Foreign coins.

[Aquila SPQR]

I have a small "chest" full of various coins (mostly Polish from "cold war", but also few foreign) and I recently decided to pay more attention to this collection. It's not valuable, but interesting (at least for me). Week ago I managed to buy my first ancient coin (thus starting my "new" collection - I'm going to buy more of them in later years) and today I simply asked few nice Russian football fans on the street and they agreed to give me some of their coins in exchange for some Polish. I like foreign coins, both historic and modern - they are simply interesting.

So right now I thought about one thing. Is there anyone here willing to exchange or simply send me (via mail) some coins? I'm mostly interested in American (North and South), Asian, African and Australian (also NZ, Fiji etc.) ones. Even one, small coin would be interesting and I'd be very grateful. You'll have to send them to Poland though (I don't know how much it costs to send an envelope from [for example] Australia to Poland).

If you would like to do it - please contact me via PM or e-mail - mrkb2@vp.pl or aquila.nfa@gmail.com

 

[warpus]

When I was born I was given a small collection of coins, mostly British, German, American, Polish, etc. It was some sort of a symbolic gesture - I forget the meaning exactly.. but I keep those coins in a box in my office.

I have some coins from Peru that I brought back with me from my trip last month. I would mail you some, but that'd cost money

I have coins and bills from my trips to Chile, Argentina, and New Zealand too, but not many.

 

[Aquila SPQR]

Well... sending money (even coins) to someone else still tend to be... giving it away - so usually you end up with less money than before. But I can pay you for it, both for coins (their nominal price) and for stamps if you don't want to do it voluntarily

 

[emzie]

I'd be willing to send you our $1 and $2 coins. Maybe some of the various special quarters the mint makes -- glow in the dark ones for instance.

 

[Aquila SPQR]

contre - I'd like to have them (1$ and 2$). Will you send them for free, or do you want something in return (Polish coins or simply money transfer)?

 

[peter grimes]

I'll send you two of my favorite US coins:

A 1976 Bicentennial issue 25¢ (not rare, just unique). I never recirculate them, just keep them in a jar in my dresser... well, I used to, until my wife raided it for laundry quarters

A 1964 5¢ far from rare, and that's why I love them. In any batch of, say, 10 or more nickels, it is very likely you'll have a 1964. Isn't that odd! 48 years ago the US minted a myriad nickels, and they're still around!!

Anyhow, I'll get in touch with you

 

[Aquila SPQR]

Great! I received an e-mail from someone (his name is Dave, so probably not from you). If you want to contact me - just send an e-mail to one of the e-mails (I prefer gmail).

 

[emzie]

contre - I'd like to have them (1$ and 2$). Will you send them for free, or do you want something in return (Polish coins or simply money transfer)?

I think it'd be cool to have some Polish coins in return. I'll email you.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

It's not in coin form, but I got a little Canadian Tire money the other day...

 

[Aquila SPQR]

Valka - and I have Russian imperial (probably) pre-WWI bond With payment date 1 June 1920 - they did not expect Bolshevik revolution to happen But this time I'm interested only in coins.

So far I got three serious offers - from Canada, Finland and USA. What about other countries or even continents? I'd like to have something African, South American or Asian.

 

[emzie]

It's not in coin form, but I got a little Canadian Tire money the other day...

That's one of the things I'm going to send, actually.

 

[peter grimes]

That's one of the things I'm going to send, actually.

Is this some weird canuckian in-joke? What's tire-money?

 

[emzie]

Is this some weird canuckian in-joke? What's tire-money?

Canadian Tire is a major chain store here, a sort of hybrid of Home Depot and a mechanic shop. Their loyalty program isn't on a card but is physical cash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tire_money

In more rural areas you can usually use it in lieu of actual cash. eBay lists it as an acceptable payment method too.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

I've got Yugoslav Coins and Money, Bosnian and Croatian war issued Money, Francs and Pounds, Slovenian Tolars (huge inflation)...

 

[Aquila SPQR]

That's great, but this thread is not for those who have interesting coins and want to share this info with us, but for those, who are willing to send me some coins in exchange for Polish ones (or just send them for free ).

So - would you send them, or not?

 

[peter grimes]

Remember when Zimbabwe was suffering nightmarishly high inflation a few years ago? I really wanted one of those million or higher notes. I thought that would be pretty neat to see - a bill with a boatload of 0's.

A 1964 5¢ far from rare, and that's why I love them. In any batch of, say, 10 or more nickels, it is very likely you'll have a 1964. Isn't that odd! 48 years ago the US minted a myriad nickels, and they're still around!!

Yeah, so I went through my change bowl (it's mostly empty since we just cashed it in a few weeks ago) and I had 16 nickels. 2 were from 1966 and one from 1963. That's what I get for bragging

I'm going to wait for a 1964 before sending off, if you're OK with that.

 

[warpus]

Well... sending money (even coins) to someone else still tend to be... giving it away - so usually you end up with less money than before. But I can pay you for it, both for coins (their nominal price) and for stamps if you don't want to do it voluntarily

I'll go through the coins I have and let you know which ones I can part with. It might take me a while, I have a busy week ahead of me.. I might need some reminding

 

[Terxpahseyton]

I got all the kinds of "Pfennig" (former German cents) available if you are interested.

 

[Cutlass]

I've got some Japanese Occupation currency. It's not worth too much.

 

[Glassfan]

The damnedest thing! I've just now returned from the Post Office. Aquila, did you know it's illegal to mail money into Poland? Not our law but yours. Poland does not allow money in any form to be mailed into their country.