Lately I've been noticing that alot of banks in my area offer free currency exchange. This has lead me to thinking about crh'ing a foreign currency. Anybody have any experience with this?
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MIhunter
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I live 40 min for the Canadian border and see a lot of Canadian coins in 1, 5, and 10 cent rolls. I don't buy quarters often.
1 cent- up thru 1996 they were 98% copper, with a metal value of 2.5-3 cents.
5 cent- up thru 1981 they were 99.9% nickel which translate to a metal value of 10-11 cents.
10 cent coins were 80% silver until they change to 50% mid 1967, then they change to 99.9% nickel mid 1968 then they change to nickel plated steel around 2000.
I collect the one best example of ever year I can.
I keep all copper 1 cent, all nickel 5 cent and all silver dimes.
I find other foreign coins but not alot, I tend to keep those too unless they are very damaged.
HH!!
1 cent- up thru 1996 they were 98% copper, with a metal value of 2.5-3 cents.
5 cent- up thru 1981 they were 99.9% nickel which translate to a metal value of 10-11 cents.
10 cent coins were 80% silver until they change to 50% mid 1967, then they change to 99.9% nickel mid 1968 then they change to nickel plated steel around 2000.
I collect the one best example of ever year I can.
I keep all copper 1 cent, all nickel 5 cent and all silver dimes.
I find other foreign coins but not alot, I tend to keep those too unless they are very damaged.
HH!!
ArkieBassMan
Silver Member
azlegends said:
"Free currency exchange" usually means paper money only...no coins. Most banks (yours may be different) will not exchange foreign coin.
dpy52081
Full Member
I left my number with a few currency exchange places. Actually got a call (posted this a while back, but hope it helps) from a guy who had a box of foreign coins he acquired. Sold it to me for $20, it was full of silver canadian coins, also a silver mexican coin and a silver guatemalan coin. It was a shot in the dar, but ya never know.
