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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3556849, member: 68&quot;]I did this for many years and eventually made out pretty well.&nbsp; I wait until that currency is strong and then send it with somebody visiting the country.&nbsp; I usually pay them 10 or 15% for their work but they&#039;re happy to do it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Be careful though.&nbsp; Some countries&nbsp; suddenly devalue their currency to nothing.&nbsp; I lost most of my money (only about $150) on my French coins.&nbsp; I had to mail them cold to a coin shop and they sent me a $20 coin.&nbsp; There are lots of sources for these since many are accidentally put into the stream of coins.&nbsp; Focus on high denominations or they weight too much.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I always went through them before shipping them off and it wasn&#039;t unusual to find some very &quot;valuable&quot; coins like high grade 100Y&#039;s.&nbsp;&nbsp; I still have Swiss and German coins but time is running short on the German.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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