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Rest in Peace
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Are you saying I should take a picture of each coin? That would take a pretty long time... You provided a bunch of pix of the same pile. Wouldn't take long to spread them out so they don't overlap. You're also asking a lot from others, when some basic research at the library or even online would give you answers for 95%+ of the coins. Meet us halfway. |
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You provided a bunch of pix of the same pile. Wouldn't take long to spread them out so they don't overlap. Did you even bother reading my last post? I took multiple pictures of the coins spread apart, so that people can post POSITIVE comments. |
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Your last post wasn't there when I first loaded the page, and my comments were based on what I saw, which was too little information.
Having seen the new information you provided, I would normally change my comments, but they may serve as advice to any other poster in a similar position.
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I'll echo biggfredd's comments. You are asking a second party to do work which you should be doing - and at the same time educating yourself about common, low-value coins (for the most part). Kindly re-read my post in which I suggested that these coins can serve as a valuable educational tool for you. As far as value for them goes - remove the obsolete coins and weigh them and then multiply by $6.50 per pound. The euros, USA, Swiss, Great Britain, Canadian, and other current coins are worth face value unless you can spot an error on any of them.
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First of all, I am only 15. I don't have a scale or any fancy coin books. I made this thread so people can glance at the coins and post any comments about them. I am not forcing you to look at each coin individually and write a review about it. This is purley to show my small (but growing) collection.
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Pillar of the Community
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15 or 51, books or no books, you have access to the internet, obviously.
I googled "1988 Spain coin" and found many links with pics, values and specifications of the coin as far as composition, weight and diameter. This is where you can find out other information such as if a variety exists for that coin to keep an eye out for.
Who knows, the next time you're at a flea market or a coin shop or a coin show, you see a regular old 1988 Spain coin for sale, but you know that it happens to be a highly sought after rarity and cherrypick it for the price of a regular coin! That is the only way to learn.
If your collection is "growing", that implies that you do not want estimates to sell your collection, but rather an idea of value for yourself (maybe to put on the 2x2). So, if you really want to know about your coins, do a little googling and some research.
Not trying to be harsh, just so many people just come here and post and ask questions that they could have found on their own with less waiting (for a response) and less typing of the description rather than a long post.
Don't get me wrong - we want you to post and share. That's what we're all about here. Tons of people are here that are happy to help.
When I want to know something about a coin, I do a search and many, many times in the past, links to CCF threads show up!
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Thanks for your reply scooby. Believe it or not, I did google some of the coins in my collection. It would just take a vey long time to google all of them.
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Some people think that's the fun part!  It's a lot of fun to find a coin in a dealer's junk bin box labeled .25 cents and you know it's a key to the series worth much more. I found an Irish 1939 3d for .30 and it's worth way more than that. It is a key to that series and only had a mintage of only 64,000! |
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madlou22, at fifteen you're just beginning on a nice, long journey in one of the most fascinating hobbies available to you. At 65, I'm getting into it rather late, but I'm still learning as fast as I can, and I post here to ask questions when I can't find answers elsewhere. Try to save up for a copy of the World Coins book I mentioned (Barnes & Noble and Borders carry it); my copy is well-worn, and it saved me a lot of mouse clicking when I looked up several thousand foreign coins in my collection to find out more about them. Along with the Red Book, it was one of the best investments I ever made. |
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Numismaster offers a very nice Find My Coin search function on their website- http://secure.numismaster.com/ta/Co...ndowId=GYMMAThe site is operated by Krause Publications which publishes the all -purpose reference book Standard Catalog of World Coins |
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