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 Posted 06/11/2014  07:17 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add danishcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello everyone.

This is my first post here, and to explain my situation; my granddad recently asked me to see what I could find out about his coin collection. I have now spent a long while looking up these coins on coinquest and other online resources.

Now at this point, I'm feeling a bit stuck on how to actually go about grading the quality of the coins, and where to sell them. Doesn't seem to be as much of a rush in coin collection as I had expected, and especially not in old danish or greenlandish currency.

A few other coins, such as 1922/1923 liberty silver dollars, seem to be more popular.

So first question would be: How does coin collectors generally go about selling/buying coins?

Second question: How do I estimate a realistic price? It seems to fluctuate wildly from each resource I've checked.

Does banknote collection go under coin collection, or is that a seperate branch as well? And if so, can someone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks in advance for help.
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 Posted 06/11/2014  07:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fuzzy317 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This link is about inherited coins, many of the issues may apply

---> inherited
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 Posted 06/11/2014  07:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add danishcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Okay, I've read through that and is now in the middle of compiling a list. I'll be back some time later with it. Thank you for your expedient reply.
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 Posted 06/11/2014  08:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add peter1234 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Produce good pictures and sell on ebay.
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Do BIN after researching
Put on Danish ebay.Get your books.
Why not post pictures here and get comments...we are not all crooks....well a few.
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 Posted 06/11/2014  09:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add danishcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I've compiled a list of the coins that I've been led to believe after some internet searching on each individual type of coin. Some (like the swedish gold coin) I'm sure is worth a fair bit, the rest I'm less certain about. Would be great with some extra opinions before I approach a coin dealer, so I know what I'm doing, at least to some degree.

I will produce pictures of any/all coins upon request, but i'd rather not completely flood the forum with pictures from the get-go, especially considering how new I am.

Also, there are quite a lot more coins, which I've pretty much already dismissed as useless (like franc from just before france switched to Euros, modern british coins etc.. Feel free to ask about the rest in case I did overlook something.)

Edit: I have updated the lists details according to Matteproof's comments. Thank you for correcting me.

Swedish coins:

1, Oscar II, 20 kr., 1884, gold, Mint condition (zero scratches or dents. still shine like a mirror)

1, 1949, TvÃ¥ Ã-re, Mint mark is a tiny viking ship?

US coins:

2, 1922 and 1923, Peace Silver Dollar, Good condition (all thin lines etc. intact. not much shine though. smudge on one of them

(reddish. assuming washable mush, not miscoloring)), '22 have no mint mark, '23 have S mint mark.

2, 1972 and 1974, Ike Silver Dollar, Great condition (all details intact, most shine intact), One of the planets are apparently a

Type 2? (islands dipping down to the left instead of right), Mint mark is FC?

4, 1967, 1971, 1991 and 1997, Washington quarter Dollar, Decent conditions (1967 have little shine left, but details are still mostly intact), '67 have no mint mark, '74 have a round dot as mint mark?, '91 and '97 D Mint mark.

1, 1964, Liberty Five Cents, Okay condition (still shines, but details on building/hair seems worn off), D mint mark.

5, 1977, 1981, 1990. 1998 x 2, Roosevelt One Dime, Okay condition (Probably circulated, but no details worn off, and '81 and '90

seems especially strongly marked on reverse side), '90 P Mint mark, all others D Mint Mark.

6, 1980-1997, Lincoln One Cent, 1980 no mint mark, all others D mint mark.


Danish Coins:

1, 1925, Christian X, 2 Kroner, Good condition, HCN(heart) GJ. marks.

2, 1925 and 1929, Christian x, 1 Krone, Good Condition, '25 are HCN(heart) GJ marks, '29 are N(heart) GJ marks.

5, 1928 x 3, 1937 and 1940, Christian X, 5 Øre, Decent condition, GJ (on front), (heart) N (on reverse) marks.

2, 1927 and 1931, Christian x, 2 Øre, Good Condition, '27 have (heart)HCN mint marks, '31 have (heart)N mint marks.

2, 1949 x 2, RF IX 25 Øre, Good and Bad conditions, N(heart)B mint marks.

1, 1969, Frederik IX 5 Kroner, Decent condition. C(heart)B mint marks.


British Coins:

1, 1985, Elizabeth II One Pound Coin, PLEIDIOL WYF I'm GWLAD (cross) along the rim. Reverse face is Leek and Crown (which I belive

is a slightly rarer proofing issue coin of the normal common coin?), O.K. Condition (Clearly circulated, but not miscolored, still

have a bit of shine, and Reverse Side (pretty one) is very well preserved), D-G-REG-F-D markings. If that's not Mint mark, then no

mint mark.


Italian Coins:

2, 1957 and 1959, 100 Lire coins, Great condition, R mint mark.

2, 1955 x 2, 50 Lire coins, Great condition, R mint mark.


German Coins:

1, 1949, Bank Deutcher Länder (not bundesrepublik deutchland), 10 pfennig, Decent Condition, Mint mark D

1, 1963, Bundesrepublik Deutchland, 1 Deutcher Mark, Good condition, Mint mark F.


Spanish Coins:

1, 1957, Francisco Franco, 5 PTAS, Great condition (no missing details, star number and banner text clear), Star number is 75, no

mint mark apparent.


French Coins:

1, 1944, Double Bladed Axe reverse side, 1 Franc, Good condition, mint mark is a B and an L written together into one symbol.
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06/11/2014 11:35 am
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2, 1922 and 1923, Liberty Silver Dollar, Good condition (all thin lines etc. intact. not much shine though. smudge on one of them
(reddish. assuming washable mush, not miscoloring)), Mint mark (under her neck, right?) seems to be like 2 capital A's leaning......

What you have isn't called a Liberty Silver dollar. You probably have a Peace dollar (which were minted in years including 1922 and 1923).

What you are seeing under Liberty's neck, which should look like an AF, is actually the monogram of the designer, Anthony Di Francisci.

The mintmark should be under "ONE" and next to the tail feather of the eagle on the reverse, if any. There would be a D for Denver, an S for San Francisco, or none for Philadelphia.


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......, Mint mark is FC?

What you are seeing there is the designer, Frank Gasparro's intials, FG.
The mintmark, if present, would be under the neck of Ike and right above the date; a D, S, or no mintmark for Philadelphia.


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4, 1967, 1971, 1991 and 1997, Liberty Quarter Dollar, Decent conditions (1967 have little shine left, but details are still mostly intact), '67 have no mint mark, '74 have a round dot as mint mark?, '91 and '97 D Mint mark.

What you have there isn't a Liberty quarter dollar; they are Washington quarter dollars (quarters), bearing the US's first president, Washington's bust.
The no mint mark means Philadelphia, and it is the same case for almost every US coin. The D stands for Denver. The round dot you are seeing should be a smushed "D" mint mark.


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5, 1977, 1981, 1990. 1998 x 2, Liberty One Dime...

Again, not every US coin is called "Liberty (denomination)." Liberty seems to be an important virtue in the US, but that doesn't mean that all their coins are called that way.
You have some Roosevelt dimes, bearing the face of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.


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6, 1980-1997, Bronze? One Cent, 1980 no mint mark, all others D mint mark.

No, no bronze composition. What you have are some Lincoln cents, depicting the bust of Lincoln, the 16th US president.
They are made out of 97.5% Zinc and 2.5% Copper (copper plated).
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It's also worth mentioning that the Ikes aren't necessarily "silver" dollars. If when viwed from the edge, you can see a copper color, then they're clad like all the bulk of modern U.S. coinage, and in that cse, like the quarters and dimes you list (as well as the nickel and cents) are basically worth their face value. If the Ikes are really as nice as you say, maybe there'd be a slight premium.

The Peace dollars you have, while 90% silver, are common dates and would have to be in extraordinry condition to command more than the 15x face value that dealers here in the U.S. typically pay for them (that of course, being somewhat less than what they subsequently retail for).
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 Posted 06/11/2014  11:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add danishcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@Lucky Cuss: When held and looked at from the side, the two Ike dollars seem to have a quite different gleam to them, so I'm guessing one would be silver, while the other isn't? Also, I read at some other side, that some of the Ike's have different arrangements with the islands on the planet. Will an atypical display there change the coin value in any significant way?

Edit: (To not double-post) Also, does anyone know what this is?

Requesting-Help-To-Appraise-And-Sell-Older-Coin-Collection.

It's a gold?(shining like it, and no dents/scratches in the rim seem to become a different color, and no discoloring in the hole for the ring for the strap either) necklace piece, resembling a coin with an added tap for tying it up. Internet search have revealed next to nothing.

Face reads: Prize Medal For Jewellers Trust In God.
Reverse reads: 1925

The reason I ask here is because it were found along with some other old coins and stamps.
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I think at this juncture, pictures of at least the reverses and edges of the Ikes would be very helpful. There's a high relief variant of the 1972 clad Ike that is scarce. Also, be aware that if one of the Ikes is silver, that'd only be to the tune of 40%.
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That piece is probably a gold jewelry piece.
The design (terribly) imitates the British gold sovereign coin. This one is probably a jewelry piece made by jewelers to use as pendants, attachment to a necklace, bracelet, etc.
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Hi Danishcoins - welcome to the Forum!

The 1985 British pound coin you describe is the normal circulation issue and is only worth face value. These coins were all struck at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, South Wales, and have no mintmark.

The French 1944 aluminium one franc sounds like the standard Paris Mint issue which is of very little value. The letters 'LB' are actually the initials of the designer, Lucien Bazor. This coin does indeed exist with B and C mintmarks (for Beaumont-le-Roger and Castelsarrasin), but these would be located to the left of the axe.

The German, Italian and Spanish coins sound to me like fairly common pre-Euro coins, but I am sure that one of the CCF experts can give further details. I certainly used to spend a lot of 1957 (*75) 5-peseta coins when I lived over there in the early 1980s - the '75' in the star is actually the year of issue - the 1957 date under Franco's head never changed from year to year.
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@Lucky_Cuss: Is there an alternative to the 100kb upload limit here? Hard to make images giving an honest depiction with the low image quality required to go below 100kb... Also, you're right that they probably aren't silver. Just realized what you meant by "looking at it from the side", and noticed both have a broad copper-colored band around the edge. What do you mean by "High relief variant"?

@Matteproof: It's not that bad honestly. Just looks pretty smushed with the minimal picture quality allowed here. But thanks, you're most likely right, especially considering the double 'l' in the 'jewellers' on the coin.

@NimusRob: Thank you! Very well, a shame, but at least I know now. Thanks for the clarification. Read somewhere else that the 1-pounders were a common coin, but a couple of reverse faces were different and semi-rare, with a bit of silver in it. I guess I was misinformed.
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@danishcoins:
I did not mean that the jewelry piece itself was terrible; the poor execution of the original coin's design on the jewelry piece is what I called terrible.
http://www.goldsovereigns.co.uk/for...georgev.html
compare the jewelry piece to the real deal. You'll see what I mean.
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@Matteproof: Ah right, yeah I see what you mean. Yeah the imagery on the jewelry piece is both detailed and pretty, but it sure falls short of the british gold sovereign. I guess it's just a curious novelty piece in the end.
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Hi danishcoins - another collector from Denmark here! I also got one of these "prize medal for jewellery" in a batch of old inherited coins from my great-grandmother. I did some tests and had people look at it - mine is not solid gold, but is plated in a thin layer of gold. You can see it at this link
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Is there an alternative to the 100kb upload limit here?


I use http://www.photobucket.com (free account) just drag and drop into libraries you create if you want to sort, then once the photos are uploaded, you can select them and click the direct link (copies automatically), use the "reply to link" instead of the quick reply button at the bottom of any post, then click the little square that looks like an image icon, paste your link from photo bucket in between the tags, or alternatively just use these tags around the image link you paste into a reply or post:

[img*]PASTE_YOUR_LINK HERE[*/img]

OMIT the * - I had to put them in above to show the tags, otherwise it won't show as I have no actual link inserted

Here is how it looks when I post a large photo bucket image here in the CCF forum

Requesting-Help-To-Appraise-And-Sell-Older-Coin-Collection.

NOTE-the image above is also clickable, which CCF opens the full size image in a new window.

See also the tutorial here, specifically the photo bucket section.
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...g-images.asp
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