Just curious, but for the people who search bulk world coins,
1. What countries do you find coins from the most?
2. What coins do you keep for your collection/swaplist?
3. Do you keep coins of popular currencies with a lack of to no numismatic value to exchange or hoard?
Out of the few times i've bought bulk coins it's been:
1) the big 3, France, Spain, and Italy
2) whatever is rarer than the others or older I suppose. Or at the moment any from a country I don't have.
3)If it's something like swiss francs, deutschemarks and other currencies you can still exchange, I horde them and send them all to one site and get the money that way.
Quote: "AshsCollectablesStore"Out of the few times i've bought bulk coins it's been:
1) the big 3, France, Spain, and Italy
2) whatever is rarer than the others or older I suppose. Or at the moment any from a country I don't have.
3)If it's something like swiss francs, deutschemarks and other currencies you can still exchange, I horde them and send them all to one site and get the money that way.
Quote: "AshsCollectablesStore"Out of the few times i've bought bulk coins it's been:
1) the big 3, France, Spain, and Italy
2) whatever is rarer than the others or older I suppose. Or at the moment any from a country I don't have.
3)If it's something like swiss francs, deutschemarks and other currencies you can still exchange, I horde them and send them all to one site and get the money that way.
How much in exchange currency is there?
It's going to be different with every lot of coins you buy...
Quote: "CoinCollector1243"Just curious, but for the people who search bulk world coins,
1. What countries do you find coins from the most?
2. What coins do you keep for your collection/swaplist?
3. Do you keep coins of popular currencies with a lack of to no numismatic value to exchange or hoard?
when i buy bulk world coins most of the time i find coin that are worthless and demonized like italian coins, pre euro coins and coins from country that don't exist. most countries i keep are most british and british common wealth coins along with US coin, proofs of any country and silver from any country along with any valuable currency like swiss francs, euros, etc. recommend you keep the british and british common wealth stuff because it has a high exchange like i find 5 francs from switzerland a lot and man they are valuable ( cha ching ). all the french centimes and 1 franc coins i would sell or trade nothing special from them unless silver. i hoard most us coins, i am not a fan of there designes and looks but i always keep them for the next trip to the USA. hopefully this helped :)
Quote: "CoinCollector1243"Just curious, but for the people who search bulk world coins,
1. What countries do you find coins from the most?
2. What coins do you keep for your collection/swaplist?
3. Do you keep coins of popular currencies with a lack of to no numismatic value to exchange or hoard?
I recently purchased a 5lb bag from eBay for $35.00. I mainly purchased it so I had more to trade and didn't expect to gain any for my collection. But, all in all, I got 400+ for trading and about 200+ for my collection!
It was a great mix of everything except Mexico, USA & Canada.
To answer your questions:
1. So, the countries I got the most of were the following:
France
Spain
Italy
Japan
If it says well mixed, you should receive a variety of countries (nothing rare or more expensive of course)
I was surprised to find some euro (even 2 Cyprus 5 cent) typically don't find those.
2. I collect World Coins by type, so I added whatever coins I didn't have and put the rest of them in my swap list. It's honestly up to you what you want to keep or trade.
3. Same as above, it's up to you. I honestly don't hoard, unless it's US coins and US Silver, but I've recently posted some US coins for trading purposes.
So in conclusion, here's what I would look for:
1.I would buy from eBay. Make sure the posting says "well mixed", or "excludes US, Mexico and Canada" (that way you don't get tons of those countries)
2. If you go for 1lb say, it'll be around $15-20. A few more bucks and I got 5 lbs. (The more the merrier)
Hope this answered your questions.
Looking to continue completing my collection.
I am currently only trading in the US. Will consider international if swap is good and worth it.
In New Zealand from my regular buy ins of Charity shop lots and friends selling me collections.
1. New Zealand Predecimal non silver 1947 - 1965 and old decimal 1967 - 2005, followed by Australian and UK coins, again mostly base metals and late Predecimal and early decimal.
Then current mix of big country world coins like USA, Old France, pacific Islands, Germany - heaps of obselete pre euro European coins.
2. I will save any silver coins, Coins of countries that fascinate me like Denmark, Switzerland, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, Russia except USSR after 1961, any Pacific like Fiji, certain dates of Australian coins - any Aussie commem coins I don't have, South Africa, exotic countries you don't see many coins of (Israel, Jordan, Arab coins, egypt etc)- anything that is over 100 years old. Any US Nickels, Dimes and Quarters with dates I don't have and/or want to upgrade, same with any British coins.
3. Will always sell any New Zealand (Although Decimal does poor now), any worn or duplicate silver. I accumulate country bags over multiple buys and then sell them off for a few bucks when I have a good mix. Big sellers always - Britain modern sterling, Japan and Swiss, as its high values and someone always buy it. Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Thailand always sell well too as we have a large Asian population, although India never sells, it seems most Indians I know hate their currency.
Let me state though - as much as I love my Half crowns and nice collectable coins - my greatest joy is buying a bag of world mixed and just going through it - making "discoveries" - the joy of surprise means a lot to me and links the adult me to the child hood coin collector!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
I have bought and searched through hundreds of kilos of world coin bulk lots over the last decade. While I have not kept cumulative statistics, here are the general trends:
Domestic (USA) coins: Usually a few low grade wheat pennies, slick buffalo nickels, and the occasional modern interloper. Thankfully, "filler pennies" have not been a problem.
Current legal tender: Usually low value Canada, UK, Eurozone coinage. Japan and Switzerland are better but less common. I have yet to find a business near me that will exchange world coins for USD, so I have a jar of coins to repatriate if the opportunity arises. Even if I were able to get the theoretical maximum exchange value for these coins, it would not even recoup a third of what I spent on these bulk lots.
Obsolete European coins: post-1945 are far too common. Pre-WW1 coins in bulk lots are scarce, and often in poor condition.
Rest of the world: I see lots of coins from Asia, especially Thailand and Taiwan. Latin America and the Caribbean archipelago are in abundance. African and Islamic coins are hardest to find.
Precious metals: Rarely silver, never gold.
Why it's still worth it: Take advantage of how lazy most American dealers are. If it's not silver, it goes in the bin without a second glance. If you collect by date, this can be incredible! I have found key dates, proofs, non-circulating commemoratives, pre-modern states (Germany, India, Italy), and coins broken apart from their set-only issues. Most of the rarest, lowest mintage, and most valuable coins in my collection have turned up in bulk lots. Even after all this time and likely a million coins, it's still my favorite hunting ground. With each bulk lot, my wallet grows thinner but my mind, and my swap list, enlarges.
I buy my lots from Finland only and they contain mostly basic European pre euro coins and smaller Scandinavian and Soviet Union coins. If the lot comes straight from a traveller, it may contain also more exotic coins (from our point of view) and high denomination ones. Every now and then there are smaller silver coins also.
By buying lots is my way to fund my hobby, so I exchange current coins and redeemable pre euro coins in Leftovercurrency.com. German marks I send directly to Bundesbank. There are also couple of brick and mortar exchange offices which accept at least some of the current coins.
I keep every km# type I don't already have. Most of my 3000 circulation coins have acquired by buying bulk lots.
Quote: "Trp"I buy my lots from Finland only and they contain mostly basic European pre euro coins and smaller Scandinavian and Soviet Union coins. If the lot comes straight from a traveller, it may contain also more exotic coins (from our point of view) and high denomination ones. Every now and then there are smaller silver coins also.
By buying lots is my way to fund my hobby, so I exchange current coins and redeemable pre euro coins in Leftovercurrency.com. German marks I send directly to Bundesbank. There are also couple of brick and mortar exchange offices which accept at least some of the current coins.
I keep every km# type I don't already have. Most of my 3000 circulation coins have acquired by buying bulk lots.
I take all the ugly, bent and worn ones and throw them into metal recycling bin. I sell the rest as a bulk lot. I don't sell the silver coins separately, so I put them there also. I try to get at least the same price per kilo what I paid for it myself. It's usually €5-10/kg.
Quote: "Trp"What do you do with the ones nobody will take?
I take all the ugly, bent and worn ones and throw them into metal recycling bin. I sell the rest as a bulk lot. I don't sell the silver coins separately, so I put them there also. I try to get at least the same price per kilo what I paid for it myself. It's usually €5-10/kg.
Never thought of that - do you feel guilty about it at all?
Never thought of that - do you feel guilty about it at all?
No, though I pick out many current high face value coins I leave there semi/key dates, silver coins and demonetized higher face value coins I don't bother to sell separately. I usually buy 2-3 kg lots and put them together, so there will be a good mix of coins when I sell them.
I always take good pictures so buyer knows what she/he will get.
The biggest trick is in the buying process - you have to find good lot at a good price.
Quote: "Trp"I buy my lots from Finland only and they contain mostly basic European pre euro coins and smaller Scandinavian and Soviet Union coins. If the lot comes straight from a traveller, it may contain also more exotic coins (from our point of view) and high denomination ones. Every now and then there are smaller silver coins also.
By buying lots is my way to fund my hobby, so I exchange current coins and redeemable pre euro coins in Leftovercurrency.com. German marks I send directly to Bundesbank. There are also couple of brick and mortar exchange offices which accept at least some of the current coins.
I keep every km# type I don't already have. Most of my 3000 circulation coins have acquired by buying bulk lots.
For the ones that can be exchanged but have a low exchange value, do you still exchange those? Sorry for all the questions.
Understand the comment about "Filler pennies" My ladies are kind and often dispose of worn pennies and common old 1 cent and 2 cent coins, leaving only the shiny stain free ones for me.
They know I am the only serious buyer and can not be bothered being ripped off by a dealer (Most of ours are very greedy, buy low and sell high) - so I buy every time and have offered anywhere from $1 to $800 depending on what they offer.
Lately its been mostly low quality and $50 or less, still fresh coins always excite me.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
For the ones that can be exchanged but have a low exchange value, do you still exchange those? Sorry for all the questions.
It depends. Sometimes bulk lots are full of current high value coins and you may fill whole envelope (500-1000g) with them. Then there may be coins worth €0,20 and less which I sell as a bulk lot.
I buy older stamps from dealers and can get 30-50% discount compared to post office prices. Someones have hoarded stamps 20-25 years ago and sell them now at a small profit as the prices have risen.
As stamps are not totally free, there's no sense to try to send every one penny coin back to England. But I enjoy when I can get at least uglies and lowballs away from our bulk lots;)
Quote: "AshsCollectablesStore"Out of the few times i've bought bulk coins it's been:
1) the big 3, France, Spain, and Italy
2) whatever is rarer than the others or older I suppose. Or at the moment any from a country I don't have.
3)If it's something like swiss francs, deutschemarks and other currencies you can still exchange, I horde them and send them all to one site and get the money that way.
Have you ever exchanged deutschemarks before?
If you have is it worth the postage?
I’ve bought a few bulk coin lots here and there mostly common stuff from where I bought it from did get some low percentage silver coins a couple of Swedish ones and one Portuguese coin other than that not much.
Also a little of topic what’s the average going rate for bulk world coins in the U.K. ?(per Kg for example) because from what I’ve seen in the US bulk world coins normally go around the $6 mark per pound (depends on the lot) and I would like to know the average price because from looking at Ebay sold lots some go for £3 while others go as much as £13 per Kg.
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
Quote: "Worldwide collection"I’ve bought a few bulk coin lots here and there mostly common stuff from where I bought it from did get some low percentage silver coins a couple of Swedish ones and one Portuguese coin other than that not much.
Also a little of topic what’s the average going rate for bulk world coins in the U.K. ?(per Kg for example) because from what I’ve seen in the US bulk world coins normally go around the $6 mark per pound (depends on the lot) and I would like to know the average price because from looking at Ebay sold lots some go for £3 while others go as much as £13 per Kg.
Bulk is bulk, and you never really know, what you'll get. Like the lottery.
Quote: "Worldwide collection"I’ve bought a few bulk coin lots here and there mostly common stuff from where I bought it from did get some low percentage silver coins a couple of Swedish ones and one Portuguese coin other than that not much.
Also a little of topic what’s the average going rate for bulk world coins in the U.K. ?(per Kg for example) because from what I’ve seen in the US bulk world coins normally go around the $6 mark per pound (depends on the lot) and I would like to know the average price because from looking at Ebay sold lots some go for £3 while others go as much as £13 per Kg.
Bulk is bulk, and you never really know, what you'll get. Like the lottery.
Thanks for improving my morale.
Anyway.. I will buy for various sources to see Different varieties is in my area Ebay, catawiki, local auction houses, coin fairs (when they’re open) etc.
One more thing like I said what’s the average going rate for lots so I don’t get scammed or overpay for common stuff that’s worth only a average rate?
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
Even in fairs you sometimes find (in euros) boxes with
1. dirty common coins 4 for 1 E
2. old copper difficult to identify coins 2 for 1 E
3. old better copper coins 1 for 1 E
4. old fine copper coins 3 E a coin
etc etc
Silver coins are normally individually priced according to the sellers criteria, but you can always discuss prices, if you buy for at least 10E.
Have fun and dirty, stinking fingers...... don't forget some humid wipes for afterwards!
Quote: "Sjoelund"Even in fairs you sometimes find (in euros) boxes with
1. dirty common coins 4 for 1 E
2. old copper difficult to identify coins 2 for 1 E
3. old better copper coins 1 for 1 E
4. old fine copper coins 3 E a coin
etc etc
Silver coins are normally individually priced according to the sellers criteria, but you can always discuss prices, if you buy for at least 10E.
Have fun and dirty, stinking fingers...... don't forget some humid wipes for afterwards!
👍.
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
