Looking For Ballpark Value On Lot Of Morgans And Peace Dollars

Seriously, I'm just trying to help my old aunt out. She gave me this box of coins and wanted an estimate of their worth to see if she should add them to her insurance, and was also curious about how much they were worth. These coin folders are mostly full and I don't have the time to do a detailed inspection of each coin, hence the "ballpark estimate" that I was looking for help on.

Much better picture on your 90-CC! If you can't post detailed pictures of each coin, out help to you would be limited. Your best bet might be to find a trusted dealer or a local coin club. A RedBook would also give you a ballpark estimate.

Eyeballing what she has in the box, you could probably justify $1000 insurance without dredging through the price guides. The dollars by themselves are probably $400. There might be some valuable rarities, but judging from the dollars I doubt it. Check the walkers for any 1916-1921 dates, especially anything that isn't heavily worn.

Except for a few key dates, none of these coins get a lot of interest from dealers if they're heavily worn or damaged.

Appraising a hobby is a rather difficult undertaking. Essentially, after all, that's what coin collecting is. However, unlike baseball cards or Cabbage Patch dolls, coin collecting has always been a relatively stable hobby in which insurance companies rarely say no to. Most home owner policies would include these. That said, and like you asked for, a ball park would be $30 per silver dollar. The others? Dependent upon what's there, I'd throw out a total value at $1500. Some will say that's high. I would say that's based on a reasonable 15% future increase over the policy term. Always go higher than what you could buy them for. But not ridiculously so.

I found another resource to grade and price these. Since I didn't get a great reception here, I'm out.

Thanks for those that were helpful.

You have an interesting and big project ahead of you. Good luck and thanks for stopping by.

Without a lot of detailed information, such a guess would be just a guess. It is much better to simply get a Red Book and scan through it for approximate values. Some may be a lot higher than you think. Problem is if the intent is selling them, it could take a lot of time.