Why Foreign Coins Are Nearly Impossible To Exchange The short answer for why it is hard to exchange foreign coins is they are heavy, costly to ship, and each piece holds only a tiny value, so ...

According to Liberty Coin & Currency, most foreign money isn’t worth more than face value — except for the memories you built while collecting international coins and bills during your travels ...

Early American currency wasn’t always American. Up until 1857, foreign coins were accepted as legal tender because there weren’t enough domestic coins to go around. Another result of the ...