World cull coins

ColinCMR

I know most dealers despise them and they are usually never worth anything except for extremely scarce coins but does anybody else here have a fascination with them? G4 or lower grades that are fully attributable for some reason I enjoy. I guess it's because you can handle them and not worry about damaging them. Recently I came across this auction eBay link for 3 pounds of world cull coins. It started at a cent so I watched the auction and now it's up to $15, it seems there is more than just I who get a kick out of culls. I never usually buy culls but i tend to keep them when they come out of mixed world coin bags.

Just thought this was an interesting topic not much talked about. Any comments?

laurentyvan

I expressed an interest in bags of mixed world coins in the past-a number of people here do it on a regular basis, including Ajaan who may be able to give you some good advice. I'm close to trying it at least once myself.

newbiecollector

I have purchased several world coin Bank Bags. Usually 22 pounds in weight each. Once or twice a little smaller.

You can find some very interesting coins but you WILL have a lot of duplicates and "common" coins.

satootoko

Typically a pound runs about 100 coins, so that cull lot is up to a nickle a coin, which I would consider to be pretty rarefied air for the material.

I do have a page in my "Oddities" book with some culls, but unless they are fully attributable, when I find them I just send them to their final resting place in the county dump.

newbiecollector

I may have mis-understiood "Cull" for "Bulk" lots. If I did then I have no idea what a cull lot is.

ccrdragon

I would consider a cull lot to be below a bulk lot in both value and quality. A cull is usually a coin that is worn, damaged in some way (like corroded or porous) or has some other problem that will keep it out of the dealer's junk bin. Culls usually will not grade above a low good.

newbiecollector

I understand now. Sorry for my confusion. I have just purchased Bank Bag lots.

ccrdragon

Culls have also been sorted thru and anything that even looks remotely valuable has been removed - this is not to say that everything of value HAS been removed, just that if it LOOKS valuable it's gone...

JohnZ

I wouldn't bother with culls. Just my opinion.

I like going through dealer's junk bins myself, and finding an occasional interesting piece ,like this one, but I'm not forced to accept a bunch of rotted old cow chips.