Coins from other countries interest me too.
I bought a bulk of about 20 pounds of foriegn coins from a local dealer for $2 per pound.
There was an enormous variety of coins in there, at least 30 nations.
My general strategy about these things is that I do NOT sort.
I also do NOT mix.
I keep what I've bought separated by the "buys".
I ONLY mix when I know what I'm doing.
I ONLY sort when I feel like there isn't enough useful work for me to do, ie. never.
I keep things that are already sorted in that condition.
When the time comes, I will sort, but by then, here is the crucial part that I hope you all understand,
I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RELATIVE VALUES IN THE FUTURE THAN I HAVE NOW.
When I have this additional information, my sorting will be more valuable, Right now, what's the point, really?
Sorry for the all caps rant, but I think this point of view gets glossed over too often.
As for my 20 pounds of foriegn coins, I plan to sort them someday, but right now I don't have any incentive to sort them, primarily because I don't have any information that causes me to think that they are worth sorting.
My great grandchildren may have that incentive, but I don't, ... my incentive is to plunk down $40 and stuff a bag of "junk" coins in the basement. If my great grandchildren beneifit, good, if they don't, I've only lost $40.
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