Large, Large Collection Of My Dad's - Mega Update With Photos!

If I can make one more comment.

You might want to look at doing some kind of "Type Set". Basicslly keep a small number of nice coins that form a representative set of your father's collection. It will be a great memory/legacy but still allows you to capture the value of the collection. For example, keep the 1936 silver dollar, but sell the 1948. A nice 1936 will cost $60, while the 1948 is worth $1000+. You could put together a great set, without costing very much, especially if you are selling in bulk, you might not even see a difference in value if you take a few common coins out. Later on if you decide you really don't want them, you can easily sell a type set.

A dealer will probably price most of 1950's-60's silver at melt, all Olympic stuff at melt, any 1968+ at face value, with a few exceptions.

The canadian mint stuff generally sells for melt/face vale/fraction of original price.

I cant comment on the paper money.

My basic idea is that you can keep a little bit without significantly affecting your final selling price.

Good luck and hope you can put out a nice amount of cash for your mom and maybe have a nice memento of your father's collection.

Everyone has missed this one but there is a $1 banknote from 1898 that worth some money.
According to my 2018 Charlton Paper Currency Catalog that banknote is worth $3250 in AU condition. $5500 in UNC condition. Looking at the picture, the banknote has sharp corners, which certainly is one of the criteria for AU or UNC. Can't see if there are any folds on it though.

This is the banknote:




The rest of the Dominion of Canada banknotes maybe $100-$200 each,

There are also a few shinplasters that can bring some nice $$, but I can't see the date/series. Many of them are pretty common.

My suggestion would not be to start buying catalogs and trying to price this stuff yourself. Pay a few dealers for appraisals (two or three). Be up front, tell them that you are not looking to sell. If you use the dealers suggested earlier in this thread, you should get a fairly reasonable idea of what they're worth and what you can get for it. I don't see any reason to treat this as a DYI project given the amount of material and the wide-ranging nature of it. If you follow these steps, you will maximize your return for time spent dealing with it.

You might want to search ebay Sold Items for things like the 1858 cent, 1948 dollar, 1960 PL set, 1898 Dominion of Canada dollar, 1878 DOC dollar, Olympic gold coin, etc just so you have some idea of what these things sell for in comparable condition.

I definitely wouldn't go to any dealer to sell.

You ONLY go to a dealer when time is against you, then you have no option but to take a kick in the pants with value.

Has anyone, after selling their valuable coins to a dealer in hindsight think it was the best possible decision?

If you aren't in a hurry to sell, then spend some time and investigate ebay.

It's the best place for the collector to sell.

Your father took years to accumulate that collection.....so yes, it may take years to unwind it to achieve the best return for yourself.....

Thank you for sharing your fathers collection with us. Absolutely lovely collection. I guarantee every single person here wishes they had their hands on a wonderful collection like that.