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unless you have a key date or a major variety ie a ms 64 1967 dollar trends at 40.00 you be lucky to get 50 to 60 percent for it because he already has 10 units or more in stock.

I would suggest ebay. You will lose about 13% in fees. But if you are selling straightforward ICCS certified MS65-or-higher coins you will likely get 80% or so of retail (let's call it 50% of trends). It is a bit of work, but it can be a bit of fun too.

The MS64 Elizabeth stuff has a somewhat limited market. You won't get much for cents or nickels....maybe a couple of dollars for most of them. The MS64 dimes and quarters seeem to go at a minor premium to bullion. But this is a lot better than the "no bid" from the coin shops.

to certifed a ICCS coin , minimum 6.00 per plus shipping and insurance on a 40 to 50 dollar coin?

Can you name the stores?
that might shed some light on this also.

Well I will not out any store its not like they did really anything wrong but they are fairly big in say Vancouver and its a full set of Elizabeth 11 coins from 1953 -67 and some earlier and some later 5 cent 10 cent 25 cent half dollars and silver dollars. And from what I can tell from the trends most of my 5 cent pieces are averaging $50.00-$80.00 from other things my 10 cent pieces are mostly cameo to H cameo and average say around $25.00.
I get that some stores might be satuarated with coins and might be experiiencing slow sales, but if you know what I am bringing you to look at do not ask me to bring them in and then tell me you are not interested in even making an offer on them. I did find a store that was willing to look them over and make me an offer ( All Nations ) and talked about auctioning also but I am hesitant unless they will do a reserve. I get that the store needs to make some money at their end but to dismiss it completely after being told what I was bring in, I try not to waste anyones time being that they are in business to make money but for them to waste my time and gas, not very nice.
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oh and let me say thanks guys and gals always good to get those with more experience then myself, I like to buy and its my first foray into actually selling coins.

Frankly, as a dealer, I don't touch anything Elizabeth II unless it is MS-65 of better. If you go to a coin show, you will see hundreds of MS-64 and PL-64 graded Elizabeth coins, that dealers simply cannot sell. Buyers and collectors of Elizabeth coinage, who go to the trouble of getting certified coins, do not want MS-64 graded coins... I cannot speak for all dealers, but you are stuck somewhere between "too nice for bullion" but "not nice enough..." If I am forced to buy coins like that, as part of a collection, I snip out the MS-64 coins and sell them raw, priced & graded accordingly, at coin shows - and those do sell. I avoid buying certified modern PL (Numismatic BU), Specimen and Proof coins at all costs - those I do buy, I put in a "junk bin" and sell for 50% of trend.

My point here is to give you a perspective, from the other side of the table. My advice is that your best return on those items would be as lots on ebay, or consign lots to auctions...

You could consider taking your collection to a coin show and shop around for the best offer, get there early ( so they can flip your collection ) , I think the North Shore show is coming up next month, and maybe the Vancouver Numismatic show ? Check the Coin News for dates and locations.

Okay so as to finish this thread off with some good news I did find a dealer ( All Nations ) have made me what I consider a fair deal on my sets and I have agreed to sell it to them and when life changes I will re-start my collection but this time I will do it right and look at only higher grade coins and will make sure that I do it right next time and also will check with you guys and gals ( are ther any gals here ) and will be more selective in my choices.
And I always have my none graded coins to work with still so again I would like to thank all of you for your suggestions and help.ship