New Member Handling Relative's Estate Needs Help

I was also interested in seeing comments from members as to:

1) whether or not these coins are too common to interest a dealer much
(I haven't posted the US coins, but they are heavy on the early 20th century small denominations); and,

2) how "bad" is it to prefer to sell the collection as a lot, rather than individually or in small groups.

BTW, I know the "cut and paste" job messed up my formatting but I thought it was clear that I used the NGC/Sheldon grading scale (numbers only).

The dollar amounts I gave represent what I have gleaned from price guides and online listings, and, they do not indicate what I expect to receive for any particular coin. Specifically, I would NOT look to get "book value".

Thanks again.

@MDCl looking at the prices, They seem way higher than Canadian "trends"

for Example, Canada:

1 cent 1916 20 large 7.00

trends lists VF 20 for $2 canadian

1921 45, 30, 25 16.00

"Trends" lists XF 40 at $7.0
VF 20 at $2.0 and
F12 at $1.0

From what I can see, the vast majority of the Canadian coins would have minimal value aside from the silver, even in Canada, because these are items the dealers have buckets of. especially modern small cents unless they are mint state. Book value is not very meaningful for modern circulated 1 cent coins.

there is probably even less value in the US.
Likewise for the foreign coins-silver value and they rest by the pound in most cases.

Concerning The Canadian Paper Dollar 1898 G 15 300.00

My (older) paper money catalogue lists that as $225 to $375 in F, depending on the variety. That would the most interest for a canadian dealer. I don't know what the US market would be like.

I can tell you immediately that none of the French coins listed would interest a dealer - they are all common in circulated condition and are the sort of coins my local dealer puts in his 10 pence junk tray.

The UK sixpence, shilling, florin and halfcrown coins dated 1946 or earlier are worth silver value. The other UK coins are common junk tray items. other than the 1970 proof set. That's very common but there is a market for them, and they go for about £20 on ebay.

The Swiss 1968 1 franc, 1968 5 francs, all the 10 rappen coins and all the post-1939 20 rappen coins are all still current in Switzerland - if you know anyone planning a trip there, you could sell them to him or her for a discount off face value. The pre-1968 half and one-franc coins are silver and worth more than face value.

The Greek, Spanish, Italian and post-1948 German coins are all common modern European coins that were in use before the introduction of the Euro. Dealers' junk trays are full to the brim of these coins. The German ones can still be exchanged at banks in Germany for their value in Euros, if you know anyone who's going there.

Is the 1959 Austrian coin really a 50 Schilling? That's a 33.5mm diameter commemorative silver coin weighing 20g, and would be worth well over $2.50 in silver content. If it's actually a small aluminium 50 groschen, then it's worth practically nothing.

Your 1947 Irish sixpence would need to be virtually Uncirculated to be worth anything like $9 - a circulated one would be just another junk box coin.

I don't know where you got the valuation for the 1936-A German 5 reichs-pfennig. There are two varieties of this coin but both are very common, and again it's the sort of coin that in the UK I'd expect to pull out of a dealer's junk tray or maybe buy for a few pounds in a bag with a lot of similar coins.

I'm sorry, I don't want to be pessimistic, but I can't see that many of your European coins are going to interest a dealer, other than the silver ones.

Also, the "G" series 1898 $1 is listed as Can $250 in Fine

Just be aware, per board rules, you are not yet allowed to sell these items here.