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Pillar of the Community
United States
616 Posts |
My in-laws did a lot of traveling as did my wife, and we've ended up with several pounds of world coins. Most of the coins are post-WW2, no silver, and a lot of them are pre-EU European or from countries that suffered hyperinflation.
Any ideas what to do with them?
My wife suggested burying them on our property to give future metal detectorists a horde to find.
Coins are from pre-EU Europe (Italian Lira, French Francs, etc). The Caribbean. Africa. Asia.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Try and build up a post WW2 type set of circulation coins, or if you have a lot of one series, a date set.
Don't believe KM valuations completely, I've found them to be wrong especially for France, eg the 1 franc from 1960 onwards, the early years are rare in decent condition; as are warly years in post WW2 Italy. Though millions were minted, millions were withdrawn and melted.
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Moderator
 United States
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Give them to youngsters to get them into the hobby. Have a contest here on CCF and give them as prizes. Give them out for halloween. Or my address is.... John1  Edited by John1
07/21/2017 09:07 am
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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Is there a coin club in your area?
Speaking from experience as a coin club member, we always welcome donations of coins - US and World - that we can distribute to young collectors at our meetings, at local schools and at local coin shows.
Thanks to the generosity of folks who have accumulated "collections" similar to yours, we have given away countless pounds of coins to kids and (hopefully) given them an interesting start to a life-long hobby.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Valued Member
United States
67 Posts |
You could take them to a high school and give them to the history teacher
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Valued Member
United States
338 Posts |
Give them to the boy scouts.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
I had a selection mainly based on my grandads war travels but then accumulaying holiday change etc. I know this stuff won't ever be the crown jewels but I still made up 3 binders full and sorted by type and date.
World coins is a low priority for me but if anything crops up that I don't have I sling it in there.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I'd vote for the boy scouts, too. A bag won for anyone who completes the coin collecting merit badge. Better still, if they don't have a counselor for that merit badge, volunteer to be a counselor.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Why not just enjoy those coins? They're coins, they have been used by people, they have stories to tell. Why not try to find out who those people were and what those stories are? There's lots of interesting stuff in this world outside the US! I keep my 'world coins' sorted by country in bags and pick the one I need when traveling back to or via that country. The only exception is US cents. I have a kazillion of those and I refuse to drag those along all the time. The plane probably wouldn't be able to take off if I did.  They're in a separate bag and do what they do best: collect dust. |
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Valued Member
United States
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My budget rarely allows for any "serious" US coin collecting, but I very much enjoy coins so that led me to World coins as a way to scratch the itch while not spending money I don't have, etc. I enjoy the aesthetics of coinage as well as am very interested in history, etc. World coins are a great and relatively inexpensive way to glean maximum collecting enjoyment out of a less than stellar budget. It depends on what you like in the end. Kids love the coins for sure and may spark interest in them.
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