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My father's coins

ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
edited April 16, 2018 11:30AM in Buy, Sell, & Trade - U.S. Coins

NOTE - I'M EDITING MY POST TO DELETE SOME CURRENCY PHOTOS WHICH WERE DUPLICATED. SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION THIS CAUSED!

Hey everyone - I'm cleaning out the closet and am hoping to get rid of some old coins and currency my father (and grandfather) had collected.

I guess I'm looking for advice on how to sell it. I'd like to make it easy, while not sacrificing too much, obviously. Should I post them all in one lot on Ebay? Does anyone here want them? What's a fair price to let it all go at once?

Thanks for your help! I'm really a baseball card guy, so this stuff isn't my specialty.

5 Credit Suisse Gold Ounces (they're tiny, like the size of my son's fingernail - seems like it couldn't be an ounce, but what do I know?)
54 Walking Liberty Half Dollars (1935, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46,
14 Ben Franklin Half Dollars
6 Kennedy Half Dollars
43 Eisenhower Dollars
9 Lady Liberty Dollars (is that what they're called?) (1881, 1889, 1921x5, 1922, 1924)
2 Indian Head Pennies (one shiny, one not)
1 Columbian Half Dollar (1893)
1974 Proof set

I also have a bunch of currency. some looks really old (silver certificates) and some are newer, like 2 dollar bills with postmarks. I'll try to add photos of those, as well.





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  • ChrisRxChrisRx Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭✭

    Nothing of real numismatic value.

    You should check out "coinflation.com" for the melt values.

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  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    edited April 16, 2018 11:32AM

    NOTE - I'M EDITING MY POST TO DELETE SOME CURRENCY PHOTOS WHICH WERE DUPLICATED. SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION THIS CAUSED!

    Thanks, Chris. What about those gold "coins"? They seem to say 1 ounce, but they are absolutely tiny. Here are some photos of the currency I have.

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  • kalshaconkalshacon Posts: 647 ✭✭✭
    edited April 14, 2018 8:25AM

    The gold bars look like 1 gram bars, not 1 ounce. If the Indian heads are in the picture you provided, the gold colored one is a $2.50 gold piece, not a penny.

  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭

    @kalshacon said:
    The gold bars look like 1 gram bars, not 1 ounce. If the Indian heads are in the picture you provided, the gold colored one is a $2.50 gold piece, not a penny.

    That's what I thought. But they seem to say 1 ounce on them. Thanks for the assistance!

  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,520 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 14, 2018 10:15AM

    The large size notes that you posted definitely have value, particularly the 2’s, 5’s, and the $1 black eagle notes. I’d suggest posting on the currency forum for advice.

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice currency's !!! :)

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,486 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The currency definitely has value. You should post the notes on the currency board to perhaps get more traction.

    The brighter Indian Head cent is actually a gold quarter eagle and has over $160 worth of gold in it, but these sell at a premium to their gold content so it will be worth more than that. The silver coins will be easily sold as bullion and a site such as coinflation.com can tell you what their bullion value is (currently, it is about 12-times face value). The Eisenhower dollars are essentially worth face value unless they are the 40% silver versions, the Columbian half dollar is worth slightly more than its bullion content and the silver dollars always sell at a slight premium to silver, as well. Lastly, the Credit Suisse are one gram bars, as has been mentioned, and definitely not one ounce bars.

    Good luck.

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  • bobsrbobsr Posts: 392 ✭✭✭✭

    P.M. sent
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  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for all the help and interest. I really do appreciate it!

  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭

    Hi all - just a note that I made a deal with a board member for both the coins and currency. I really appreciate all the help and interest from the members. This forum truly is a great resource!

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