Anyone Ever Buy World Coins By The Pound?

That's actually not a bad price for world coins. But, it may contain a lot of duplicates.

I buy them in 10 lb. bags and get a mix of dates. More from the 70's and 80's but a few from earlier in the century plus a few from the 1800's which are probably seeded into the lot.

Depending on who you buy from will determine how much from each country you'll get. My bags usually contain a lot of European coins. I've seen some bags from other suppliers that have a lot from Asian countries.

Regardless, you'll get a nice selection to get you started.

I guess we'll see how it goes...

I wouldn't doubt it. There used to be a seller at my favorite flea market that had a jug of foreigns for a quarter a piece. I bet that's how he got em.

I love searching through dealer's junk boxes, especially at shows. That is how I acquire coins that interest me. Don't have to be good value, just interesting. That strategy helps to avoid shipping costs, and accumulating world junk coins are of no interest to me.

Nevertheless, a lot of my World coins would be valued at less than a dollar or so. I don't collect World coins after about 1970, by which time silver coins were no longer issued, but I do collect base metal coins before this time, along with the silver ones.

With World coins in this price range, costs down, interest value for money up.

If you live remote to a big city, perhaps buying World coins in bulk would be the way to go, but the price would have to be right.

I've purchased them by the pound and have been somewhat successful in terms of adding to my type collection. I don't care about silver so not getting any in a mix is great with me. I get a lot of duplicates and I am gathering them up and looking to donate them. I wish could find someone willing to sell common, circulated world coins for a better price. I just love adding those $0.15 coins to my collection. I put them all in 2x2 and spend more on that than the catalog says they are worth but I really don;t care because I'm collecting them for the history or interest value vs. any metal content. So if any of you want to send me a pound or two of your 'junk' common world coins feel free to do so. LOL

Alright, I've got to convince my mom to order them first.
Someone got ahold of her debit card number and she blames ebay:/

Lots of foreign coins get checked for PM, and the rest sold by the pound. That's a fair price.

An area dealer pays 3¢ each for foreign. I talked to a guy who went to work on his stuff before putting it out for bulk sale. He pulled stuff like Russian platinum coins. Why don't people sell me stuff like that for 3¢?

bought 2 pounds from a local dealer for $7 per pound (cheaper than ebay if you count shipping). fair amount of mexican, demonetized european, chinese cents, but also some 1930s nickels and a silver sixpence. those were from the bucket on the counter (picked over).
he (like most dealers) will go to $6 per pound (10 lbs +) and $5 per pound for 20 lbs. for the larger lots he needed time to "dig them out from the bulk bin in storage", but I think that is the way I will go next time.

anyways, to make a long story short, ask your local dealer, chances are they have bulk stuff that has been sitting for a long time. and DON'T buy the picked over stuff on the sales counter!

at $5 per pound you can pick the ones you need and dump the rest on ebay. since most guys are selling for $8-10 per single pound lots so you can at least get your money back or maybe even make a $1 or 2.