Greetings! How Do I Sell My Mother's Coin Colection?

Darryl,
First, segregate the collection/accumulation by denomination.
Second, post each denomination separately.
In this way the members can begin to help you.

This will take time, but we can all work it out.

WE CARE!

Here are a couple of sites that will help grade your coins and give you a rough idea of value.

http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/

http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml

and to CCF

Thanks Dave.

JJHFL, it's been months since I pulled it out and went through it but here's what I remember from things I could identify:
Several Mercury Head Dimes - all very worn
3"x3"x3" box of wheat pennys
A Morgan dollar
Several books of pennys, nickels dimes and quarters
About 5-10 proof sets in plastic cases from the 80s
several what look like proofs from the same era but these are in sealed plastic sleeves instead of the hard plastic cases.

Does that help at all?

Thanks again for the help
Darryl

I wouldn't suggest that you buy any software unless the collection is extensive like a thousand coins. Buy a copy of RedBook and see if any of the coins are valuable. Perhaps post pictures of any that are valuable or those you have questions about. This is a great community of helpful collectors willing to assist you.

Unfortuately selling coins is not an easy task. Coins are and should be usually considered a hobby, not an investment. Buying coins is sort of like buying a car. You pay one price and if you attempted to turn around and sell it the next day you'ld find you've lost a lot of money. Basically similar with coins. Trying to find a place to sell them is no easy task. First of all you really should know what you have and that means looking up conditions, dates, mint marks, errors, values and on and on. And to take to a dealer also is a bit scarry since they don't know yuou and you don't know them. If you know how to use ebay, might be the best way to go but again, you have to know what you are selling.

Hi tdarryI93. First off, I am very sorry to hear of your illness. you will be in our thoughts and prayers as you go through this time in your life. Second, where are you located? Perhaps one of the community members can point you in a more expedient and geographic way to help you out. I for one always love going through other people's coins!!