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New Member
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Or someone who sells Turkish coins :)
Anyone?
Thanks
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Pillar of the Community
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1. Don's World Coin Gallery... http://(131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed /store/index.php Not really a "Turkish coin dealer", but a modest little assortment... 2. The Turkish Mint... http://www.mint.gov.tr/tr/I don't know if they sell direct or not and in fact, I haven't even figured out how to get their website to flip over into English--or whether it even does. 3. PandaAmerica... http://www.pandaamerica.com/index003.aspHad only 3 costly gold coins listed... Not much help there. 4. There is of course also ebay, but watch yourself there. I don't think this will be an easy hunt, and what's above is about all I know. Good luck. Edited by Fat Freddy
12/17/2012 3:11 pm
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I believe it's time you were introduced to vcoins.com. The safety of your wallet is not guaranteed.  |
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United States
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@superdave----Vcoins is overpowering.... Quite the lead for somebody hunting for something! The offerings there are so extensive as to be almost impossible to hunt thoroughly through.
Just out of curiosity--is there by chance a website with the universal inclusiveness of Vcoins but which specializes exclusively in bullion coins?
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I believe it's time you were introduced to vcoins.com. I totally forgot all about that site (but it is there, in my numismatic bookmarks).  Going to leave that tab open for a while. Maybe I will shock basebal21 with my first online purchase.  |
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Easy way to get the Turkish Mint site to flip over to english is to use this link (last two letter en for english instead of tr for turkish. http://www.mint.gov.tr/en/Unfortunately even that doesn't help a lot. With it you can find the links to those items for sale, but the pages that describe the sale items is once again in turkish. |
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@conder101---Thanks. Too bad it doesn't go any further. The Italian Mint is just as bad--I can't even find a clue on how to get that one to flip over into English either.
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 Israel
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@Fat Freddy
Thank you for the links, could not find what I was looking for but I will definitely continue to monitor them.
Regarding the Turkish mint site - yes, seems like they have having troubles reaching their potential :)
@SsuperDdave
Thank you for the introduction! I'm in love... I will need to hide the wallet from myself :)
@Conder101
I tried to translate the site using Google Translate just in order to figure out where is what and still had no progress...
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12/18/2012 03:41 am
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United States
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To everyone complaining about foreign mints having their sites in non-English languages:
Use Google Translate on the homepage to find a contact link. Then write to the Mint in question, specifically stating that you are an English-speaking collector looking to purchase [whatever--commemoratives, currently circulating coinage, etc.]. I used to hang out on a lot of Japanese-only merch websites and when my Rikaichan addon wasn't enough to help me translate what I couldn't read, I would hunt for the kanji for "write" or "contact" and send a very polite letter in English. Often the answer I got was "I'm sorry, we only sell within Asia," but I never failed to receive a response. An example:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a fan of alice nine. who lives in the United States. I have found their new album zekkeishoku on your website, but I cannot find a way to use an American credit card to purchase it. I have found the purchase page, but I have not learned to read enough Japanese to understand all of the information needed. I am very interested in buying the album, and am willing to pay extra shipping to receive the album outside of Japan. Could you please instruct me in how to find the purchase page in English?
Thank you very much,
etc. With appropriate levels of politeness, you can get a lot of information.
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New Member
Israel
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@ninamason
Followed your suggestion and sent them an email asking about the coin I am looking for and whether it is possible to purchase it without visiting their physical shop, thanks.
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Great! Let us know what happens! |
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Well nothing really happened since then and they did not response to my email. I continued to search the web for the particular coin I was looking for the 500 Lira 1983 Lydia Coin but with no luck. There is one on ebay but it is overpriced. So I waited and waited until a new opportunity knocked on my door and 7 days ago I noticed that there is new auction offering that coin. I am happy to announce that today I have won the coin :) For more information about the coin http://coinoftheworld.blogspot.com/...in.html#moreI hope this post will not be removed as my previous one. The link I attached is pointing to a pure informative blog. |
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