Coin collecting

Does anyone on here collect coins? My dad did as a child, mostly European ones as his dad was a long-distance lorry driver and used to take him all over the continent. Many of the countries they're from have now switched to the Euro, so these coins are of defunct currencies which is pretty cool. I throw a few coins in the tub every time I get back from a trip now, but rarely look inside. Thing is, a few of them are quite worn and corroded and I'd like to know if they're ok or getting worse - I'd also like to know more about some of them. One of them seems to be Roman.

So... any coin collectors?

I have a small collection from childhood days, ranging from a Richard II silver penny through to those awful commemorative crowns (I once emptied my savings account in them) but nothing serious. I did once have a selection of uncirculated Victorian Maundy Money coins, but I sold them when my need for a digital watch overtook me...

I fear you might have difficulty getting a decent price for them, except perhaps for the Roman one. But look out for a 1933 penny.

Not really a collector myself, but I have been tempted by one (or three) of these: http://www.royalmint.com/shop/UK_2013_20_pound_for_20_pound_Fine_Silver_Coin_George_and_the_Dragon

simply because it's impossible to lose money on them and they look cool.

I don't want to sell any. Just realised as I was going through them that I'm pretty ignorant about them. Looking for info and safe ways to keep them. Maybe even pop a few in a frame if that's possible? Maybe I'll post some pics in here when I get to WiFi.

if anyone knows why there is such a difference in the price of the following silver coins i'd be interested some are almost 3x the price of others ?

http://www.silber-werte.de/silverinvest/Silver-1-kg

are some collectors items and some just common ? they are all 1 kg of silver surely ?

Certain coins are worth more than others depending on their design and rarity. Also certain mints seem to attract higher prices (this is also true of bullion). The real trouble with buying silver in the UK is you have to pay VAT, which instantly reduces any investment by 20%. So you have to buy things because you like them aesthetically, or as a very very long term investment.

that website is german and vat is less
a good place to buy if considering it

Depends how many were pressed

Pressed!

joe ?

I had some silver Francs from 1871 or something like that. I sold one to pay my monthly rent. Apparently if it was a year younger, it would be worth three times more, because there were only few minted that year.
Also any mistakes are worth the top dollar. Same for the notes (and post stamps).
For example there's some temporary currency which existed in Europe after the world wars - like German Marks stamped as Polish.

I have about 100 of these in a money bag.

Pooface. You are ruining the coin community with this fraud. Think of the children!

If coins are rusty, you can always brushed them with Colgate.

What fraud?

If coins are rusty, you can always brushed them with Colgate.

I doubt you will ever see a coin that has gone rusty. Tarnished is perhaps, the word you mean. If you Google "Rusty Coins", you will see it has an alltogether different meaning.

My colleague has a roman coin that he found when he moved into his new house( previous homeowner seemed to be a coin collector) are these worth anything?

This thread needs a bump.
https://www.lfgss.com/thread100976.html

I doubt you will ever see a coin that has gone rusty. Tarnished is perhaps, the word you mean. If you Google "Rusty Coins", you will see it has an alltogether different meaning.

I thought that what he meant by "bit rusty". I doubt you will have doubloons from a sunken galleon.

Google "rusty coin", meaning.