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XceraXcera Posts: 5
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Hey can anyone help me. I have some coins from diffrent countries dating back to the early 1800s to mid 1900s how can I see what they are worth and should I clean them. What should I clean them with. I can take some pics but I have 24 diffrent coins all from different countries.

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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    Don't clean them!

    While cleaning coins will make them look better, they will be worth far less after you have cleaned them.
    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
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  • XceraXcera Posts: 5
    Thanks I wont clean them. I saw some of them in peoples avitars but mine were a little older. Does anyone here want to look at these i will try to get some clean pics and post them. Or if anyone live or knows an honest person that can appriase them
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    Indeed, if you can post some pictures, some of us can help!

    As farthing said, don't clean!!! I just sold a cleaned coin on ebay and it got far less than 50% of the value it probably would have received had it been left alone (see below).

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    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    If you post some pics, we can probably identify them and maybe give you some idea of their value.
  • WhiteLighninWhiteLighnin Posts: 883 ✭


    << <i>Thanks I wont clean them. I saw some of them in peoples avitars but mine were a little older. Does anyone here want to look at these i will try to get some clean pics and post them. Or if anyone live or knows an honest person that can appriase them >>




    Yes, post them, i love lookin at coins....
  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    image to the forums, Xcera image

    Post pics of the coins when you can, then wait around a bit and someone (probably several "someones") will stop by with the information they have on your coins.
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    Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
  • XceraXcera Posts: 5
    Thanks for the help I will post them in the morning. I thank you all for the help. Some of the coins that have been posted look like the coins I have.
  • XceraXcera Posts: 5
    Like the coins that wybrit has I have two of them but mine are both different on the face side. but the back is the same? Well anyway I will try to get some good picks for ya all. Thanks RJ
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    We look forward to the pics!
  • PuddlePiratePuddlePirate Posts: 728 ✭
    Welcome aboard Xcera!

    I'll be looking forward to your posts (I may not be much help but I like looking all the same).
    "Any fool can use Power, but it is our wits that make us men."

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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Welcome Xcera! The best bet is to post pics. There can be many varieties of some of these coins, so unless we can see them, we can't always identify them ... much less hazard a guess as to their grades -- which helps determine value.
    Askari



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