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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1082864, member: 112"]monte - the answer to your question will depend largely on the coins you have. Yes there are many world coins that have significant value. But there are many, many more that have virtually no value at all. Go to almost any dealer's shop you want and you can buy them for literally pennies. Some even sell them by the pound with no regard at all as to what the coins are.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you can tell to some degree by the dates on the coins and the country of origin. If the dates are more modern and the coins are circulated then there are not going to be many that have any value. You can sort them by silver content of course, and some of the silver coins may indeed have some numismatic value as well. But the market for world coins is just not like the market for US coins. World coins are in far less demand and dealers epsecially will not offer anywhere near what they do for US coins. Often with even very valuable gold and silver coins dealers will only offer half of retail value. In other words if you paid $1000 for a coin a dealer would only offer $500. That's because there just aren't that many people out there who want to buy it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So anyway, back to the first sentence - we need to know what the coins are before we can offer you any meaningful advice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1082864, member: 112"]monte - the answer to your question will depend largely on the coins you have. Yes there are many world coins that have significant value. But there are many, many more that have virtually no value at all. Go to almost any dealer's shop you want and you can buy them for literally pennies. Some even sell them by the pound with no regard at all as to what the coins are. Now you can tell to some degree by the dates on the coins and the country of origin. If the dates are more modern and the coins are circulated then there are not going to be many that have any value. You can sort them by silver content of course, and some of the silver coins may indeed have some numismatic value as well. But the market for world coins is just not like the market for US coins. World coins are in far less demand and dealers epsecially will not offer anywhere near what they do for US coins. Often with even very valuable gold and silver coins dealers will only offer half of retail value. In other words if you paid $1000 for a coin a dealer would only offer $500. That's because there just aren't that many people out there who want to buy it. So anyway, back to the first sentence - we need to know what the coins are before we can offer you any meaningful advice.[/QUOTE]
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