How difficult was your first swap ? [gelöst]

Hey all, 

I'm struggling to find someone to swap coins, and I'm not sure if it is due to the fact I don't have too many coins, or if my coins are not that attractive. 

Btw, I'm accepting swap requests, please help me to complete at least one swap, please. 

Hello! I can give you some tips. 

To have a successful swap you should have coins that other people want, and you should find coins that you want to have that are not very rare or very specific. I see that you collect 2 euro commemoratives but I don't see any 2 euro commemoratives in your swap list. And you coins in the swap list are relatively common so maybe people are not that interested in them. My advice here - find and add 2 euro commemoratives from circulation. Especially people will want the newer 2022-2023 years. I am sure you can find some in Spanish ones. And people will want them.

It is better to propose swaps first rather than just wait for someone to contact you. The best way to find people in my opinion is to see some active profiles, go to their reviews from the last few months and click on those profiles. And then from those profiles find other profiles. Send 5-8 requests to those people and maybe you will negotiate something.

Since your coins are not that expensive, it will probably make sense to swap within the country (or within the EU, I am not sure how expensive it is, within Spain vs. within EU).

Since you have 0 ratings, propose or be ok to send the coins first. And if people have a lot of good ratings, just trust them. Most people here are very honest.

Good luck!

I also see quite a lot of sub VF grades on very common coins in your swap list and  I'm pretty sure nobody will consider those, which lowers your potential swap pool. I don't know how you grade though, for example if you take the grade good literally, because good isn't really a coin in “good” condition rather the opposite (the people inventing the grade probably wanted to be sarcastic or had only access to really crappy ancient coins 😅).

Perfectly explained iiruig.

Also clicking on the coins or notes you want in your collection - brings up 

Get this coin

Members from this site want to exchange it: XYZ

Click on the names and propose a swap.

Thanks all for your replies and suggestions. 

One more question on top, when you started collecting coins how did you increase the number of coins? Buying on eBay? Coin dealers? 

Travelling and from travelling friends and family, later auctions and internet purchases.

pfonseca

Thanks all for your replies and suggestions. 

 

One more question on top, when you started collecting coins how did you increase the number of coins? Buying on eBay? Coin dealers? 

If I was in Europe like you, I would start with 2 euro commemoratives from change. Every time I go to Eurozone (not that frequently as I wished), I find some vending machines. I go and throw a 2 euro coin (or 2-5 at the same time, or even 5 or 10 euro banknote works), then hit “Cancel” (most of them have this option, though not all). Then new coin(s) fall out in change, I check them, and repeat the action until I have some good ones.

So, I would add 20-30 commemorative 2 euro coins like that to your swap list, especially newer years. And I think you will be able to negotiate a swap with some of those at some point.

This way you don't waste any money buying anything, and have something relatively interesting to offer.

pfonseca

Thanks all for your replies and suggestions. 

 

One more question on top, when you started collecting coins how did you increase the number of coins? Buying on eBay? Coin dealers? 

Hola. Another thing you can do is visit some local coin stores and buy coins in bulk. Some may have bins with 4x1 euro or similar. When I stated I increased my collection by several hundred coins that way, and learned to see which ones people also seek so I could build a more interesting swap list. Suerte!

Thanks mates. I'm just at the begging of my coins journey and your inputs here were extremely helpful.

iiruig

pfonseca

Thanks all for your replies and suggestions. 

 

One more question on top, when you started collecting coins how did you increase the number of coins? Buying on eBay? Coin dealers? 

If I was in Europe like you, I would start with 2 euro commemoratives from change. Every time I go to Eurozone (not that frequently as I wished), I find some vending machines. I go and throw a 2 euro coin (or 2-5 at the same time, or even 5 or 10 euro banknote works), then hit “Cancel” (most of them have this option, though not all). Then new coin(s) fall out in change, I check them, and repeat the action until I have some good ones.

 

So, I would add 20-30 commemorative 2 euro coins like that to your swap list, especially newer years. And I think you will be able to negotiate a swap with some of those at some point.

 

This way you don't waste any money buying anything, and have something relatively interesting to offer.

This is new to me. Will try this

You also deplete the coin storage with this little “trick” an nobody who actually wants or worse has to use the machine can until someone comes an restocks it.

Idolenz

You also deplete the coin storage with this little “trick” an nobody who actually wants or worse has to use the machine can until someone comes an restocks it.

Not really. You basically exchange the coins that you came with, or maybe a couple of 10 euro banknotes at most. And if you worry about that even, you can always bring just coins with you to “exchange” without the banknotes. So, there is no depletion of the coin stock. Maybe a depletion of commemorative coins inside the machine, then yes. But it won't do anything to those who don't care about commemoratives.

No, coins that are inserted in a coin machine and pass as genuine end up in a coin receptacle and don't magically appear in the coin hoppers again. There is only so much space for change and definitely not for some elaborate coin conveyor system. So unless you have the exact amount of money you can't use the machine because it can't give out the right amount of change anymore.

Idolenz

No, coins that are inserted in a coin machine and pass as genuine end up in a coin receptacle and don't magically appear in the coin hoppers again. There is only so much space for change and definitely not for some elaborate coin conveyor system. So unless you have the exact amount of money you can't use the machine because it can't give out the right amount of change anymore.

I am sure there are different types of machines. Because sometimes I was “exchanging” them until the exact same coin that I brought didn't come out. And sometimes it didn't take that long, maybe 20-30 only. So, when I receive the exact same coin I first put in, it meant that I went through the whole stock and it was pointless to continue. But I get your point, some machines may separate them. Some even give you the exact same back, and not the different ones. So, it depends.

pfonseca

Hey all, 

 

I'm struggling to find someone to swap coins, and I'm not sure if it is due to the fact I don't have too many coins, or if my coins are not that attractive. 

 

Btw, I'm accepting swap requests, please help me to complete at least one swap, please. 

Check my list if you like,  I'm new in this hobby, have alot of Croatian coins if that's something that interest you. And I'm basically just starting so I'm kinda still collecting everything.