Used coins in Edinburgh typically sell for £5 to £200 (about $7 to $270). Coin value is set by rarity and grade rather than age, and cleaning a coin is the fastest way to destroy what it was worth.
Selling coins in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
August brings a large temporary population that arrives with things and leaves without them, and September brings the students. Between them the autumn is reliably the best time to buy here and a slower time to sell.
The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Check vehicle access before agreeing to collect anything heavy from the Old Town. Several streets are restricted or effectively impassable for a van, and the nearest legal stopping point can be a long carry.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
Sell your Coins in Edinburgh
Listing is free and there is no commission and no buyer fee, so the price you agree is the price you keep. Most listings take about a minute to put up.
What coins are worth
What lifts the price
- Scarce dates, mint marks and low-mintage issues
- Professionally graded and slabbed coins
What pulls it down
- Cleaning, which permanently damages surfaces and value
- Wear that drops the coin into a lower grade
Working out what yours is worth
- Identify the date, mint mark and denomination precisely
- Compare against sold results for the same date and grade
Getting it ready
- Handle by the edges only, and photograph before sorting so you have a record of what you had.
- Identify each coin by date, mint mark and denomination, and look up which years and varieties are the scarce ones before you decide what to bundle.
Photograph
- Obverse and reverse of each significant coin, filling the frame, in even light
- The edge, on coins where lettering or milling matters
Put in the description
- Denomination, country, year and mint mark
- Whether graded and encapsulated by a third party, or ungraded
Small and light but easily lost and worth stealing, so use a tracked, signed service and pack in a rigid envelope or small box. Never send loose coins in a padded bag.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Scotland)
Common questions
Where can I sell coins in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Has it been cleaned?
Answer truthfully. Collectors spot a cleaned coin instantly from the hairlines and unnatural brightness, and an undisclosed clean destroys trust as well as value.
How much are coins worth in Edinburgh?
Most used coins change hands for £5 to £200 (about $7 to $270). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling coins across the United Kingdom, what coins are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Art & Collectables in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.