How To Get Foreign Currency Coins Of Other Nations?

Topher, you're in Canada - I can't afford the air fair to get to there.. :P

Hehe... I have had second thoughts and actually this might be a feasible plan. After all, the money could undergo considerable appreciation in value after it comes to the end of it's 'currency' stage and it would be great to have a good supply from a large range of countries... maybe the air-fare isn't so bad..

Re. the Cuban coins, not sure, they always seem so expensive..

The way I get a lot of my foreign coins, and considering 95% of my collection is foreign, is to go sit for a couple hours at my local coin shop. They've got two or three bins of old coins from varying foreign countries just sitting there. Generally they sell for US$9 a pound. But I'm there so often, the owner comes out, offers me a soda, and chats with me while I paw through them. Today I got about two US pounds of coins for a little less than ten dollars.

If you're interested in Cuban coins, give me a shout. I've got a couple duplicates I could be persuaded to trade. ;) Of course, I'm not quite to the fifty post range yet. >< I can't wait to get there so I can participate more actively in the buying/selling/trading section of the forum.

That's possible. ^^; I've got a penchant for the British twenty pence pieces, and it's hard to find a wide variety of dates here in Texas. Since that's circulated coinage for you, it'd be buying. But since I don't know what coins you have for trade, I can't really say. Pretty much anything I don't have yet is something that would interest me.

Name your state. I've got a milk jar full of them. Though, I only really have the Denver mint. Philly is so hard to come by down here.

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:D Yes. Every time I get a State Quarter from circulation, I put it in a milk jar. I do have lots of the 1999-2000 quarters in mylar 2x2s though, so they're nice and shiney. They have been circulated, but there should not be much wear or tear on them.

Just let me know which quarters you're interested in, and I will see what I can find for you.

another source for foreign coins; if you are near a big city try the airport. Most have exchange booths where overseas travelers convert left over cash and coins to local currency. It costs face value of the exchange plus a small premium to the booth.