Getting Opinions On Grade And Value Here On CCF

Are these U.S. or world coins?

Most people prefer one coin per post.

True but if you have several that you would like to post to ask something like "Is there anything I need to look for in these?", that would OK as well. You may also post a list by demonitation the years you have, then members can help you zero in on years with varieties.

Morgans and Peace dollars? Paging SSuperDDave....

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There.... fixed that for you!

This is what I would do. I would pick a coin(your favorite?), Look at PCGS Photograde and grade it youyrself. Keep that grade in mind and post a pic of your coin, asking what would others grade it. You can keep your grade to yourself or say " I think it is ..........." See how close you get. Ask why you thought it was this.....and they thought it was that...... Pick another coin, do the same thing. After a while you will be spot on with everyone else.

We are here to learn, share, and eventually help/teach others. People will soon tire of a barrage of coins from you and start to feel they are doing all your work for you. But if you attempt to learn, coin by coin and show people your progress, firstly you won't have to show ALL your coins, secondly you will feel comfortable and confident at grading your own coins.

There are lots of easier methods to evaluate large amounts of coins rather than photoing each one and posting anywhere.
For example make a list of what you have and look up similar ones on ebay.
Get a copy of the Red Book by Whitman Publishing and look up what you have.
Back to making a list of your coins and then go to a web site like Numismedia or the PCGS web sites for their listing of prices on coins.
Send all your coins to me and I'll tell you what you just lost.
Take them all to a local coin store and get the lowest possible value of all of them.
If you have an idea of what you have you could list what you think is the most valuable ones on this forum. There is a special place for gussing grades. I'd suggest that if you have a large amount of coins. If you know more of the dates and their approximate mintages, you could sort of know which is worth your time. Many think they have valuable coins only to find they are not so valuable.

Carl is good for that. Read his posts carefully.

If you've a series of identical coins to post for opinion - same issue - it would be my preference (and I think within the membership's tolerance) for you to post two or maybe three in the same thread. My thinking is, every thread you post bumps somebody else's thread off the first page of that forum, and I would prefer to see the membership economize individual threads for that reason. It's a known phenomenon that most people won't click onto the second page of a given forum even if the first page is all posts from the same day.