Whats The Best Way To Get Rid Of A Coin?

For coins that come my way, I keep all but category A coins. And I do tediously go through each and every coin to make sure it really is a duplicate before consigning it to the duplicates pile. With duplicates, I usually dispose of a few of them through my local coin club auction. When I get a large amount (as might happen if I buy a bulk lot, or I am given an entire hoard by a friend/family member), I'd take them to a coin dealer and take whatever he asks for them - if they give you more than scrap metal value, it's worth it.

If you don't have any coin dealers near you, and selling or sending them to your fellow collectors either in-country or overseas is prohibitive due to high postage costs and/or a dodgy postal system, then there are certainly other options than the trash bin. Take them to a scrap metal merchant, at least, and get scrap metal value for them.

Giving them away can be fun, too. I have seen at international airports large jars where travellers can donate their unwanted (and unexchangeable) foreign coins; a local charity would no doubt be collecting and selling them. I volunteer at an inner-city Conversational English class. One night, the topic of conversation was "Money". I brought along a bag of Australian 2¢ coins that I was having trouble getting rid of - even the banks and local coin dealers didn't want them. After the class, my bag of unwanted coins was gone and the international students were taking home a unique souvenir of Australia they wouldn't have obtained otherwise.

Trading is hard (both parties must want what the other's got). Giving stuff away is much easier.

Put them on ebay as one big misc lot. You won't get much for them, but you'll get rid of them, and probably make a few bucks off the deal.

I have never sold a coin, but I have traded in the past. Therefore, I say use them for trades.

trading can be good but for me personally I would need to know what it is and then provide you (the universal you) with a detailed list of what I have. Unfortunately for me, I don't have my duplicates cataloged. I also don't have a trade list per se. I collect non-US so my collecting interests are very wide and if I don't have it, then I would want it even though I don't have it written down.

I just donated a fairly large cache of stamps to a local Boy Scout leader who is going to use them to get younger collectors going. I'm thinking of doing the same thing with my duplicate coins.

And if you do want to send those miscellaneous world coins somewhere let me know. I'll send you my addy. what I don't add to my collection, I can add to my donation pile LOL

thanks Adam E, that made my day! mua ha ha ha

thanks all! it seems we all have gone through the same situation, great to know I'm not alone

No, not to him, MEEEEEEEEEEEEE
For me I've never sold a coin, nor trading one to anyone for anything. Some time ago I did give a lot of them to a YN though.
My method is simple. I get a coin and if better than a coin in one of my Albums, it goes into that Album and the one in the Album goes into a 2x2 and then into one of those Whitman two row Red Cardboard boxes. Eventually there is enough of those duplicates to start another Album. Which is what I do.
Presently have well over 100 Albums, mostly Whitman and a few Dansco.
For example I now have 12 Albums of Mercury dimes. In most Albums it is now really a problem since if I acquire a coin that belongs in Album #1, I must move the coin from #1 to #2, then #2 to #3, Then #3 to #4 and on and on and on. Naturally #1 is the best and they go downward in grades after that. In most instances even a one coin purchase can create several hours of work. but just can't part with a coin.

put 'em in the collection plate at church.