Coin Collection
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Coin Collection
I have aquired a collection of foreign coins over my years of cashiering. I took a crappy photo of it. I labled it and drew crappy lines. It's hard to take pictures of coins.
Some of the coins I'm not exactly sure of their origin. Anyone else have a coin collection? Please don't flame my thread, I'm merely sharing my interest in coins. It's not a crime. Just let it die if this thread bores you.
The most valuable coin I know I have is the 10 Frank French coin, which I believe is about $15. The least valuable I believe is the French coin that says "20" on it, which I heard is less valuable than the metal it's printed on.
I also have an *extensive* wheat penny collection, the oldest is from 1914 but I don't believe they're worth much. I also have steel pennies from 1943. One Buffolo nickle is from 1935, another seems to read 1926, and the third is illegible. None are defective (the 3 legged buffolo.) The Mercury dimes are from 1944 and 1945. And, of course, I have my share of unusual American modern coins (silver dollars, state quaters etc).
Some of the coins I'm not exactly sure of their origin. Anyone else have a coin collection? Please don't flame my thread, I'm merely sharing my interest in coins. It's not a crime. Just let it die if this thread bores you.
The most valuable coin I know I have is the 10 Frank French coin, which I believe is about $15. The least valuable I believe is the French coin that says "20" on it, which I heard is less valuable than the metal it's printed on.
I also have an *extensive* wheat penny collection, the oldest is from 1914 but I don't believe they're worth much. I also have steel pennies from 1943. One Buffolo nickle is from 1935, another seems to read 1926, and the third is illegible. None are defective (the 3 legged buffolo.) The Mercury dimes are from 1944 and 1945. And, of course, I have my share of unusual American modern coins (silver dollars, state quaters etc).
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i have some comemorative canadian coins, hong kong coins, us coins, euros, and some south american coins. i have other random coins that are pretty old and since i cant read the writing, i dont know where its from
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My family used to go on all kinds of vacations back in the day. So we accumulated alot of different currencies. Im pretty sure I got some franks, marcs, etc. around the house.
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i thought francs werent worht much, because i remember in europe they had the price in euros, then in francs beside it. what was like a few euros was hundreds or thousands of francs
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I think you´re mistaking francs for Italian lires. One euro is worth almost two thousand of them. Anyway, franc (as dollars or pounds) was (and is) the name of the official currency in several countries. Three Eurozone contries (Luxembourg, France and Belgium) used it.i thought francs werent worht much, because i remember in europe they had the price in euros, then in francs beside it. what was like a few euros was hundreds or thousands of francs
Wikipedia´s entry for Franc
Wikipedia´s entry on Euro
All the fixed exchanged rates of the Eurozone are there.
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stamps are cool, i got some antique stamps that have a lot of interesting pictures in them.
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I have the complete euros collection (not the euros from the vatican though). I also have a silver coin from 1850, a french one. It's a 5 francs coin, it's worth around 50$/eur. If I find it, I might scan it. I also have a lot of old belgian francs... but they don't have any value at all.
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minerals are cool too, i use to collect them, but nowhere to put them
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buy stuff w/ collectable/anitque coins? i dont think thats a good idea...
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of all the investment categories, collectibles are the most risky.
their values are purely demand/supply driven and its all subjective: one man's junk is another man's treasure and vice versa.
you may value your stuff highly but in the end they are just worthless junk if no one cares to place their own subjective value on your stuff.
their values are purely demand/supply driven and its all subjective: one man's junk is another man's treasure and vice versa.
you may value your stuff highly but in the end they are just worthless junk if no one cares to place their own subjective value on your stuff.
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well, at the very least, a collectible coin is worth more than its printed value. like a 25cent commemorative coin is worth more than 25cents, so using it as a quarter is a bit of a waste
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