New Member Organizing My 80 Year Old Father Hoard.

Suggest you begin with an inventory (by type) and go from there. This forum was very helpful when I was charged with dispersing a relative's coins. Good luck with your project.

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Sorry about your dad. Sounds like a lot of cool coins and sets. Silver proof sets are popular, silver dollars too especially if they are uncirculated/mint state. Worn, circulated Peace and Morgan dollars are going for roughly $32 and more these days. Older classic USA coins definitely have value if in descent condition.

You can post pics on CCF for opinions but you have to have a lot of posts and be a member for a while before you can sell here. See CCF rules for selling here, see tutorials for how to upload pics for opinions.

If dad did not make an inventory list, I'd start there, use a computer, itemize it all using a spread sheet or document app.

You should also look at ebay for the same items - look for the Sold price - not the asking price - figure in shipping and eBays fees

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... be very wary of CoinSnap ... it is AI generated & is a poor substitute for a live person giving an educated opinion ... also, be somewhat wary of SOLD ITEM prices on ebay:
... when looking at SOLD prices, examine the seller's feedback to determine if the seller is legit (disregard sales where the seller has 0 to very little feedback) ... you should look for sellers with a good track record, & hopefully, with a record in coin sales ...
...A huge majority of sales with sellers having 0 feedback are scams/money laundering, with inflated sales numbers for otherwise worthless items ... here's an example: coins with little value, or worth only their face value, but offered at a ridiculously high price: ebay item number:364708475337 ... notice the ZERO feedback rating of the seller ... this is a scam, with the "coins" as a front for some type of illicit item (drugs, guns, prostitute, etc...) ... buyer buys the coins, but receives the illicit item. The transaction will show in the "SOLD ITEMS" section as a legit sale, & appear that the coins have a high value ... Hope this info helps...

If you are selling you need to be careful about his taxes. Some items are still below their 1980s peak valuations, but lots of items have grown in value.

The gain - sales price less cost - is a taxable income item.

The other thing is the trade-off of time, effort, and value.

The more work you put in, the larger amount of value you will realize. The work also takes time, and you may or may not have that -- needing to pay a past due medical bill vs. simply realizing maximum value.

As for the LCS, post a smattering of items here, and let us give you honest values and estimated sales prices. Then offer them to a couple of stores and see what they offer. How they treat you and what they offer will tell you which ones to avoid.

If you find a reputable shop, you can always offer them the entire collection. The dealer will make an offer, which reflects the time-value of their time, their money tied up in the purchase, the cost of selling (shops have expenses), what they believe they can resell vs. having to wholesale to other dealers, etc. Plus their time to sort through and value the collection. BUT, that's time you don't have to spend.

Hi, sorry about your dad. If you decide to to sell on ebay I can help you with any questions you may have as to getting stated. For example taking pix, ( what camera should you have ) what kind of microscope you would would need ( if you do not already have one ) etc. You can get all of the thing you need on ebay and it will not cost much. It may be difficult at first but it will become easier the more you do it and you will make a lot more money from the coins you have in the long run. My dad left me a lot of coins and doubled die coins back in 2012. Some of the coins I have I could not get more $4 or $5 for them back then but now they are selling for $20 +. Some of the coins I sold for a lot of money right out of the gate. You could have some very pricey error coins. I would at least give them all a good looking over with a microscope before you sell them. This is a great forum and there are many people who are willing to help you with any questions you may have. Frank Baumann