Newbie Question on Commemorative Coin Collection

laflamme

Hi,
I am a newbie to this forum and I am hoping that you can give me some advice. I have the following list of commemorative and US mint sets and they have been sitting around for 20 years or so. I am looking to sell them but I really dont know a fair price. I went on ebay looking at the completed items and figured on about 25-30 dollars a piece for the commemorative and did a similar thing for the rest of it. I just want to sell it all as a lot. What is a fair price, even a ball park would be good.

1995 Special Olympics 2-Coin Silver Proof Set
1993 Thomas Jefferson 250th 1-Coin Silver Dollar Proof
1993 Thomas Jefferson 250th 1-Coin Silver Dollar Uncirculated
1994 US Capitol Bicentennial 1-Coin Silver Dollar Proof
1994 US Capitol Bicentennial 1-Coin Silver Dollar Uncirculated
1992 Columbus Quincentiary 2-Coin Silver Dollar Proof Set
1991-1995 World War 2 50th Anniversary 2-Coin Silver Dollar Proof Set
1992 US Olympic 2-Coin Silver Proof Set
1994 US World Cup 2-Coin Silver Proof Set
1994 US Veterans 3-coin Silver Proof Set
1993 Bill of Rights 2-Coin Silver Proof Set

1990 Prestige Silver Proof Set
1993 Premier Silver Proof Set
1994 Prestige Silver Proof Set
1994 Premier Silver Proof Set
1995 Prestige Silver Proof Set
1995 Premier Silver Proof Set

1978 Proof
1979 Uncirculated (all 3 mints)
1979 and 1980 Dollar Souvenier Collections
1993 to 1995 uncirculated sets

Along with this are 2 Non US Mint issues:

1994 American Silver Eagle Unc
Eisenhower Series Collection

BruceS

I personally would take the time to list them individually on eBay to maximize my return. If you don't want to take that much time there are consignment services that will sell it all for a percentage.

Or you could list them on the BST here, but comms have been in the dumper for quite a while.

laflamme

Thanks for that Bruce. I appreciate it. Guess I will probably just list individually.

AUandAG

I've got a safe full of these as well.....if you don't need the money now just hold on to them. Silver price may rise someday to a point where they might actually be worth selling.
bob

laflamme

Thanks Bob,
Well I am going to just list them for 525 or best offer shipped in continental USA. Based on some feedback and research that appears to be a very reasonable price. Less than I actually paid for them all when I bought them from the US Mint.

keets

stuff like this dead, dead, dead, has been for many years and is only falling as we speak. keep them if you enjoy them, but if not you should probably dump them and get out before they fall even more. the option of waiting for Silver to rise is risky and selling now may allow you to take the money and put it to a better personal use, perhaps even to roll it back into .999 bullion for a hold until that Silver rise takes place.

JMHO, listing them and trying to get anywhere close to full retail is a losing proposition. hoping to get anything close to GreySheet bid isn't much better. to put things into perspective, if these were offered to my boss he'd be around 20-30% back of bid, depending on what's there and how intact the OGP is. that may sound harsh to some members, especially the OP, but it is the REALITY of the market for these.

to put it in monetary terms, at GreySheet of $100 the offer would be $80 and we probably wouldn't even try to resell, we'd hold until we have enough to wholesale and make $8-10 on the deal if prices don't fall. these type of items have zero demand right now.

neildrobertson

Listing stuff on eBay can be a lot of work and a pain in the rear if you don't have a good photography set-up or practice doing it.

This forum member offers good pricing and has excellent photography (I have no affiliation with them, but just positive experience as a buyer):
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/975255/consign-your-coins-to-ebay-with-jkcoins-great-rates-great-results#latest

Your items are common enough that they'll realize a market price if listed with good photographs by a reputable seller.

grip

I would consign them with..jkcoins...or GC.

laflamme

Thanks for the advice everyone.

ricko

@laflamme...Welcome aboard..... The information above is current reality... not something that is good to hear, but at least you know what to expect. Hope it works out well for you... Cheers, RickO