Old Coins Hunting in the House / myLot

Philippines

January 2, 2024 7:37pm CST

When my family and I went to my aunt's house to celebrate New Year's Eve, I got the idea to check my parents old coins. It has been many years since I wanted to do it. In the first place, I wanted to organize them and see what would be the outcome. I started to check them one-by-one yesterday. To my surprise, I found some old coins that can be sold to coin collectors online. I have not found the highest value of these old coins yet. The fun is on fire when I am hunting those collectible coins. It seems like I am going to have my new hobby, which is to hunt and collect them. I am also fascinated by finding errors with these old and new coins in my country. Do you collect old coins or anything? Image Credit: i.ebayimg.com

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aubrey

@averygirl72 (37845)

• Philippines

3 Jan

I remember in high school we have a project collecting old and new coins and it was fun

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

3 Jan

Did all of you submit the old coins to your teacher?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

3 Jan

I have plenty of old coins, the old European currencies before that the EURO currency was introduced 25 years ago.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

3 Jan

I am sure they are pricey now. As for me, I am focusing more on checking the old local currencies.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

4 Jan

@LadyDuck I agree. I had also checked some of the old coins' value; it was not that much. Because of this, I just want to keep them. I found 25 cents, which was hard to find yesterday.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472081)

• Switzerland

3 Jan

@Shavkat I checked around and they are worth almost nothing. Only the very ancient coins are worth some money. For very ancient I mean from ancient Greece or the Roman empire.

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popciclecold

@popciclecold (39510)

• United States

3 Jan

No, but my husband did. He has a small chest full. Never thought to look them up online.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

3 Jan

I also brought them out of my parents' small chests. They were not organized and segregated, so I am starting to put them on DIY coin holders.

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popciclecold

@popciclecold (39510)

• United States

3 Jan

@Shavkat Good for you.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

4 Jan

@popciclecold Thank you.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182197)

• United States

3 Jan

I used to, but not now. It is hard to find coins that actually have some value to them.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

4 Jan

I agree with you. There are so many rare coins that can be found. As of now, I have seen some errors on old and new coins (low mint mark, extra metal, overlapping, etc.). Some coin collectors claimed it was of high value.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137781)

• India

3 Jan

I have a few old coins that are redundant now Seems they have a good value

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137781)

• India

4 Jan

@Shavkat I know there is demand but as you said I need to go after it

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

5 Jan

@allknowing I am sure you can squeeze your time to check them out. I have been doing it from time to time lately.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

4 Jan

I think you need to check them out if you have the time. It slows down for me because the date of an old coin is too small. So, I ordered a magnifying class online to check them without any shortcoming.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (90474)

• Arvada, Colorado

3 Jan

Good luck I hope you can find something and sell it for lots of money which you all need. No I do not.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

4 Jan

I think I am not going to sell them for now. I just wanted to feel like a coin collector. I am learning something new along the way.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

5 Jan

@RebeccasFarm Indeed.Yesterday, I learned that old coins with errors are quite pricey.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (90474)

• Arvada, Colorado

5 Jan

@Shavkat Good glad you learn.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139974)

• Roseburg, Oregon

3 Jan

I used to cllect old coins. I sold most of them on ebay and kept some.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

3 Jan

For now, I will just keep them. I might sell them if the value becomes higher. I am having fun fixing and putting them on DIY coin holders.

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Frederick Espiritu

@simplfred (20641)

• Philippines

3 Jan

I hope you will find a good buyer...

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

3 Jan

I hope I could fine them in the future. I will just keep them in the meantime.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (14693)

• Hong Kong

3 Jan

I collect old currency note, old coins and stamps. Some may be quite valuable. But I do not intend to sell them for now.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140118)

• Philippines

4 Jan

I used to collect stamps, but I stopped doing it. Although I am considering to do this in the future. For the old currency notes, I have not checked them yet.

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