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New Member
Canada
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My father has an old coin collection and would like to sell it. Where would be the best place to start? I am in Sudbury but can certainly travel to Ottawa or Toronto. Any advice?
The first step I plan on taking is to list all the coins in a spreadsheet.
Please advise...
Rob
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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First step is to have the most valuable coins identified. You may have to go to a coin dealer to do that.
Post pictures of these coins here, in the CCF, and we will give you will give you honest third party advice as to how you may be able to get the best price for them.
For lesser valued coins, it would help to group them in bulk lots of perhaps a value of $50 to $100 dollars or so, and sell them via eBay.
This may take time and some effort, but your first step of setting up a spreadsheet indicates that you have the right sort of mind set to sell them well.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 A spreadsheet of the inventory would be a great starting place. Also, as sel said, identifying any higher value individual coins is a must so you can get the most for them. The value and quantity of what you have and the time you're willing to spend on this may dictate your selling options. Also, please do post any coins you have questions about. We are always willing to help and give honest opinions! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Most likely your dad already knows this, but do not clean ANY of the coins to try and make them look better. Many collections have been ruined by well-intentioned people. Good luck, take your time and enjoy the moment!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Grob Yes, a spreadsheet is a great start. Is the collection mostly Canadian coins?
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United States
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to the Community!
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Valued Member
United States
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An early step for me was looking for key dates and unusual coins. Be patient, and also see if you can find a local resource like an LCS, as then you can bring in a decent sampling and see if your internal grading matches the market.
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03/11/2018 12:52 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The best place to start is...
1) Don't clean the coins.
2) List what you have. (Common computer programs work pretty well. I use a Microsoft Spreadsheet for some of my records.)
3) Take some photos and share them here.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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....yes do a spread sheet, if you want PM me and I will send you a template. Also I'm in the Soo.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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An Excel spreadsheet is all you need, don't buy any fancy collector software.
Do take a photo or six of it all and post it here, we'll be glad to interfere !
Do NOT take the first offer, and do NOT sell off single coins from the whole. If someone offers you $100 for one coin, tell them it's $100 for that coin and, say, $300 more for the entire lot.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF! First, list all the coins in an Excel or OpenOffice/LibreOffice spreadsheet. No need to use any other software. Next, make sure to post some pictures here on the forums. We can help you with grades, approximate values, and whether or not to have them certified. After that, the next step is to sell them. The best place to sell would be eBay. However, if you have any coins of very high value, the best place to sell them would be Heritage or Stacks Bowers. Don't forget - 
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New Member
Canada
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Yes. Most of the coins are Canadian. There is at least one old [ may be Roman ] coin in there. I've installed a free software; OpenNumismat, which I will use to enter them all in with photos.
Thanks for the input.
I will be posting images here in the near future.
Rob
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New Member
Canada
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  There are some coins in this collection which I have no idea what they are. This one is an example. It is average 28 milometers in diameter.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Stick around here for a while and accumulate enough posts to make yourself a person that can sell right here.
just carl
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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