How do you sell foreign coins online?

Answer 1

The simplest way is probably through eBay. You should know before you start, however, whether any of the coins have great numismatic or metal value. If the former, you may wish to have individual coins looked at in a reputable coin shop; if the latter, a coin shop or jewelry shop can probably buy gold or silver "junk" coins from you (note that for US pre-1964 silver coins, which are 90% silver, you should probably be offered a discount of no more than 5% off of the silver value - for foreign silver, even old British sterling silver (92.5% silver), the discount may be 25% or more off of the silver value).

In any case, you may still elect to sell online.

For "junk" foreign silver, you are probably more likely to get a price close to the "melt" value online than in a shop, but you must make sure to describe and show the coins (and silver content) properly.

For other random low value foreign coins, you should probably try to take one or more photos that show as many of the coins with as much detail as possible. Realize though that people are goin to be bidding based on imperfect information, so you are unlikely to get much more than US$5-US$7 per pound of coins in this scenario.

For higher value individual coins, photograph and describe them as well as you can. Depending one who happens to be looking and bidding, you may get more than what a shop would offer (they, afterall, need to build in room for a mark-up), but you may get less. Put as many good descriptives into the description to ensure it is caught in as many searches as possible, and spell things properly (your "Deutche Mark" will not show up if someone searches for a "Deutsche Mark")