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Australia
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Hi everyone, Have been looking on ebay and lots of people (including myself) selling bulk lots of world coins that they have obviously noodled. I see lots of coins that I don't have mixed in with coins that I do have. It got me thinking, if like me, you are just picking out what you need to add to your collection and then selling the remainder, would you be inclined to do a swap of the remaining coins? That way you would both get about ~9.5kg of coins to go through for just the cost of postage. It does rely on honesty so people aren't taking out heaps of multiples etc to sell on ebay and passing off 10kg of cheap asian coins. Alternatively we could swap our collection lists. I already do a similar thing with Tigersmob. When noodling I put aside coins that are missing from his collection and we swap. Would appreciate if people think this is a good or bad idea and if anyone would be keen to be a noodle buddy.  PS I intended this for OZ but if any overseas noodlers want to join in would be great. Edited by David Graham
11/03/2020 4:58 pm
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Australia
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hmmm sounds good to me I'm willing to however note that I would like the trades to be fair and useful to both sides.
For me personally I made a few small swaps for silver on other side when I started collecting, note these where melt or scrap quality (otherside) for some near UNC commemorative coins (my side). I would still be interested in that sort of trades especially dates I don't have or types. However I doubt there would be much trading of these silver coins these days for reason that silver prices have gone up and even scrap is hoarded.
That being said I'm still interested in having a listed of confirmed and top users of the forum, become trading partners for some less common international coins. So that one man or woman junk, becomes other mans treasure. hmm haven't updated my trading list in a while.
There loads of Asian and pacific island and some NZ stuff that I don't need or collect and basically they are normally come in the bulk lots that I purchase I don't mind giving them for anything else really even tokens (depends on type of token).
Is there anything you want David I keep a look out for you if you want, on the more noodle side on the lower value?
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11/03/2020 6:23 pm
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 Australia
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@ryurazu - Thanks for the reply. I am mainly chasing the low value coins. Some of the asian countries I have good fairly good representations but there are gaps in most denominations. Big gaps in my Indian collection including the aluminium paisa coins and the commemorative coins. I find it strange that each 10kg bag has the usual 85-95% Malaysian, South African, Tawainese etc. coins but the the remaining coins are interesting and vary from bag to bag. I'm getting a lot of PNG coins at present. Not chasing silver (although I do get excited when I find the odd silver  ). Was also thinking about ordering doubles from OS so I have tradeables in OZ. Currently purchasing a bunch of coins including a heap of Polish commemoratives at prices much cheaper than they are advertised on ebay Aus. Wondering if able, to double the quantity as I suspect they may be good trading coins. PS Doubles as in 2 times, not Guernsey doubles.  Edited by David Graham
11/03/2020 6:48 pm
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I could never send bulk lots overseas, but through this site have started trades with both Triggersmob and Redlock and depending on how they go (Postage is a bother from my country with coins and currency banned, so we have to creatively lie - plus living in NZ its remote and we have to pay jumbo postage amounts for a decreasing service).
I am not averse to sending a few coins in each post in standard airmail letters.
I do get bulk and quite a few world lots.
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Australia
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strangely Indian coins also missing from bulkish lots, hmmm even the demonetise coins. I would say anything that has short distances and have little value and seem to make it here, Malaysia, Singaporean, Thai, Taiwanese, Filipino, Indonesia, PNG, New Zealand, Tongan, Fijian, Japanese, Chinese. Alot less European coinage but British pounds do pop up now and then however with the swap in there circulating currency most people just dump or throw them away :D
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Canada
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I used to be heavily involved in trading world coins, through a group on yahoo groups (which has since disappeared do to lack of demand). The most effective practice was sharing lists of duplicates and trading value for value.
What I soon discovered was that 95% of the coins in bulk lots are very common and everyone can easily find them, and it is a huge expense to mail common stuff around the world. From Canada it costs at least $40/ kilogram to send via air anyplace aside from the United States.
What you want to trade are the few % that everyone does not have, which is often the newest coins from your local area which have not had time to travel around the world.
As my collection grew so did the cost of postage and the difficulty of finding anything new. I stopped that a few years ago as it was no longer worthwhile, but it was great for several years.
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Canada
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I have about 23 kilos of world coins (1950 & newer) that I've only pulled upgrades from for my OFEC,
no culls, and few duplicates
would be more than willing to trade just for the fun of it.
anyone can PM me & we can work out the details. (I'm in Canada, but willing to ship anywhere)
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Australia
1610 Posts |
@ryurazu - I do get quite a few Indian rupee coins but given the number of mints to look out for there are still gaps in my collection. And the commemoratives are really lacking. My pocket sheets have lots of empty rows waiting for commemoratives to go in.  Strangely my 50 paisa coins are far and few between as well. Also odd that I get loads of South African coins. Bit of travelling for them. Strangely I get virtually no Kiwi coins. I get loads more from loose change here than in the bulk world bags. @Oriole - Sage words. Yes, I would rather do trades for the select coins for overseas as it isn't economical to send bulk lots of mainly asian coins. Re Canadian postage costs - You know it's expensive when the carparks at the Vermont post offices near the border are full of Canadian registered cars.  As a newbie I'm still enjoying those first few years! @Wade - will be in touch to see what works out. |
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Australia
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@david are talking about Australian 50C commemorative, not sure or india? Kiwi coins I have a bunch of coins not in great condition as mostly from circulation, due to them being impostors let you have a look at them tonight when I can get pictures.You can email me if you want.
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United Kingdom
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What I usually do is buy them in bulk, sort through them then take to the dealers (I usually get £3 per kg) - however, this year with the pandemic I've not been to the dealers, meaning I have a great pile of "bits n bobs" accumulated - probably 50/60kg now plus UK spares. Too expensive to send unsorted bulk from here through the post, but if anyone has a want list let me know. Since I only get £3 per kilo when I cash them in I'm happy to give them away :)
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11/04/2020 12:49 pm
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Australia
1333 Posts |
@Andy you find anything good in bulk lots or more or less pot luck and you have to do the leg work? @david   Mostly like this type of stuff for international. At the moment have a vass amount of pennies and Cent, due to people not really wanting them (KG of bulk doubt any thing good but who knows) |
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United Kingdom
1314 Posts |
Most of it has come from ebay if I spot something interesting, with a good eye you can tell the sellers who sort coins and resell the junk from those who have genuinely found some coins in the back of a drawer. If they are of interest to anyone as I say I'm happy to give them away. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1610 Posts |
Quote:Most of it has come from ebay if I spot something interesting, with a good eye you can tell the sellers who sort coins and resell the junk from those who have genuinely found some coins in the back of a drawer. If they are of interest to anyone as I say I'm happy to give them away. I find that sellers who sell the 10kg lots in the bank bags will not have sorted through them and likewise the smaller lots they also sell. If I see a seller selling small lots (e.g. 800g etc) then they have picked through it. Sometimes I can go through their feedback and notice purchases from sellers that sell 10kg bags (even if private listing) so it doesn't take much to ut 2 and 2 together. I even find it amusing when I see things like "450g of unsorted coins. Could be hidden gems" yet when you look at their other listings there are loads of individual circulated coins obviously picked from the bulk lot. I even saw a lady on Gumtree who had a pile of old coins (mostly pennies and cupro-nickel) on a dining table with something along the lines of "I don't know much about coins so there could be some hidden treasures". Her other listing included a bunch of individually listed shillings, thrips and sixpences. The real kicker was an open notebook in the background of the same picture with the pile of coins with a hand written list of the silver and dates and prices she wanted to charge . Yep, the same ones that were on her other listings. Had a good laugh at that one....  Will message you this weekend Andy as I would like to see if we can do some sort of deal. |
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