Thank you Jon. I am most grateful for your help. I checked out xe.com and
was impressed.
I will also do the Google to look for the discussion you mentioned.
Thanks again!
"Jon Purkey" <room321_email@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 May 2008 05:06:17 -0400, "Numismidiot"
> <numismidiot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>I have foriegn coins from 38 different countries. None of them are
>>ancient..most are about 40-50 years old and most are in uncirculated
>>condition. I have yet to find any that are worth anything, except a few
>>Canadians.
>>
>>I have a few from each of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bahamas, British
>>Caribbean Territories, China, Ceylon, Denmark, Camaroon, Canada,
Columbia,
>>Cuba, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, India,
>>Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Maylasia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New
>>Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Phillipines, South Africa, Spain,
Sweden,
>>Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey & Yugoslavia.
>>
>>Am I wasting my time? I researched about 10 random country's coins and
>>came
>>up empty. Do any of these counties have any valuable modern coins?...Or
>>should I just start leaving them for tips when I get bad service in a
>>restaurant?
>
>
> Google this group for a topic with the subject of "books". Not too
> long ago (mid/late March) there was a discussion about books for World
> Coins. That will get you started.
>
> And if you are interested in value, then the first thing you might
> want to do is separate out any silver coins. Even if they are only 10%
> silver, it's something.
>
> I've also used the site: http://www.xe.com/ucc/full/?obsolete=yes
for
> looking up the US value of World Coins, more for curiosity than
> anything else. An old 5000 Turkish Lira coin for example is worth
> about 4/10ths of a cent. That would make a great tip. Just get far
> away before they look up the value for themself. :)
>
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