Do You Actively Collect Foreign Coins?

Check out ebay. Not bad, just look around and see what the offerings are. That is where I purchase over 400 British pennies at about 25-30 cents a piece.

 

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Nothing against US coins (I live in the USA), but it's just that everyone else is collecting them here (and therefore the higher prices). I mostly collect South Korea. The main reason is because even with my limited budget, I can assemble a completely UNIQUE collection of coins that no other collector in the US probably has (or probably cares to have!) if I just use patience and laser-like focus. Due to my efforts, I have BU examples of every year of EVERY regular-strike coin that South Korea produced, even the ones that were only later produced in the thousands for mint sets. If I stay away from the rare proof coins and proof sets (which are mostly sold in Korea for very high prices), I can focus on getting really nice BU examples of the key-date regular-strike coins. Traveling to Korea almost every summer on business helps, too. I can hit the coin stores in Seoul on those occasions. Because of my travels I've made some good connections with brick-and-mortar and online retailers in Korea, which is important sometimes in getting the rarer stuff.

Check out my albums at ebay:
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Flowers are nice, but nothing beats a beautiful woman on a coin. :yes:

 

i have more us coins,but i have coins from many other countries too.i also have some paper,bonds and stocks from different places.i buy what i like provided i can establish the price and buy at that price.

 

Nice. Have you ever tried collecting late 19th century/early 20th century Korean? I hear that is a tough field.

 

You know, I don't collect the older Korean stuff. For now anyway. That stuff scares me a little: There's GOT to be a ton of fakes out there.

At ebay there's this cool old Korean collection up for sale...For the price of a sports car!

 

Another beautiful woman!

 

Own the same type. She reminds of natalie portman.

 

You are right! This example is alright, but I think I am gonna keep searching for a better one.

 

I focus mainly on US coins, but I find some Italian coins just beautiful and pick one up here and there.

 

I like foreign coins if there is a female on at least one side or the design is just super cool to me.

 

Just found this beautiful lady.

 

Because of my self-limited junk coin budget (I'm trying NOT to hoard), most of my "junk" is composed of lustrous coins from the pound series in Israel. I can get that stuff so cheap sometimes, it feels like (fill in metaphor here).

 

I can't stop from hoarding. In the last two weeks I received over 400 British pennies.

 

Be careful man, it will sneak up on you. I am transitioning to boxes for most of my ancients, and I have filled up 6 small ones and 4 large ones already, and haven't touched the chinese or the 500 late romans I bought a week ago. This is not even talking about world or US coins. Yes, coins can be space efficient, but only to an extent.

World coins in particular expand geometrically. I be you I have 400 British pennies and haven't intentionally ever bought a one.

But, as hoarding goes, I think its about as innocuous as hoarding can get, so we got that going for us..........

 

I do collect some specific foreign coins. Currently, my primary foreign interest is German coins from the time of the Third Reich and the occupation period following their regime. This would be 1933-1948. My interest in these pieces is due to my very strong interest in WWII history. My collection is smaller as I have tried to only purchase nice MS examples.

 

That is very cool. I should try limiting myself to only nice MS examples.

 

I don't intentionally collect world coins, but I did buy a 1918 La Semeuse 1 Franc just because I liked the look. Other than that my foreign coin "collection" is stuff my friends dumped in my lap after coming back from overseas.

 

I did not collect foreign coins until about a month ago when I decided to open my eyes to some of the beautiful designs from other countries (also, they are generally cheaper than US coins).