Unwilling Numismatist

I actually love it too! Stop trying to tempt me away from Blighty!!!!!

The only think I'll trip over at the moment is this pile of foreign coins.

why not .. 500 pesetas @ £1.59. I think I might have to google the ones they pay most for ... must be an alterior motive there surely!

5 centesmi are £1.50 .... thats 2 worth looking for!

I punted a ton of lira a couple of months ago, worthless I thought. hmm.

What new euros? as mentioned, I pulled about 50 euros out of this pile, some are aunc....

Thanks Zoo, think I need to book me a month of twelve off lol.

The Christmas 50p's can be a winner on Ebay (not for me, I only do British mainland). The old £2 might make £4 or bank it.. The 1936 shilling and threepence are 50% real silver, but I wouldn't expect those to make more than a quid or so. The rest is not in any great demand as there is so much of it about.

I can't be sure, but I don't think so. I've pulled out over 50 Euros from it, so thats a nice few free beers when I'm away next , Looks to be a few colonial types from the late 1800's in there and a multitude of other misc stuff from 1880 french and portuguese onwards plus all teh usual Danish, German, Helvetica etc.

I have to say that sounds remarkably positive of them in their new approach. I'd probably be in the same mind set regarding mis-strikes though, take £2 coins for example - many many of these are not "quite right" with regards to the beads around the Queen's head, so how would you best add a category. For variety collectors, there would probably be way too many combinations of missing or mis-struck linear circle dots and degrees of angle at which the coin is affected (you never know, one day people might want to try that lol - just playing DA) To simplify it though, why not just have a mis-strike comment in the same manner that there can be a (cleaned) comment on the label.

Unfortunately a "load of old coins" normally aren't worth a great deal, unless they have been carefully stored and are either of significance, or in an excellent state of preservation (but preferably both). With regards to the growing number of stories in the daily rags regarding the completely ludicrous prices attached to coins of little to no real worth, they are just that, stories. If you could provide a couple of images and a brief list of coins, it may be possible to assist you further.

And another one. (Different seller) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1935-crown/263724075121?hash=item3d672e0871:g:7P0AAOSw4aZbDlXD

Fakey 1935 crown - the chinese started knocking these out a couple of months ago and now this idiot is declaring "I have no idea re coins"... apart from how to try and flog fakes of course.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1935-George-V-Rocking-Horse-Silver-Crown-Nice-Coin-free-postage/292584809666?hash=item441f69e4c2:g:EOQAAOSw92RbDm1D

Nice R/B there Zoo!

Which, Zoos or mine? If mine I really can't be sure the postage would be worth it let alone your time investment (says the man that wants to examine @Paddy's scrap bucket....

I would look for one, but I'd certainly need the RM to accredit it before I got excited. They've done it enough times for it to be a realistic event...

No-one in their right mind would use a gold one as £2 anyway. Can you imagine dropping one at tesco for a 1.99 item lol. Here's your penny change sir.

The joys of USB scope-camera no squinting, easy checking on large screen. If something then needs a good picture it can go in the photo-pile.

I think mine is probably all more aEW (almost extremely worthless). I might dig out some of the EF stuff for the 'bay, but other than that I have no idea what to do with it all. Melting it with a plasma cutter into artwork would be satisfying I think.

Thanks will, that might be an option if it isn't all too old. I am dreading it, and literally just now found another 1.5kg bag to go in the pile. I'm starting to think I have as much coinage as @zookeeperz - it's just stored in one or two "large" holders

I read this and an alarm in my brain went off (about 5 hourts later)... then I realised you meant getting a BU currency one is damn hard (as opposed to getting a currency coin missing the initials). Finding a currency coin with initials, that would be a new one! EDIT: My currency one.

I'm going to have to face up to the task and go through all my foreign junk soon, but I was wondering if anyone had and words of wisdom first please? Is it worth it, or should I job-lot it all out of the door. Is there anything I should be on the lookout for - I don't want to play variety hunting with this lot, so the totally obvious will be fine, anything microscopic will go in the pile for bulk unless it might change my life or wallet contents significantly. It all dates from late 1800's to now-ish. Thanking you all in advance for any wisdom imparted.

Time travel for a jape? - It exists, I saw it on youtube!

Do you mean haymarking ?

The reverse should be the shield, rather than the crowned lion which was used until 2008. So in essence, a 2009 Obverse with a 2008 reverse = mule of interest. Link to example on LCA