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Valued Member
United States
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So I bought a lot of coins at an auction the other day and 90% of them are world coins. Some of them are very nice, like a 425 AD Roman Empire coin. But most of the coins are probably valued between $0.50 and $2.00. All of them are in 2x2s and non-officially graded. The problem is, I don't collect world coins and I would rather sell them so I can buy US coins then keep them. But I have no idea how I should off-load them. Would it be better to list each one on ebay, or sell as a lot, or look at selling somewhere else? Anyone have any ideas? |
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Valued Member
United States
230 Posts |
I have had good success with selling low value world coin lots on ebay. Just make sure that there aren't any high value coins in there (key dates, silver, etc). I would sell those separately. |
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Valued Member
 United States
63 Posts |
In your listing, do you list out each coin in the lot? And, what size lots do you usually sell?
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Valued Member
United States
230 Posts |
I collect world coins and always sell off my unwanted ones and/or duplicates. I've sold lots ranging from 8-9 coins all the way up to around 80. For the smaller lots, I usually list the details of each coin, but I don't bother for the larger ones.
Selling as a lot is the way to go for low value coins. Individually selling coins that are worth less than a couple of bucks is not worth it because of shipping costs, plus relisting fees if they remain unsold.
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
vb3347, thanks for the advice.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
585 Posts |
I bury them on the beach and watch guys with metal detectors jumping with joy   |
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Pillar of the Community
Japan
666 Posts |
i usually present the coins to myself ...
you are welcome to do the same ... to present coins to me I mean ... jk ))))
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Just curious - how do you know that you have a "425 AD Roman coin" in hand?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
684 Posts |
Bury at the beach! Great idea. I will let you know what happens when an off metal 1804 US dollar is dug.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Just curious - how do you know that you have a "425 AD Roman coin" in hand? Because there is a date on it |
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
Pls, The "Roman" coin that I have does not have a date on it. When I received it in the box, it was in a 2x2 with the date written on it. Since this coin came from a respectable auction house I trusted it. Since I started this thread I have posted pictures of the "Roman" coin in another forum and it seems to be the consensus that the coin is a fake. I have already contacted the auction house to let them know and they have asked me to bring it in. Unfourtunetly I recently moved, and now I am several states away from the auction house. Guess I lost this one.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Quote:Because there is a date on it You sure it's not a fig? |
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Posted 01/23/2012 1:20 pm
