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New Member
Philippines
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Hello everyone, I found a number of old coins in my drawer and I am planning to sell them on ebay. However, the coins' luster faded through time. I'm not a coin collector so I don't know if I should clean it or not before I put it on auction. do you have any suggestions? the coins are 1975 5 Philippine peso (Marcos era) thanks so much y'all!!! E! |
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Valued Member
United States
346 Posts |
You should not clean any coin you are planning to sell. It decreases value and takes more of the beauty away
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1091 Posts |
Welcome to the forum esthon, enjoy your stay here.
Coin collecting Rule number one: Don't clean coins
The 1975 Philippines 5 Peso coin has a mintage of 20,000,000. It has a value of about $1 US.
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Welcome to our CC family.  I strongly suggest that do not clean any of the coins. Cleaning will reduce the value. As has been pointed out, these coins don't have a high collector value anyway and you may not want waste the listing and final value fees to list them. Those fees add up quickly. Hope you stick around for a while. We'll be more than happy to help you out with any of the coins you have. |
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New Member
 Philippines
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Hello everyone and thanks for the advices. so I will not clean the coins but what will I write on its condition? used? mint? I will put it up in auction on ebay philippines (ebay.ph). I don't really know what to write on the description of the coin. can you kindly give me a sample description of this coin? I will appreciate it very much!!! by the way, how can you tell of its mintage? what is its significance? thanks again you guys!!! Esthon |
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Pillar Of The Community
Turkey
1205 Posts |
The grade of the coin is determined by the wear mainly. Here is a thread I remember, the coins shown are canadian but you can get the idea about grading. https://goccf.com/t/3664You can also post a picture of both sides of the coin and I'm sure guys here will give you their opinion of the grade. Mintage numbers? Well you need to check a catalogue or maybe the mint has published some figures on the web site. |
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Forum Mom
United States
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We have a Coin Grading Practice section. You can post large, clear pictures there and get the opinions from our members, many of whom are very experienced collectors and dealers. We actually have a member who posts their coins there and then links to the thread in their ebay auctions to show how they arrived at the grade range they put in their auctions. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1247 Posts |
I've sold some coins on ebay and Bidville without any grade description at all. I just posted good scans and wrote that I had larger ones I could send a bidder if they wanted to look at them. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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While description is one thing, you should try to take excellent photos. Excellent pictures usually count more.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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