It’s not something I’ve seen very often but I’m curious if anyone regularly or ever traded coins for coins? I think it would be interesting if more people traded since both sides win without one person profiting over the other. Obviously the coin values would have to be close to equal.
I filled many of my album holes by trading. When I was in grade school and junior high we had sort of a club of youngsters that had swap meets regularly. We never traded for money. Mostly traded based upon mintage, scarcity and difficulty in our location. We worked just about as hard for a friends collection as we did our own.
Most times a trade works out for both parties. You each get what you want and it cost nothing at the time. Just remember that what you want to trade is your cost. You’re just transferring that cost to other coins.
Can’t say I’ve ever done a coin for coin swap as it were but I’ve traded plenty of bullion for coins I wanted.
I would really like to trade my silver bullion and junk coins for some ancient coins. but it seems people who mostly stack bullion are not that into ancients, and vice versa. I even once tried exchanging my modern Australian silver coins at 2 or 3 stalls in a coin show early this year, and it would've been a miracle if they accepted the deal for half its worth!
Heck yeah, I've traded coins. But only since 2018 when I logged onto Numista.com. Since then I've swapped coins coins some 47 times - sometimes more than one swap with the same person. My swap-partners (that does not sound good) have been in Russia, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Portugal, and even in the good old USA. The only real cost is postage, which can get steep if one doesn't surf the USPS's money making schemes a bit. Overseas postage is simply expensive; no way around it.
I frequently trade. I use Greysheet as a basis of cost so we are both on the same playing field and negotiate from there. Actually I have picked up some great coins doing that. Semper Fi
I would much rather trade coins then buy them if possible with in my own Country no money out of pocket. I purchase most of my circulated coins in raw condition then self grade to see if they make PCGS grading system, if so I send them in my cost per coin after it arrives back to me is $100.00 Canadian that I add to my cost.
The biggest coin trade I ever made was a Choice Mint State 1907 $10 gold piece for an 1802 half cent. In the long run, I get the better end of the deal.
