Low priced doesn't mean easily available

Michigan

I have found that out looking for a coin from Chile that Krause
says retails for around 50 cents. It is so low priced and apparently
not in demand that dealers don't want to bother with it.

newsman

Which coin is it?

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Low priced doesn't mean easily available >>

I soon found this out!

Steve27

I bet if you do find it, it will cost you at least double.

wybrit

Low priced doesn't mean easily available

Very true!!

Bailathacl

Wouldn't shock me if someone here had it available... what's the coin exactly....?

satootoko

One-third of the non-silver/gold coins I need for a complete Japanese modern date set are cataloged at $10 or less, but recently I've been averaging less than one acquisition per month.

dougwtx

Many of the lower cost foreign coins are in dealers' "junk" boxes. They usually don't even know whats all in there. Which one is it; never know; someone here may have one laying around.

Conder101

A lot of the coins I need for my world type set catalog at less than $2. (mostly stuff from the 1970's to 90's) The problem is that since the value is so low it isn't worth a dealers time to package them, catalog, price them, an either put them on a list or haul them to a coin show. You have to figure that just for the dealer to break even he is really going to have to price these twenty five cent coins at one to two dollars each. But it is had to sell quarter coins for two dollars so he has to keep hauling them around. I'm finding that after starting out searching bulk poundage thirty+ years ago, I may have to go back to searching poundage again in order to find the pieces I still need.

hyperizer

I hear ya! I've been looking for a Honduras 1978 50 Centavos (KM-84) but it's only worth a buck or so and I don't have any local world coin dealers

cladking

It's a good idea to keep your eye on poundage because in many cases the
coins won't appear there as well or they'll invariably be low grade. There are
lots of cheap coins I've been looking for for many years.

Blackhawk

Perhaps it would be a good idea to post some of your "common but uncommon" needs on a thread. I know that I've found coins for others among the stuff that I've got laying around and I'm sure that most other collectors have a box or bag of odd coins that they could look through. Maybe we could help.

shirohniichan

This principle extends up to coins in the $50 to $100 range as well. Krause may list coins at fairly reasonable prices, but that does not mean that they are available at that price or even at any price. It took me years to even find a certain Venezuelan 20 centimos in any grade, even though they were supposedly available in VF for around $80. When I finally did find one, South American bidders bid it up to about 4 times Krause list.

ajaan

There was a member (coulport) here years ago who was looking for a Hungarian 1939 10 Filler for years. A fairly common coins according to Krause. I finally found one for him at a local show from a manly liteside dealer.