Good way for my mom to get into Ebaying her coins?

RedX

My mom has collected many coins over the years and she finally wants to get around to selling some of them off. I only have experience in sports cards and am clueless as far as coins go.

She has a bunch of American Silver Eagle coins in their own little snap cases. If I remember correctly the years vary between about 1988 to 1991. I know for sure at least some are 1989 and 1990. She has a variety of other coins but she wants to start with these.

They're all in these cases. Some seem perfect to my eyes, some are a little scuffed from handling and some have that rainbowing around the edge.


What would you recommend as far as getting her started? What's a good way to present them in the auction? What's a good starting price? Any tips you may have would be helpful. She's a total Ebay noob so I'm sure just about every tip will help.

Thanks much - Kevin

billboat

I'm out of my area here but from what I have seen they go for just a little over to twice (1986 in MS65 is about $24 or so) whatever silver is priced at ( they are just that--silver bullion). The exception is the 1996 which sells for $60-70. I like to toning on the one you have pictured. Not sure how they go on Ebay--you should probably take a look and see how they are selling and get some ideas as to how to present them.

Russ

If you're just talking about bullion, find a local reputable dealer and sell them that way.

Russ, NCNE

TwoSides2aCoin

Kevin, she may do better putting them up via you through the "buy, sell, trade," forum right here on the PCGS website. Honestly.


Joe

RichieURich

Another alternative is if a local coin club has an active auction, they could be listed there. Or with a local auctioneer who does a lot of coins. But a local dealer might be your best bet. Fellow Forumites, what amounts should she expect to receive (as a % of Greysheet bid) on these silver eagles?

robertpr

<< <i>Kevin, she may do better putting them up via you through the "buy, sell, trade," forum right here on the PCGS website. Honestly.


Joe >>



I agree. Especially with fairly decent images, maybe like the one you posted but about double the size. Accurate color is the most important thing with coins such as these, particularly if they have toned around the edges as you state. That is often desireable if it's colorful, if it's cruddy/black/ugly then it's not.

19Lyds

As raw coins, they are not worth much more than bullion value which is what was their initial intent. She might seriously want to investigate Russ's recommendation first to get a ballpark figure.

As stated earlier, the only coin with higher than bullion value would be the 1996 and those are subject to milk spotting just like the rest which can affect their value.

I actually have quite a few SAE's but none that I would auction off due to their condition. Given that, I could not nor chould not expect more than bullion value.

What else does she have??

RedX

Wow, thanks for the replies.

If I remember correctly there is a handful with some nice rainbow-y toning, but i thought that was bad. I'll try to get some pics up.

I'll see what kinda pics I can get tomorrow and show you guys.

Edit: That's not my pic. I stole a Ebay pic that had the same casing.

RedX

Any tips on getting good lighting? I can't seem to get a shot of the coins with good lighting.

If I don't use flash they're kinda dark and brownish from my lights. Then if I use the flash it reflects like crazy.

Edit: Also my scanner makes em look all funky so I'm not sure that'd work.