Coin Collection to Sell
Walker298
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Hi - I have a coin collection to sell. It was my fathers collection who passed a few years back that he assembled through collecting, not buying, so most coins are circulated grade. I want to sell the entire collection rather then in pieces. I have attached a detailed list that includes the face value of the silver alone. I also have high resolution photographs if anybody would like to see them. The files are big so you can enlarge and see detail but are too big to send regular email but I can send using a file share service. Any questions, or suggestions please let me know. I am quite new to the forum but with the one thread I posted before I must say I was very impressed with the quality and kindness of the members. Thank you.
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posting a price for the whole thing might get the collection sold quickly and easily
I agree. Just post a price here that you'd like to get, and someone may take it off your hands.
A lot of the coins (generic wheat cents, jefferson nickels, liberty nickels, etc.) aren't going to get you more than a hundred dollars total, but if you add $100 to the melt value of the silver coins and then factor in a small premium for the Morgan Dollars, you'd get to a fair price.
edit to add: looks to be around $2000 - $2500 worth of coins there, so if that sounds fair to you, I'd ask for that and someone here would probably take it.
I'll also add that many of us won't be too excited to click on a link or download from a new member given all the malware or other exploitation attempts that are waiting for folks. Therefore, you may be best off dropping the list directly into a post and listing a price. Lastly, an unwritten rule around these parts is that the person who starts a "for sale" thread should only respond to it once per day. Otherwise, you may tick off some folks. Good luck!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I looked (have a freestanding machine a virus can have) and I agree with @jclovescoins. I thought about what I'd pay at each entry and then just got out of it. Give us a price and I'm sure you'll get some takers.
Before you "put a price" on your holdings,do your research on each major piece. Simple check of ebays sold section for whatever coin/coins ,will get you a good ballpark idea on the worth
What area of the country are you in??
Thank you all for the valuable input! Understood completely re the wisdom of not wanting to click on an unknown file sharing link. Is putting the list in an attachment ok like I did? Or are you suggesting putting it in the body of the post? It’s a long list; 3 columns, 3 pages near single spaced. And just curious why it’s not cool for seller to post more than once a day (not that I want or need to: just curious? I will work up a total. Thanks again. What a great forum!
PS: I’m in CT, outside of Hartford.
everyone wants to be on page 1. every new post moves it to the top of page 1
in fact, we are also not supposed to respond to questions like I am doing for the very same reason.
if you want to post the list, you can try but there is a character limit for each post.
you could post pics here of your better date morgans just to see what you have. you can edit them into the original post.
also consider this: you're new... there is the circle of trust... who mails first is going to be a subject of discussion.
Ok, I have a price for the collection. Years ago I had the books estimated by a coin dealer. I priced the silver at the silver spot price of $25.25 (there is about $101 dollar of face) and added in whatever the dealer estimate was for the books over the spot price for the approximate collector value of the coins. Turns outs jclovescoins estimate was astute; figure came out to $2450. I will sell for $2350. As the list mentions, the pennies were cleaned (my Dad worked in a brass mill and worked with brass, copper etc. and he liked em shiny) so they have half the value as I understand it. The only change in the new list attached from the old is that the half dollar gold piece is no longer listed. I bought it to a local coin dealer and he identified it as a counterfeit. I use escrow.com and will split the 6.3 % of fees so both seller and buyer are protected. Let me know if you’re interested. Thanks!