Old coin values?

[rschissler]

I just inherited a bunch of old coins from my Dad.  Does anyone know a good online resouce for value?  Probably nothing special.  Mercury dimes, zinc pennies, other coins mostly from the 40's through low 60's.

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@rschissler

Look each one up on eBay and look at the sold ones...or go to the Red Book website - they have a great pricing guide...or send me a PM (private message) with what you have, and I can give you some pricing ideas since I am a collector of old coins.

Good luck!

[lex-talon]

WWW.coinvalues.info/AGM/FreeAppraisal

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@lex-talon wrote:

WWW.coinvalues.info/AGM/FreeAppraisal

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@lex-talon

Your link doesn't go anywhere.

[sharingtheland]

My husband has a large coin collection (and also his brother's in repayment for some long ago borrowed money).  I'll see coins in auctions (there are always coins in auctions, it seems) and ask him if he has a "blah blah silver dollar."  

I guess he got tired of me asking those questions so the last time we were in Barnes & Noble he bought a huge coin value book that was in the sale bin for about $5-$10.  I'll find the name of it; he says it's a very good one.

My husband knows within just a bit of time after his last breath that I'm selling those coins, lol.  Along with the college yearbooks with pictures of relatives he never knew because they all died in 1889 or something.  And every other hoarder thing he has that's worth anything.

Yes, we're weird; we can joke about stuff like that.  

Note:  The kids already have what they want from his hoarder piles.  Now he says he has to keep old model kits (missing parts) for the grandsons.  Sigh...

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Probably a red book.

[sharingtheland]

No, it wasn't a red book.  Let me go see..brb...

I stand corrected.  The Official Red Book 1st Edition A Guide Book of United States Coins Deluxe Edition.  2015.  1480 pages, not counting the Index.

Edit:  It weighs over 6 pounds.  On sale for $9.98.

[d-k_treasures]

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@sharingtheland wrote:

My husband has a large coin collection (and also his brother's in repayment for some long ago borrowed money).  I'll see coins in auctions (there are always coins in auctions, it seems) and ask him if he has a "blah blah silver dollar."  

I guess he got tired of me asking those questions so the last time we were in Barnes & Noble he bought a huge coin value book that was in the sale bin for about $5-$10.  I'll find the name of it; he says it's a very good one.

My husband knows within just a bit of time after his last breath that I'm selling those coins, lol.  Along with the college yearbooks with pictures of relatives he never knew because they all died in 1889 or something.  And every other hoarder thing he has that's worth anything.

Yes, we're weird; we can joke about stuff like that.  

Note:  The kids already have what they want from his hoarder piles.  Now he says he has to keep old model kits (missing parts) for the grandsons.  Sigh...

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Well, I told my wife to walk right over my dead body while getting the excellent toys out and replacing them with lesser ones in my cases if something happens to me. No reason to include them in the estate .....

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@sharingtheland wrote:

Note:  The kids already have what they want from his hoarder piles.  Now he says he has to keep old model kits (missing parts) for the grandsons.  Sigh...

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Some of those old model kits can bring some very nice prices, even with missing parts  

[sharingtheland]

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@southern*sweet*tea wrote:

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@sharingtheland wrote:

Note:  The kids already have what they want from his hoarder piles.  Now he says he has to keep old model kits (missing parts) for the grandsons.  Sigh...

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Some of those old model kits can bring some very nice prices, even with missing parts  

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Believe me, I've already checked.  

[hawgryders]

Start here:

http://www.coinflation.com/

This will be "melt value" --- never take any less --- start your auctions at this value --- and remember, you will lose 13% to fees --- and never, I mean never, grade a coin 

Just take a lot of very detailed pictures & let the market decide grade, desirability, and final value

Oh, and they don't sell take them to a scrap dealer --- most pay 10% below spot ...

[timemachine777]

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@southern*sweet*tea wrote:

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@sharingtheland wrote:

Note:  The kids already have what they want from his hoarder piles.  Now he says he has to keep old model kits (missing parts) for the grandsons.  Sigh...

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Some of those old model kits can bring some very nice prices, even with missing parts  

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Some modelers will buy parts to make custom models.

[reallynicestamps]

How nice to have all the future widows sharing plans about what they will do with their soon to be late husbands' collections.

A printed catalogue, as recent as possible is your starting point. There may be one available in your Public Library, if you can't find the $9.98 bargain bin book.

Then when you find the coins that seem the most valuable, according to the catalogue, start looking at those online sites.

It's just triage.

And I totally agree about not trying to grade the coins.

Don't clean them either. I know that much.

But keep in mind that there are two kinds of catalogues. I'm very ignorant of numismatics, but in philately the British Gibbons catalog is published by a stamp merchant. The prices are his store prices. The US Scott catalogue is published independently and is put together by a staff from reports they collect from stores, auctions, and online sites.

The prices don't always match, but both are respected.

And read the instructions in the front of the catalogue that tell you what the listings mean.

If I had a Canadian penny for every phone call from someone who told me that his mint stamps had nice clear postmarks.....

[mississippi*mercantile]

Grading isn't allowed unless it is professionally graded, anyway.

[lloydsteventaylor]

http://www.usacoinbook.com/