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<p>[QUOTE="Brit in Texas, post: 422192, member: 12971"]I'd suggest taking an afternoon sorting through your dealer's stock. So long as the shop isn't busy they won't mind you sitting there for a few hours. Pull out the ones you want, you'll pay more per coin but considering you weren't interested in 99% of the coins in the bulk lots this way will be a lot cheaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should be able to sort pretty quickly if you're only looking for a certain date range.</p><p>I do this all the time. I take a copy of a spreadsheet with the coins in my collection, take a seat and look through the containers of world coins getting the ones I don't have yet. Depending on the shop the coins are anywhere from 10 cents to $1 each bought out of the bulk lots. Lots of shops have different containers for the older and nicer coins, I'd check there for the C19th coins you're after. </p><p><br /></p><p>I only have one duplicate 19th century coin at the moment otherwise I'd offer to do a trade with you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Brit in Texas, post: 422192, member: 12971"]I'd suggest taking an afternoon sorting through your dealer's stock. So long as the shop isn't busy they won't mind you sitting there for a few hours. Pull out the ones you want, you'll pay more per coin but considering you weren't interested in 99% of the coins in the bulk lots this way will be a lot cheaper. You should be able to sort pretty quickly if you're only looking for a certain date range. I do this all the time. I take a copy of a spreadsheet with the coins in my collection, take a seat and look through the containers of world coins getting the ones I don't have yet. Depending on the shop the coins are anywhere from 10 cents to $1 each bought out of the bulk lots. Lots of shops have different containers for the older and nicer coins, I'd check there for the C19th coins you're after. I only have one duplicate 19th century coin at the moment otherwise I'd offer to do a trade with you.[/QUOTE]
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