Posted 05/18/2021 5:02 pm
I'm sure there are, but I can't recommend any because I'm not familiar with any of them. you can internet search "coin collection appraisal sacramento ca" and then call some of the businesses that it identifies and explain what you have and see about their fees for an appraisal, whether it's for sale, for insurance value, or for an estate value.
I'm gonna be real with you though, a collection appraisal is charged by the hour and the rate isn't cheap and it adds up, so really you'd want to do the sorting and organizing first, and sort them by like the below example, and do not mix different coin types. stick to one type per.
Cents
Lincoln, Memorial Reverse
Lincoln, Wheat Reverse
Indian cents 1880 to 1909
Indian cents prior to 1880
Flying Eagle cents
Large Cents 1793-1857
and so on, anything you don't know or can't find, or world coins, same thing, organize. you want it really organized, if they are in albums or binders or plastic lens sets, leave them there. if stuff is rolled up in coin wrappersleave it as it, separated by baggies or something, coin tubes, different jars, whatever, it's at least some sort of organization.
Another thing, the more of this you do yourself, the less you need to take for appraisal to them and the less time it will take to do it and it will reduce the cost. you could buy a RedBook which will give you a ball park, or look them up on ebay sold listings once you know common name/date and mintmark, then you can rule out the coins that aren't worth bothering with due to low values or poor conditions.
A dealer doing an appraisal has no problem charging you $40-$60-$80 an hour and shuffling thorough thousands of wheat cents looking for a single gem 1909-S VDB for a week.
Just being real, if you bring a jumbled mass of coins in a pile, they will need to sort it, then begin to go over them to identify anything of value and then determine grade and value for it and give it back to you making some sort of sense. On the opposite side though, they may not even want to deal with a mess of jumbled up loose coins and tell you to take your change jar out of their store. it could go either way, if you are going for an appraisal they really expect it to look like it has value and they aren't doing treasure hunting for you so the more work you dump on them, the more it's going to cost you in fees, if they decide to do it.
In summation, you'd really want to be sure the cost for what is getting appraised is likely to be worth it. you also might want to take some coins to certain dealers in the area, and others to other dealers, because some have specialties in certain areas that others don't have.
With a few resources for information, some organizing and some time, you can narrow it down to a few items and separate the wheat from the chaff, and have a general idea what it may be worth all on your own for free. and if something doesn't make sense or needs explaining, or needs looking at, forums like this one has free advice from people and free opinions. :) take them with a grain of salt though, as the saying goes "what do you expect for free?" hahaha
I'm gonna be real with you though, a collection appraisal is charged by the hour and the rate isn't cheap and it adds up, so really you'd want to do the sorting and organizing first, and sort them by like the below example, and do not mix different coin types. stick to one type per.
Cents
Lincoln, Memorial Reverse
Lincoln, Wheat Reverse
Indian cents 1880 to 1909
Indian cents prior to 1880
Flying Eagle cents
Large Cents 1793-1857
and so on, anything you don't know or can't find, or world coins, same thing, organize. you want it really organized, if they are in albums or binders or plastic lens sets, leave them there. if stuff is rolled up in coin wrappersleave it as it, separated by baggies or something, coin tubes, different jars, whatever, it's at least some sort of organization.
Another thing, the more of this you do yourself, the less you need to take for appraisal to them and the less time it will take to do it and it will reduce the cost. you could buy a RedBook which will give you a ball park, or look them up on ebay sold listings once you know common name/date and mintmark, then you can rule out the coins that aren't worth bothering with due to low values or poor conditions.
A dealer doing an appraisal has no problem charging you $40-$60-$80 an hour and shuffling thorough thousands of wheat cents looking for a single gem 1909-S VDB for a week.
Just being real, if you bring a jumbled mass of coins in a pile, they will need to sort it, then begin to go over them to identify anything of value and then determine grade and value for it and give it back to you making some sort of sense. On the opposite side though, they may not even want to deal with a mess of jumbled up loose coins and tell you to take your change jar out of their store. it could go either way, if you are going for an appraisal they really expect it to look like it has value and they aren't doing treasure hunting for you so the more work you dump on them, the more it's going to cost you in fees, if they decide to do it.
In summation, you'd really want to be sure the cost for what is getting appraised is likely to be worth it. you also might want to take some coins to certain dealers in the area, and others to other dealers, because some have specialties in certain areas that others don't have.
With a few resources for information, some organizing and some time, you can narrow it down to a few items and separate the wheat from the chaff, and have a general idea what it may be worth all on your own for free. and if something doesn't make sense or needs explaining, or needs looking at, forums like this one has free advice from people and free opinions. :) take them with a grain of salt though, as the saying goes "what do you expect for free?" hahaha
You have a good resource right here. I trust the info found on this forum more than the "professional" companies by far.
