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Bedrock of the Community
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Sometimes buying foreign coins by the pound some interesting things can be found. In a recent collection I purchased, there were over two pounds of foreign coins. I pulled out a few that interested me and sold the rest to a local coin shop. I am just getting around to checking the ones I kept. The one I like the most is a 1749 King George II great Britain halfpenny. I messaged one of this sites experts, he told me these were used in circulation in pre-revolution America   There were also a couple of interesting tokens one from Great Britain, one from Canada 1812 One penny token from London (dollar size)   1844 Canada Bank token (half dollar size)   Not real sure what this one is 1761 Ein Kreutzer   Some older Canada coins. I like the large cents, hope to put a complete set of them together someday.  There are other coins I did not take pictures of, the British and Ireland large cents I put into rolls when I get them. I hope you all enjoy my little show, just wanted to share how buying pounds of foreign coins can be fun. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I like the one with the estate on it. Cool design
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice score....I would love to buy 2 pounds an pull these!
Particularly like the Maria Therese Kreutzer!
Edited by amida17
07/08/2012 10:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice finds, where do you buy pounds of world coins for the most part?
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Bedrock of the Community
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These were from a large collection I bought. When I buy collection most of the time I buy the foreign coins by the pound.
That is the same way most coin shop I have been to buy foriegn coins.
Of course most will try to pick out the silver coins, but I have found
many foriegn silver coins in dealers foriegn coin bins. Many dealers will
sell from their foriegn coin bins .. by the pound .. or so much for each coin.
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Very nice!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How much a pound ?
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I should have never read this post! I feel a strong ebay urge coming on LOL! Those are AWESOME! Honestly, I've always enjoyed the look of some foreign pieces, just always say to myself... I will research these later... And never do! Maybe now is the time! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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How much a pound ? I paid $2.00 a pound, $4.00 total. Most of these coins were put together by a collector. There are at least 20 more coins that I kept. Then sold the rest to a local coin shop for $2.00 total. The local shops here buy foreign coins for a $1.50 a pound and sell for $4.00. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Anyone have a link to a reputable online seller of these kinds of pounds?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i am interested in finding world coins by the pound as well. I miss the thrill of digging through new coins
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nice finds, I've always been scared of buy by the pound and getting stuck with junk. nice find again.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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very nice never seen some of those coins before, the 1844 canadian bank token is a really nice looking coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VERY nice finds, are these average?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've spent the entire day skimming lots of "world coins" lol. I feel like the nieve unsearched Wheat cent roll buyer again! I've notice some sellers "guarantee three silver pieces per pound" hahaha. I honesty don't care if the lot is worth nothing... I just want to find some real old cool lookin coins! I don't know who to trust. All the sellers have the token "skeezebay feedback" hovering around 96.7% positive. |
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Great finds! |
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Posted 07/08/2012 10:49 pm
