5c Collection, Worth It To Make Sets And Sell?

What purpose would I have to waste time in here with photos taken from the internet? I mean...really?

Squirmasaurus - You should probably take some of your own advice, in terms of "assuming" things. I do not see TerryT's post as "aggressive" and/or intending to be mean and neither are the "majority" of members. Nor I have seen any evidence in your other threads that people are being what I would consider to be "aggressive".

You are new and will sometimes ask questions that might not be worded in the best way, people will correct you and ask more questions, that is how we learn. I have asked many questions that were not clear or even very good for that matter. TerryT gave you a nice framework to sort your nickles in another thread, you should probably start by reporting back what you found. Others have provided you with links to great resources.

Your question is confusing on many parts, for example a MS collection of Victorian to present of 5 cent pieces can easily be worth $40-$100k. You stated that you found little of value in your coins, but asking if it is worthwhile putting together as full set to sell is confusing, especially when you are talking about all denominations. Are you talking about buying then reselling? or selling what you have? It is unclear.

To your point on why would you "waste your time..."? I am not assuming that you are one, but Trolls exist on the internet and in forums, they come on here every once in awhile and try to disrupt thing, ask repetitive questions or to waste people's time. I don't know why they do that, but they do. Maybe they don't have a life/friends and/or other interests.

This is a great resource for those that want to learn more, but a lot of that learning is doing some research and asking questions. People on here share their time and experience on a voluntary basis.

It's tough, there is value in MS coins 1950+, but the problem is there are few buyers compared to tons of supply. For a dealer, they probably have more than they will ever need in stock and won't even offer face value because there only way to monetize is to take them to the bank. Dealers like the high value stuff because it is the only way to make a business viable.

Some hobbyist sell recent ms coins, but sales are relatively few and far between. Maybe you can package 20 nickels and sell for $10, but is that worth an hour if your to photograph, put on ebay, package and sell? Many will say no. You can sell piecemeal at $2, but will only sell a few.

Definitely just a misunderstanding, grading comes from experiences and especially a person who inherits a collection probably isn't able to identify anything on the sheldon scale. Another problem being alot of new collectors might refer to an MS coin but they are actually trying to differentiate the strike type thinking it identifies a business strike.

It does indeed look like there is nothing of high value in the collection but why not try a local club. I see the Ottawa coin club is probably an option for you, I am not from Ottawa but there are many here who are a part of it. I know I would help someone who came into my local coin club regardless of the value of the collection.

Given that you said that all the nickels in the box are 1980's and later, it is probably not worth your time to go through that box and closely examine each one. Given that they are all tossed in together like that, it looks like they are from change or circulated bank rolls, in which case they would only be worth 5 cents each.

Aggressive-no, condescending-no, skeptical-entirely, with a raised eyebrow like Spock. Squirmy asked for help, stating a problem with ADHD. I'm a bit of a scatterbrain myself, so I figured I'd help the guy out, took a long time coming up with a simple method to set a pattern for doing what he asked, then, I see later that there were a bunch of other posts started by Squirmy that had nothing to do with what I had just outlined for him to do, and wondered what the heck was going on - do you want help or not, or is this some, yes, troll as another has said, that is jerking us around again, especially with that question about whether collectors would be interested in books of uncirculated coins of each year back to Victoria. Would anyone say no ? We were talking Geo V nickels, then all of a sudden it's every year, for every denomination from Victoria up, uncirculated ? What?
That's why I was dubious.

Squirmy, have you heard about the tortoise and the hare ? Your the tortoise, you have to do it slowly and methodically. There is no quick way to know about all the coins. My hoard is still a mess after more than 50 years of collecting ; and I didn't get it all in one shot like you.

(Have a look in the error and variety section - wrong back on 2017 quarter, as a possible case of my skepticism that may have been on the mark about a troll.)

I also edited the thread title - I think that is where the confusion over "MS" was from...

I suggest that you find a local coin club and take your hoard there. Perhaps someone will offer you something for the lot, if no interest, talk to the president of the club and see about donating them to the young numismatics. They don't have much money and it would help them with their interest in the coins.