Loose foreign change and what to do with it?
 

Hey everyone. Recently I came across a whole load of foreign money which I'd like to either cash in for USDollars or sell.

I have coins from Russia, Lithuania, Austria, Germany, France, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, and I'm not sure if there's any more.

I went to my bank to exchange them, but they didn't exchange coins.

I went to the airport, and they only exchange Pounds, Euros, and Canadian dollars. So I don't know what to do with all of these now. Surely they are worth something somewhere, correct?

I can't afford to do anything like Ebay right now.

Can you give some suggestions about what I can do with these? I'd prefer to make some sort of profit off of them somewhow.

Thanks.

Some airlines collect these coins upon arrival to be given to charity...

The other thing is currencies like the Franc and other European currencies that switched to the Euro had a cut off date where you could exchange them for Euros... that date passed a long time ago.

my parents have a big bin in their room full of that kinda coinage, i should go through it sometime.

Just keep them, you'll be happy in a couple years.

See the exchange rates and decide if it's worth trading them in in the first place. If not, just keep them as something to pass on to the kids, or for your own collection.