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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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WOW!.. You seem to have all the keys and semi-keys, nice collection.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
Yes, that is an awesome list of dates and I'd love to see some pics, it's quite likely that you'll get the most for them overall by breaking up the collection and selling the keys separately, but it's impossible to give an overall estimate without knowing more...
for example, which reverse is the 1922-no D? That will make a huge difference in estimating/appraising.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If your serious about selling the entire collection you should really sit down and estimate what you have monitarily. Get yourself a Red Book as a starter. Most prices are on the high side but will give you an idea. Make a list with possibly prices for each coin and then just add it up. Remember that you will probably only get about 75% of what you think or estimate. If there are any coin stores in the area you may want to try having them estimate the collections value. Just don't say it's for selling, just for insurance purposes or they will give you the lowest prices imaginable. For insurance purposes they would probably go about 25% more than actual in value. Probably the best thing to do is sell the entire collection at one time since many, many of the coins are not really to valuable and attempting to sell them one at a time would take forever. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
Yeah, curious to see what condition these coins are in. The key dates alone could be worth tens of thousands in VF+. Post some of the keys on the board and we can start estimating value. IHC: 1877, 1908-S, 1909-S LWC: 1909-S, 1909-S VDB, 1914-D, 1922-D Plain, 1931-S, 1955/55 (Die 1). |
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Moderator
 United States
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it's quite likely that you'll get the most for them overall by breaking up the collection and selling the keys separately  Selling an entire collection to a collector, who will pay more, is tough since they are often down to just needing the keys. In my experience, coin dealers are more willing to buy a whole collection because they know they can part it out and sell the keys for more. The problem with selling to a coin dealer is that they will give you a minimum. Unless time is a factor, why not do their job and realize a greater profit?  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Where did the set come from? Did you do it all? inherited? Family members?... If it is yours then you most likely have an idea what it is worth and can start from there. Personally, I would avoid ebay as much as possible on a complete set like this and start hitting dealers. Find someone that will do an evaluation for a descent price and take personal pictures of the complete set. With the advances in the Internet and ease to post your images for free, you can create a small picture gallery and direct dealers and others to it. Look at other dealers than just the local ones and see what they will offer as well. A fair amount of people will want to break it up just for certain dates but I think you should get a better price with it all together. One more question: why are you selling it? This is an amazing collection and something I personally am striving for. I can not imagine getting it all together and then selling it off. Another idea would to be that you get your 50 posts in on this board and try selling it here. If the price is right someone here will gladly pay for it or most likely know someone that will. It is one thing buying a complete set, but three with errors is unheard of. |
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New Member
 United States
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I found a coin dealer who is going to give me a written appraisal. I want to sell all together and will see what they say. May still list on ebay. Don't want the hassle of selling seperate. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
It would be interesting to see what the dealer offers you. I'm certain you would get more doing it other ways, but if you want the money now, you want the money now. The offer you receive from a dealer will probably be ridiculously low compared to the coins' value, but as long as you don't think you'll have any regrets about what could have been, you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
WoW !! That IS an impressive collection!!.....too bad you don't want to keep it !!...  And I agree....part it out for the most dollar value......the written appraisal will be interesting to see for this if you'll share. Grades are definately important with these..... |
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Moderator
United States
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Again, with HABIB. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19964 Posts |
*DROOL*
I'd love to look through those Lincolns!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
936 Posts |
Let us know what the dealer says
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1691 Posts |
I recommend getting it appraised for insurance purposes first( and don't sell to the dealer who appraises it)... find another dealer who will usually only offer 50-60% of full value; whereas collectors will often pay full value for these coins...consider taking the collection to a local coin club for the final sale!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1415 Posts |
Two great suggestions from AtlasHeath.
Don't sell to appraiser -
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Check out coin clubs
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Valued Member
United States
429 Posts |
If you do decide to sell it on ebay, please let us know because it would be nice to see what it would go for. |
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