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Hello Brad, I have rediscovered a small collection of foreign coins that were given to me many years ago. I am not a collector and wish to find out if any of these are valuable to collectors and if anyone would be interested in them. I will send you a short list via e-mail if you will be kind enough to send me your e-mail address.  Thanks in advance for hopefully taking a look. Jerry

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Hi Jerry, Collector value of a coin depends on denomination (face value), date, mint mark (if any), number minted and condition of a coin, including amount of wear, any dents, scratches or cleaning as well as collector demand for it.
If the list is less than 20 coins I may be able to give you a short summary. Otherwise, you might also try a library for a copy of the Standard Catalog of World Coins for pictures, values and lots more interesting info.
World coin pictures and some values may be found here: http://worldcoingallery.com/index.htm ,
http://www.coinarchives.com/ , http://omnicoin.com/search/ , and http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis.jsp .
Brad
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Brad Swain

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I have been a World Coin and Paper Money collector since about 1965. I will be glad to answer any questions you may have on World coins or currency, tokens, unusual or unknown pieces and attempt to give you estimates of value and historical information about them in a polite and prompt manner.

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45 years collecting coins and paper money.

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BA History, BA Geography - Virginia Tech

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