Expert: Brad Swain - 4/12/2010

Question
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

Answer
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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