine the natural priorities for collection ,,
I also love 1 cent coins USA -I really like them and I also miss them very much some years and mints.

And now the problem: I could buy one or even ten coins of recent years and mints, I send and directly monitored mail , so with the USA -$ 40 for mail being tracked to us and I would have my beloved penny in the collection. But I can't, I'm sorry I'm a collector not a jerk.

We had the director of a lottery state-owned company in the Czech Republic The company bought him coins as a reward and regularly, gold 1 kg coin , whole series of gold 10 coins 300 g. And they said he was a collector, was not at all was not, he was an investor -and most importantly, he was a first-class crook. It's a laugh for humor -about our collectors?

hello and health is important.
Ivan

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Quote: "JoeTheLucky"​​​Yes I collect all the main world coin types mostly, I figured everyone already had 'em.

​​Don't forget not every collector is a type collector. Some of us are also year collectors (and/or variety collectors). You would be amazed how often we're still missing a common year of a common coin.

​As beginner my first swap was intended to fill some missing year!

First time on here as I am a new member. I live in a small fairly remote town in Canada and have no coin clubs within 200 km. As many members have mentioned, postal costs, especially out of country are prohibitive. The Covid caution has cut down trips to larger centres.
My grandson is turning ten this summer, and the one year I don't have a duplicate Canadian large cent is 1911. I thought a good way to try to find out my grandchildren's interest in collecting would be to give each one a large cent from the year one hundred years before their birth year. My assumption was that by the time they turn ten, the idea of something being a hundred years old might intrigue them.

I mostly collect Canadian coins, but have other sections of the collection that are of historical interest to me or remind me of trips to foreign countries. Having cleared out the homes of parents and other elderly relatives, I also want to try and simplify the process for my children.

The Numista swap seems to me like a good opportunity to trade coins and / or banknotes with other Canadian (to start) collectors. I plan to start with common or lower value coins to start with. It sure beats going to the local laundromat with my allowance and putting it in the change machine to try to get dimes or nickels I needed. Several years later, after silver was replaced by nickel for coinage, I would take my weekly earnings to the bank and buying rolls of quarters, sifting through them to try and find the silver ones.

Please bear with me friends as I learn the ropes. I am familiar with Ebay as I used it to sell my grandfather's stamp collection, but a dozen stamps don't present the mailing problems that group of coins do.

Quote: "GJStamps"​First time on here as I am a new member. I live in a small fairly remote town in Canada and have no coin clubs within 200 km. As many members have mentioned, postal costs, especially out of country are prohibitive. The Covid caution has cut down trips to larger centres.
​My grandson is turning ten this summer, and the one year I don't have a duplicate Canadian large cent is 1911. I thought a good way to try to find out my grandchildren's interest in collecting would be to give each one a large cent from the year one hundred years before their birth year. My assumption was that by the time they turn ten, the idea of something being a hundred years old might intrigue them.
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​I mostly collect Canadian coins, but have other sections of the collection that are of historical interest to me or remind me of trips to foreign countries. Having cleared out the homes of parents and other elderly relatives, I also want to try and simplify the process for my children.
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​The Numista swap seems to me like a good opportunity to trade coins and / or banknotes with other Canadian (to start) collectors. I plan to start with common or lower value coins to start with. It sure beats going to the local laundromat with my allowance and putting it in the change machine to try to get dimes or nickels I needed. Several years later, after silver was replaced by nickel for coinage, I would take my weekly earnings to the bank and buying rolls of quarters, sifting through them to try and find the silver ones.
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​Please bear with me friends as I learn the ropes. I am familiar with Ebay as I used it to sell my grandfather's stamp collection, but a dozen stamps don't present the mailing problems that group of coins do.
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​Welcome GJStamps!

long time since the last message was posted - any updates?  Is GJStamps still collecting coins?

 

 As for me, I'm still cataloging my collection, so I don't really swap.  Maybe I will sometime in the future as my collection of duplicate world wide circulation coins is now getting rather large.

Interesting topic, not sure how I missed it before … I dont usually add common coins to my swap list, but after reading this thread I might.

 

For example, I used to go to Tijuana on a regular basis and always kept my change. Now I have a bag of contemporary Mexican coins from 10 centavos up to 10 pesos. About 1,000 pesos altogether. Hundreds of coins! Maybe I'll put some out there for trade after all.

I personally see no reason why I should limit myself with what coins I put in my swap list. I put everything I'm willing to give away in my swap list. That's how I have 4,000 coins in my swap list.

Over time I realized it is kind of waste of time to spend efforts in listing extremely common coins piece by piece into your swap list, as no one ever asks for them.

You would need to find someone who is collecting exactly those coins by year and I hardly ever was able to use these coins in swaps.

 

so what I do: I list coins that have certain face value, like Japanese 100 Yen or 1 Singapore Dollar, if I get some somewhere, keep them in my list and once I go these places, if they are still there, take them out and spend them. So if someone comes along in between, fine, if not, then not. But I would not list US Cents for example.

What I usually do in any case is listing coins from the current year, as there usually is always someone looking for a German 1 Cent from 2023. If not, it will be put into circulation next year.

 

Other way round, I took some of these common coins that usually rot in someone's list forever, like that 2002 German 2 EUR coins in quite used condition, to balance swaps and used them in circulation. 

I add everything to my Excel swap list, since a lot of us collect by denomination, year, mint and variety.