Other Countries Silver Coins

[Hillbilly Sheep]

I was wondering about silver coins from other countries other than the one I see on the main trading sites.

 

The ones I've seen are UK, US, Canada, Vienna, China, Australia, Austria, Mexico, Somalia, Armenia, New Zealand.

 

What about coins from other Spain, Italy, Germany or Russia, Japan, Brazil e.t.c   

 

Are these available and just not collectible or don't these places mint silver coins? 

[HighlandTiger]

I think you will find that there are plenty of silver coins from other countries, but they are usually 0.925 sterling silver, when they do make pure silver coins 0.999, they do have a much larger premium added to them that the usual motley crew that you've mentioned.

[HelpingHands]

I used to use this site but its been down for a while.

http://currencydebasement.com

Another site has been mentioned before but I can't remember it.

World coins? Or something like that.

[Cointreau]

It's a question of heritage and happenstance. The flow of gold and whose hands have held onto it.

The Persians have had it, then the Romans, the Spanish, The English, Americans and now the Chinese.

Mansa Musa had quite a stack at one time, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218025/Meet-14th-Century-African-king-richest-man-world-time-adjusted-inflation.html

By the way, you missed out South Africa and  wrongly included Somalia and Armenia. I can't vouch for Armenia but it is in fact the Germans

who mint coins for Somalia who in turn receive a small royalty for the 'naming rights',

[KevinG]

Kazcoins sells silver from Kazakstan and  Kyrgyzstan. And Japanese coins you can find at Powercoin.

[Luker2]

APMEX and GAINSVILLE and Govmint.com have a selection. The following sites have a lot of "Designer" coins (I don't know what else to call them) from other countries (ie colourized with odd shapes and sizes) . I myself am not a big fan of the odd weights or fractionals, or any of the colourized. I am on the border about getting into the gilded coins...

 

worldancientcoins.com

 

firstcoincompany.com

 

muenzdachs on eBay (I actually recently bought a 5 oz 2014 silver proof Libertad from them for $299 US, and yesterday they had an  online bid for another (I bid $250 US ...the winner got it for $256)

 

there is a Czech site as well that I have been looking at. They have the Somali 1 kilo proof silver coins (2012 and 2013) for cheaper than APMEX has the 2014 bullion kilo!!

 

Cheers,

Luker