Selling my collections

[trout]

Mrs Trout has decided that she wants to do the Grey Haired Nomad thing and I am pretty keen to fish my way around Aus as well.
Consequently  we will be away from home for months at a time So I have decided to sell my collections.
Firstly because I will worry about them going "Missing" whilst we are away because my collections are so large there is No way I can put them all in a safety deposit box at the Bank.
Secondly because the extra few Quid will come in really handy to help  buy her the "Flash" caravan she has set her heart on.

I have thousands of "Raw" coins from Aus, Canada, US, UK and India along with a few hundred PCGS and NGC graded coins.
I have also got quite a bit of "Granny Bait" Silver along with heap of other odds and ends.
I will be slowly listing them on eBay (What a pain in the Bum) over the next few months
If there is anything in particular that you are chasing PM me and I will see if I have what you are looking for at "Mates Rates" :good:

[gabby]

Mrs Trout has decided that she wants to do the Grey Haired Nomad thing and I am pretty keen to fish my way around Aus as well.
Consequently  we will be away from home for months at a time So I have decided to sell my collections.
Firstly because I will worry about them going "Missing" whilst we are away because my collections are so large there is No way I can put them all in a safety deposit box at the Bank.
Secondly because the extra few Quid will come in really handy to help  buy her the "Flash" caravan she has set her heart on.

I have thousands of "Raw" coins from Aus, Canada, US, UK and India along with a few hundred PCGS and NGC graded coins.
I have also got quite a bit of "Granny Bait" Silver along with heap of other odds and ends.
I will be slowly listing them on eBay (What a pain in the Bum) over the next few months
If there is anything in particular that you are chasing PM me and I will see if I have what you are looking for at "Mates Rates" :good:

Mate that's no good having to get rid of everything but it will be a good trip round this magic place.

[seedyrom]

Rent the caravan

[Triggersmob]

Rent the caravan

and store your coins under the seats and take them with you.

[trout]

Rent the caravan

I doubt that anyone would rent me a van for the areas that I intend to go :angel:

[trout]

I have about $500 in face value of all the different denomination changeover coins in RAM "Baggies" and RAM rolls if anyone is interested.

[kchan1111]

The market price for the Canberra florin is about to fall precipitously...

You should post the link to your ebay page here.

[JeffH]

Here is trout's eBay page. Items for sale from pommystockman

[Basil]

Rent the caravan

Motor Home is the way to go,rent,buy 2nd hand etc.,lots of options in the specialist Magazines and Forums.

[kchan1111]

very nice toning on that Canberra florin

[triplewitch]

I turned my collection over to a dealer who's arranging periodic ebay sales. He takes his cut after costs and sends me mine. I didn't feel I could do it myself.

[trout]

I turned my collection over to a dealer who's arranging periodic ebay sales. He takes his cut after costs and sends me mine. I didn't feel I could do it myself.

I derived Great pleasure finding the pieces for my various collections "The thrill of the Hunt" and although listing on eBay then posting everything is a real pain in the Bum I am having some fun with it.
I have Been down the "On Consignment" path before and to be quite honest I wasn't that impressed with the results, Yes it is painless But you have little to No control and it can also take a Long time to get results.

Motor Home is the way to go,rent,buy 2nd hand etc.,lots of options in the specialist Magazines and Forums.

The Motor Homes do look very comfortable But they are huge and cumbersome to Tow.
They also severely restrict where you can go due to their size, weight and the low level of engineering as far as the running gear is concerned.
If we had one of these we would be confined to the Major roads without being able to venture out to the lesser seen and more remote locations.
A decent Off Road van can also be very comfortable But without the level of sophistication that the Motor homes have and seriously how many flat screen TV's do you really need in an area that you can't get a signal anyway :angel:
The Last thing we want to do is to end up setting up at the end of the day with a whole bunch of other travellers, Crowds are Not our "thing" and waking up in the middle of nowhere where all you can see is the Aussie Bush or coastline and Not another soul in sight is the very reason Why we enjoy travelling :ok:

[Basil]

I have Been down the "On Consignment" path before and to be quite honest I wasn't that impressed with the results, Yes it is painless But you have little to No control and it can also take a Long time to get results.

I agree,you have to be very careful,lots of pitfalls including dishonest Dealers or the Dealer going broke,getting sick,subsituted Coins,not insured fully in case of fire/theft etc.
Going back a few years but a Golfing friend lost his car that was on consignment,premises caught fire(deliberately lit) and found out his Insurance Co. wouldn't pay as Technically he had sold the car,or something like that.

Modern Motor homes can tow a small 4wd,Suzuki Jimny/Rav4 etc.,and still sit on a 100kph on the highway.

None of my Business but i would keep your Fav. Coins as you will probably be back at it in a few Years time,and speaking from personal experience you will regret selling them.

Anyway AtB and enjoy your Holiday,people recovering from serious,potentially fatal,accidents usually have a Eureka/Light bulb type moment that see's their life change direction.

[Ozcoins]

I read this and checked that it was not posted on 1st April!

[trout]

I read this and checked that it was not posted on 1st April!

HeHe :laugh2:
After keeping one set of the Changeover "baggies" for Ozcoins I have the following left.

Baggies
$2 x 6
$1 x 7
50c x 6
20c x 5
10c x 4
5c x 5

Rolls
$2 x 2
$1 x 2
50c x 1
20c x2
10c x 2
5c x 2

serious,potentially fatal,accidents usually have a Eureka/Light bulb type moment that see's their life change direction.

You hit the nail square on the head there Mate.
I came within millimetres of death on that fateful afternoon in May 2015 and when I finally emerged from that fog of pain and drugs I did have a long hard look at my life and what I was doing.
It took me over a year of bulldusting to myself that I would be able to return to the job that I Love and resume my prior life before I finally  woke up to myself and realised that this was definitely not going to be possible.
Coins have been a big part of my life and have always been important to Me, They probably always will be.
However My Family and the goals that I have set myself to see much more of this amazing Country before I fall off the perch or simply just get too old and frail to travel are Now far more important and as such my "Focus" has shifted.
I have never been one to do anything half heartedly so I am putting all my resources, time and effort into preparing both of our 4WD's to be able to travel pretty much anywhere we want to go and gathering all the equipment that we will need to be self sufficient anywhere in Australia for extended periods.
I should have the 4WD's "Sorted" by the end of May ( Waiting on parts/equipment) and we are going to do a trip up through the guts of the Northern Goldfields and the Pilberra so that I can show Mrs Trout the areas that I have spent so many years working in that She has never seen and then we are going to head back down the West Coast fishing and just "Chilling" for a few weeks.
This way I can fine tune our gear before we head up through the Kimberlies and the Gulf country on an extended trip.