halflizard Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 I just joined Coin People today but I've been selling coins at yard sales for many years. It is a good way to meet other collectors and arrange trades besides bringing in cash. Many people who do not claim to be collectors will buy an interesting coin as a conversation piece and sometimes for the art of the design or even just because it is over 100 years old. I've met many people who only want a single coin from every country and this has recently become my specialty. It is a real challenge finding coins from the hard to get countries. My sales are made from a book with two dozen 20 pocket pages for 2 buy 2 coin holders. Each coin is individually priced and identified. Sometimes this is extremely challenging. My very old Krause catalog helps tremendously. My yard sales and occasional flea markets feature comic books, hat and lapel pins, toys, books, tools and one of a kind junk. I would like to compare notes with other amateur and part time coin sellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 Sounds like fun. A collection of one coin from each country can have a number of variations and can be quite challenging. Welcome to Coin people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Welcome to Coinpeople! Thank you for sharing our story! Do you have a favorite coin you've landed? How about a country you most dream about getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halflizard Posted September 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 My favorite acquisition during the last year occurred when I set up a card table in my front yard and covered it with about seventy juvenile paperbacks. A sign offered "free books." I was relaxing and reading a western novel in German when a lady selected some of the books and a conversation developed. When I mentioned what I collect, she gave me four recent banknotes from Serbia. She had visited relatives there and had some leftover money she didn't have time to spend at the airport. My expectation is to find a coin from Transylvania in one of the "five for a dollar" boxes at a nearby flea market. For the last two years I have always bought dozens of coins on each trip and gotten six for a dollar. The odds are greatly against me. My next free merchandise table will display trading cards for baseball and football. The local market for these is extremely depressed now. No job is so simple it can't be done wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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