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Valued Member
United States
81 Posts |
Is it worth buying foreign coins by the pound? Would you recommend it for beginner collectors? Please share your experiences buying mixed foreign coins.
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Valued Member
Canada
389 Posts |
If its cheap, its always fun to see what you can find :)
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Rest in Peace
 United States
1380 Posts |
It's a great way to get a big start. Educational Coins has good quality mixes at good prices.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
Its a good way to start and you get alot of coins to put in flips.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
It is great for a beginner.
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Valued Member
United States
341 Posts |
I agree with the others. and I got started that way. It was fun and inexpensive. After trying it for a while it may spark a more specific path for your collection to head in.
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Valued Member
United States
140 Posts |
Well, I can tell you from experience that it's a great choice if you love the surprise of not knowing what you might get. And if your just starting your collection then it's an excellent way to obtain coins from multiple countries. I've found a local shop that sells them to me $7.00 per pound, and I get to examine and choose the coins by hand myself.
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
3470 Posts |
 with all of the above It is the easiest way to start a OFEC set "One From Each Country" ...... dont forget to look for varieties and errors  |
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Valued Member
United States
187 Posts |
that's how I got started in all this insanity.....i went to a local auction and they had several large lots of older foreign coins,some in 2x2's and in binder pages and others just in coffee cans.Well nobody seemed to be bidding on these so I bought several lots at $2-$5 per batch.By the time I was done sorting and labeling and storing them,i was hooked!Now here I am a coinaddict. I I'm telling you Nooooooooooo!DON'T DO IT!LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Did any of you find any good coins while searching (silver,gold, rare coins, really old ones)?
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Valued Member
United States
294 Posts |
Got all of my foreign coin collection by combing through bag and box lots at auction. I also have a dealer who saves them for me as he finds them. I have come across quite a few silver coins doing this, as well as some unusual ones. It can be fun.
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Posted 10/16/2011 9:31 pm
