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New Member
United States
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I inherited a large amount of circulated coins, some foreign some US. Would I be better suited selling the lots on ebay by country ? Or group all the foreign coins together? I know a fair amount of them contain silver so some may be more valuable for their silver content vs the year of the coin. Also have indian head /wheat pennies . Im selling the items to help my family with some finances. Thanks |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1374 Posts |
Hey drag and welcome, I would certainly suggest selling the US coins separate from the others. Whatever you do, the most important thing is to have excellent photos that show the dates and conditions of your coins. |
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New Member
 United States
37 Posts |
Thanks for the tip, ill do the US stuff all separately.I will make sure to take nice high resolution pictures.
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
For the foreign should I do lots by country ? Or one huge lot of everything?
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Valued Member
Canada
155 Posts |
The Canadian ones depends on what you have,as a Canadian who collects Canadian coins there are lots of us out there you would probably do better seperating them.Can you give a list of some of what you have Canadian.
Other country's I have no idea.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1374 Posts |
People who sell the foreign coin lots typically lay out the coins so that they can all be identified. If the pictures are good enough, then world coin cherrypickers might find something interesting. I think separating out the Canadian coins is a good idea, too. Feel free to send me a message to a link of your auctions when you start them; I'm into Indian Head cents. |
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Unfortunately I dont have a lot of canadian stuff  . I'm thinking I'm gonna do the 300 foreign coins as a huge lot.theres a variety:ireland, british india, germany , switzerland, france and some other countries.stuff from later 1800's-1900's A good amount of them have silver .hopefully get a lot of bids, I tried to take detailed pictures and grouped the coins by country in pics rather than just a big pile like some of the lot pics on there.fingers crossed.hope it goes well. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I sold a Canadian dime before. I found a mix of copper and silver works well. You could just sell the whole lots grouped by country and see how that goes. I would make sure you specify what coins are silver because people will buy them just for that. I would group the US coins by type too like list all the Indian heads in one lot. Someone searching for Indian head lots will find them. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I would remove all of the silver and sell that as one lot as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3486 Posts |
To research the foreign coins further I can recommend en.numista.com Here is a sample: http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1933.htmlThe "Features" on the right hand side of the page contain much info, including the percentage of silver. Bullion value is constantly updated (see bottom of page.) Dates and mintages also listed. |
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Finally got pictures and listed them, item # 230944326389Fingers crossed the bidding goes well.pictures came out pretty decent. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
If you would ship to Australia I would have a crack at it
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
What would be a fair buy it now price for all the coins listed in the link above? Decided tp just go that route.theres also pictures of coins in the description area, too many to fit in the picture area. Thanks guys
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1192 Posts |
Lots with a little silver in them seem to do pretty well. Lots made up of all dreck, not so much. I recently sold a group of 15 well worn 1870s-1930s Large British pennies on ebay for $2 (99c no reserve auction). Cost me $5 to ship. I think I broke even other than the cost of those pennies :( |
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Valued Member
United States
176 Posts |
Just a few recommendations - I think it is worthy to pit in the extra 15 cents a picture or whatever the cost is now on ebay to display the whole lot, especially if it's a large one, peaks buyer interest and is absolutely essential in buying coins. Also, maybe it's me but it seems like youre rushing into this without proper information, you should try to atleast get a ballpark number or appraisal of your collection and not just dive head first with "fingers crossed". With that said, I still wish you best of luck friend. |
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
For some reason it limited me to put 12 pictures up, thats why I put the rest in the description. I wanted to take pics zoomed in enough so buyers can better see the condition of the coins to help them figure out the value of what they are getting. Its definitely tough selling coins when you dont have a background in them
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Posted 03/08/2013 12:39 am
