I used to save coins, particularly from the United States, and still have some of them. However, my wife went on a campaign several years ago selling most of them online. I do have some old coins from Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands from the early 1900s up to shortly after World War II. Somewhere, I have a bunch of coins from the Philippines that my dad brought home from World World II, but I haven't come across them in quite a while now. I'm too old to collect coins, given that I can't even read them without a magnifying glass, let alone look for the finer points. I decided to make a thread out of this because I'll probably post some stuff about the coins that I do have after I find my magnifying glass. Perhaps, I'll have to buy a magnifying glass in order to find my magnifying glass. For now, I'm thinking of taking a trip to Iraq so that I can spend the Iraqi currency that I have. It is well circulated.
I have some old coins. One is a silver dollar from 1900 and quite a few old real silver dimes. I always say I'm going to get some cleaner to polish them so I can sell them, but I never have. I think paper currencies from other parts of the world would be a cool thing to have.
I got all excited when I found a Jamaican $10 coin (same size as a U.S. quarter) in my change...…...until I found out it was worth approximate 12 1/2 cents U.S. Bummer.
Having travelled a lot I have a fair bit of Pre Euro coin, currency..notes as well as coins!!..and also old UK currency too...
I agree, but I thought they had to be polished to sell them. The 1900 dollar coin isn't probably worth that much to begin with. I just have a decent amount of old coins in a baggy serving no particular purpose. Maybe I should leave them like they are and just go to a coin dealer or something.
If someone is buying an old coin as a decoration, a polished look might appeal to them but it ruins the coin from the perspective of a collector.
@Bess Barber Bess, you can research you coins on Google or other search engines to determine there possible value. You 1900 Silver Dollar is contains about 3/4 oz of silver. The current spot price of silver is around $17. So you dollar contains about $12 in silver. Depending on condition, design and the mint it could be worth more. Places not to go are a bank ($1) or a pawn shop (maybe $6).
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