(Mostly) US Coin Collection Values?

to CCF! start with your #7...the large cents

For the silver, unless the coin is in spectacular shape or is a particularly rare one, the value is about 18 times face value.

Pictures would help.

I agree, pictures can help alot.

I would say without a doubt the bank roll of Kennedy halves is the most valuable item.
Around $200 in silver

Sorry to hear about the passing of your mother.
Welcome to this site!

I help buy and sell coins, gold and silver at least 4 days a week.

If you came into the coin shop, I help out in,
we would give you these amounts .. all prices are for average to lower grade coins .. if they are in better condition then the prices would be higher.


1. 1926 Quarter Dollar ($5.00)
2. 1886, 1892, and 1897 Indian Head Pennies ( .40 each)
3. 1944 and 1945 Mercury dimes ($1.80 each)
4. 1922, 1923, and 1924 Peace dollars ($20.00 each)
5. 2004 Silver Eagle Dollar (Uncirculated Proof) ($55.00)
6. 1899 and 1921 Morgan silver dollars ($20.00 each)
7. 1839 and 1843 Pennies($3.00 each if very low grade)
8. Two uncirculated 1964 JFK Half-Dollers, in cases with his birth and death date ($9.00 each)
9. A bank roll of twenty 1964 JFK Half-Dollers, which I don't believe have been circulated. ($180.00)
10. A full mint set of coins from 1961 ($16.00 if 5 coin set)
11. Lincoln Wheat Pennies from 1928, 1940, and 1946(.02 each)

This situation comes up frequently. And I always say the following. Attempt to do one of the many possible things that should be done with these situations.
1. Purchase a Red Book by Whitman Publishing. And remember that the prices shown are the highest possible price a coin sells for by dealers, not you.
2. Not knowing your family, make sure there are other members of the family present anytime any of the coins are being looked at or evaluated.
3. Ask every member of the family involved if they want to collect coins or just get rid of them
4. Ask every member involved if you could possibly buy the entire collection and if so, at what price.
5. DO NOT take those coins to a coin store for an appraisal. Chances are you would get ripped off know you know so little of coins.
6. IF and when it is decided to split up the collection, decide on if by coin value or numismatic valeu.

Now here is the warming I try to really make people listen to. FROM EXPERIANCE, I've found this sort of situation creates a lot, and I mean lots, of bad, bad feelings. In some instances it breaks up close ties. Everyone wonders if you pocketed some of the more valuaable coins. Many will whisper about conspiraciese in the values. It usually pops up later as how those coins could have been sold for ten times more if someone knew what they were doing. How many of the real valuable coins landed in your pockets. Is another family member in on this? And it goes on and on like this for sometimes years. And too, some family members never speak to each other again.
Take your time and remember to always have others with you when doing anything with those coins.

Very, very unfortunately I say what I said from a really poor family experience. Not me directly but on my Mother's side. Prior to what happened, all thought everyone was the greatest of relatives. It all happened when my grandparents passes away and left land, houses, barnes, live stock and cash. So who gets what? No will, many family members. Ended up in courts for so long, property taxes went unpaid, attorneys fees needed payments and on and on until NOTHING was left. And all because everyone wanted it all.
A distant family member used to collect just coins in jars. I asked if I could look through them and was given a real lot of just coins. After several days of looking and finding nothing, I gave them all back and said take them to a bank. That was about ten years ago and to this day I still hear "Just how much did you get from all the ones you kept?"
Sometimes the more you know someone, the less you know about them.