Buying coins

[declanwmagee 122]

Ebay is a brilliant market place for coins.

Set your limit and go for it.

Where else can you view the nr of coins 24/7

Some of the dealers on Ebay sell at coin fairs so as long as the picture is undoctored

I don't have a problem

Everyone seems willing to slate Ebay.

I can rember coin lists being posted to me and no photographs and relying on the dealers grades of which I wasn't always happy

The reason I hate eBay is the sheer waste of time dredging through the dross to find decent coins. It doesn't help to sort by "opening bid", as quite a lot of the better items will start bidding at 99p, so knocking that strategy on the head.

If someone would come up with a surefire way of filtering out the crap, I'd have much more time for eBay, but when the crap is between 95-98%, well .... life's too short.

You can easily cherry pick dates and filter this again into denomination.

I accept there is a lot of rubbish on Ebay but I've still picked up some top stuff.....Don't be afraid to offer against some of the dealers listings....some dealers BIN are way too high but a crafty offer and a compromise can often be achieved.

I stick this in the search - cuts a lot out....

"-IOM -baby -pattern -keyring -cover -wedding -200* -199* -198* -197* -sovereign -birthday -guernsey -decimal -50p -£2"

[Peckris 579]

You won't have any problems with this very website! I am also mostly abroad (in Germany) but the exchange rate has no effect on coins because the vast majority I source from the UK. I buy them in GBP and sell them in GBP. Postage is also in some cases cheaper when I send things from here compared to within the UK. It's usually very quick and higher value items can also be properly insured.

Needless to say, I was talking about the Online Coins link in my reply, not the coins that Chris has for sale !! His are not overpriced at all.

[choolie 0]

Thanks again. I have now come to the conclusion that this very website seems a good place to buy coins online with accurate grading and appropriate prices. There is also the link to online coins, presumably these dealers are also reliable? Does anybody use them? I notice a lot of them seem to operate from abroad, you would think that they would not be the best place to buy with the weak £. But they seem cheaper than the English Dealers.

Also does anyone know if there is a specific day when either of the websites mentioned update with new coins or do you just have to keep checking?

You won't have any problems with this very website! I am also mostly abroad (in Germany) but the exchange rate has no effect on coins because the vast majority I source from the UK. I buy them in GBP and sell them in GBP. Postage is also in some cases cheaper when I send things from here compared to within the UK. It's usually very quick and higher value items can also be properly insured.

Yes thats good but you need to put some more coins up for sale there seems to be a bit of a shortage? do you get new ones very often?

[choolie 0]

I agree with Chris about postage and insurance from Germany, and the post is much more efficent, although i disagree about sourcing, i think Germany can be cheaper for Gold as the Germans pay by weight and not what type Sovereign it is. I recently seen a 5 pound 1887 go for 700 euros, which is around the 660 pound mark, for a coin that weighs over an ounce i think was a bargain, wish i had the cash for it :-(

It has occurred to me that coininvest direct who sell coins as bullion in germany might have a few interesting finds in their bags. But surely those jokers wouldn;'t miss a trick?

[Peckris 579]

Thanks again. I have now come to the conclusion that this very website seems a good place to buy coins online with accurate grading and appropriate prices. There is also the link to online coins, presumably these dealers are also reliable? Does anybody use them? I notice a lot of them seem to operate from abroad, you would think that they would not be the best place to buy with the weak £. But they seem cheaper than the English Dealers.

Also does anyone know if there is a specific day when either of the websites mentioned update with new coins or do you just have to keep checking?

You won't have any problems with this very website! I am also mostly abroad (in Germany) but the exchange rate has no effect on coins because the vast majority I source from the UK. I buy them in GBP and sell them in GBP. Postage is also in some cases cheaper when I send things from here compared to within the UK. It's usually very quick and higher value items can also be properly insured.

Yes thats good but you need to put some more coins up for sale there seems to be a bit of a shortage? do you get new ones very often?

He bought a whole stack off me in the summer - mind you, they were mostly modern high-grades, but perhaps between us we could persuade Chris to put up the pre-1937s? Or at least the better ones? Especially if you're a prospective customer ...

[choolie 0]

Thanks again. I have now come to the conclusion that this very website seems a good place to buy coins online with accurate grading and appropriate prices. There is also the link to online coins, presumably these dealers are also reliable? Does anybody use them? I notice a lot of them seem to operate from abroad, you would think that they would not be the best place to buy with the weak £. But they seem cheaper than the English Dealers.

Also does anyone know if there is a specific day when either of the websites mentioned update with new coins or do you just have to keep checking?

You won't have any problems with this very website! I am also mostly abroad (in Germany) but the exchange rate has no effect on coins because the vast majority I source from the UK. I buy them in GBP and sell them in GBP. Postage is also in some cases cheaper when I send things from here compared to within the UK. It's usually very quick and higher value items can also be properly insured.

Yes thats good but you need to put some more coins up for sale there seems to be a bit of a shortage? do you get new ones very often?

He bought a whole stack off me in the summer - mind you, they were mostly modern high-grades, but perhaps between us we could persuade Chris to put up the pre-1937s? Or at least the better ones? Especially if you're a prospective customer ...

Yes I am up for doing some shopping When are the shelves being restocked?

[Chris Perkins 228]

Good question!

I've gone through adding new Crowns down to Sixpences (most of which have already sold). Next is threepences and then the copper. Nad recently I bought 11 and a half sovereigns, which may end up getting priority due to the value!