In this part, I will be showing coins from Italy, and Switzerland. There is one really nice toner in this group, scroll down, and you'll see it I'm not a world coin guru, and I don't know a ton about coins from around the world, with the exception of what I know from France. If I happen to have any kind of key or semi-key, or a coin that for some reason stick out to you, don't hesitate to tell me! Thanks for looking, and I plan to make part 3, Mexico. Italy: Switzerland: And here is the toner
The first one from Italy, 20 centisimi, does it have a plain or reeded edge? Plain edge is worth between $1.40-25.00 depending on condition, and the 1920 5 Rappen from Switzerland is another one that could be worth checking into a bit more, as it could be worth money.
Well the 20 Centisimi I checked out in eBay's Completed Listings, and none that are in the condition my coin is in are going for much. I did a search for the 1920 B 5 Rappen Coin, and I came up with the same results.
Nice Coins. I assume that you need a Krause World Coin Catalog This last weekend I met with a world coin dealer at a small show. He was selling several of his obsolete Krause World Coin Catalogs. For a small sum I got three different Krause catalogs & four Rulau token catalogs. He was also selling three world currency catalogs but I didn't buy them. Two of the Krause books were 2009 editions! See if any of your local world coin dealers have any obsolete Krause books they might sell you on the cheap.
The world coin catalogs, from what I've seen, can go for some serious cash. I have one World Coin Book from 88' I believe, but I know the prices on that would be out of date. I wouldn't need one for any thing from the 1600-1800's, but one for all over the 1900's to now for sure.
The prices I gave were from my 97 Krause. May I ask where you got the coins? I want to get some more "unsearched" world coins, but I don't feel like dealing with ebay and paypal who eat up your money in fees.
Well, if you are buying than you shouldn't have a problem with eBay or PayPal, would ya' know? I got them from pennies.com http://www.pennies.com/worldcoins.htm
FYI. For my foreign I currently use a 2002 Blackbook by Marc and Tom Hudgeons which I found at a used bookstore. They retail new for around $10. It doesn't have every coin or even every country, but it does have the most commonly found examples. Decent photos and good articles and descriptions. The fellows who compiled it do use part of their space to shamelessly promote those businesses and services which they find useful to collectors. (Read: they got paid buckets of money) But for my foreign collection it is my go-to book.
Since we are talking about international coins and buying in pounds, would anyone consider an offer of 180 coins for 14$ as a good one? 180 coins *i think* is a bit more than 1 pound, maybe 1.5 pounds. In my area there are really no places/dealers where i can go and look through stuff or buy in bulk, so i think this is a rather attractive offer. Would anyone mind sharing approximate acceptable price for 1 pound of international circulated coins (from about 1950s to 2000s)? Thanks.
Here is a lot I purchased last weekend. It is about 0.4 pound for $20. The seller didn't really weigh it. He just counted 50 coins & charged me $20. About 75% are UNC. I bought four other coins the same day but they were silver & a little more expensive. The guy has a ton more like this in 2x2 holders. I'm going back this weekend.
Collect89 those are very nice ones. I would not blame you at all going back for more! Circulated world coins on Ebay go for about $8-10 a pound for larger lots, a little more for smaller lots. $14 for a pound and a half sounds fair. In reality the value depends on the lot of course. Older and uncirculated always beats new and beat up, all things being equal. I have had good luck cherry picking lots on Ebay now and then, and a couple of bad buys too of course.
Yeap, took that offer and i think i got lucky. The seller is selling high grade valuable silver coins mostly, i got the feeling he just can't be bothered with lower priced coins so he offered them in bulk. According to the picture, quite a few are in the 3-6$ price range. The 5 pounds for $39.99 sounds great, i`ve seen a 1 pound for 9$ once but the quality looked somehow questionable.
Its weird. It seems like real junkie groups of common, worn out coins sell on Ebay and the like for very little less than more desirable groups. My advice to anyone new is to really look at the pictures and try to pick out the better lots. You are so much better to pay $15 a pound for better stuff than $8 a pound for junk it is not even funny. I bid on maybe 1 out of a hundred group lots I see, and only win a tenth of those. You can acquire a lot of very nice coins cheaply that way though.
And I've payed %80 for 5 pounds once, got it was heavy in eastern block coins, the $40 dollar ones were heavy in south american and commonwealth. The only silver was from the $40 one, 1 coin.
I'm confused what currency you used? Was it % or $ ? Just joshing with ya' It seems as though a lot of these world coin lots are no different than UNSEARCHED wheat rolls on the bay.
I never buy lots from stock photos unless i REALLY trust the dealer and have done business with them before. Only buy lots where you see the coins. IMO, most coins sold from stock photos are heavily picked over, like piles from old coin shops where every coin has been looked at 100 times, and STILL has not been bought for ten cents! Lol.
