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<p>[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 8413728, member: 94733"]I hear a lot of bad things about eBay, but for some of us, without access to a local coin shop, clubs, coin shows, it is the best way to acquire coins. Buying world coins by the pound, you can usually be assured they haven't been gone through. Large dealers pick them up, go through them for the silver, and then dump them.</p><p>Besides, it's fun to go through something other than American coins. You can learn a lot about the world and history from just looking up each coin to properly identify it.</p><p>Of the 195 countries (changes often), I have managed to collect a variety of coins from 119 countries. Some worth good money, others, just educational, but all fun for a few bucks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 8413728, member: 94733"]I hear a lot of bad things about eBay, but for some of us, without access to a local coin shop, clubs, coin shows, it is the best way to acquire coins. Buying world coins by the pound, you can usually be assured they haven't been gone through. Large dealers pick them up, go through them for the silver, and then dump them. Besides, it's fun to go through something other than American coins. You can learn a lot about the world and history from just looking up each coin to properly identify it. Of the 195 countries (changes often), I have managed to collect a variety of coins from 119 countries. Some worth good money, others, just educational, but all fun for a few bucks.[/QUOTE]
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