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<p>[QUOTE="jlblonde, post: 1397068, member: 32000"]Most of my eBay sales of foreign coins have been to India, Russia, Latvia and Israel. Most, if not all, have been aggressive bidders. Nearly all of my US bidders place an opening bid and nothing more.</p><p>Just last year African coins were hot, today not so. I can't seem to move my Angola coins. Last year they went for several dollars, today a buck at best. Chinese cash and Canadian pre-1953 coins do very well. Two years ago I couldn't give these away even with free shipping.</p><p>Greek coins may be in vogue because of all the news on the greek economy.</p><p>I've noticed that my sales are in step with news accounts of a particular country. This may be a sign of novice collectors who haven't found their niche in the market and bend their attention to current events, subsequently collecting coins from countries which are in the news headlines.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jlblonde, post: 1397068, member: 32000"]Most of my eBay sales of foreign coins have been to India, Russia, Latvia and Israel. Most, if not all, have been aggressive bidders. Nearly all of my US bidders place an opening bid and nothing more. Just last year African coins were hot, today not so. I can't seem to move my Angola coins. Last year they went for several dollars, today a buck at best. Chinese cash and Canadian pre-1953 coins do very well. Two years ago I couldn't give these away even with free shipping. Greek coins may be in vogue because of all the news on the greek economy. I've noticed that my sales are in step with news accounts of a particular country. This may be a sign of novice collectors who haven't found their niche in the market and bend their attention to current events, subsequently collecting coins from countries which are in the news headlines.[/QUOTE]
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