"Squat" <Squat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Numismidiot" <numismidiot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>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?
>>
> You might try swapping them for something you want.
>
> I swapped some US quarters for some foreign (world?) coins a while back
> and I think we were both quite happy.
> He filled out his collection of state quarters and I added some
> interesting coins to my mine.
>
> Just a thought.
> Squat
>
I originally started collecting foreign, from a US perspective, coins with
the idea of being able to go into any bar in the world and buy a beer !
TerryS
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