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United States
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As above. I was left a big jar full of old coins such as: 1905 Indian Head penny,many silver dollars (1923,1922,1900,) 1959,1953, etc, half dollars, 1925, etc dimes, rolls of old nickles. Was wondering where is the best, easiest place to find their worth? |
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Moderator
 United States
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 to the Community! NumisMedia is a good place to start for seeing retail values, but there is a lot more to it than just matching a date to a price. You need to learn how to grade the coins. You also have to know your market. A coin dealer will give you a lot less than a buyer on ebay might. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Build a composite of sources. Books are a start but need to be modified, usually downward. ebay is a good source. Local shops help. Experts will be along shortly. |
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United States
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Oh, I should have mentioned the Red Book. This is a must, I think, for any new collector of US coins. The prices tend to be on the high side (and out of date), but the other information in excellent. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Books are the best source, but you can mail me the jar for $50! I'll even pay shipping!
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United States
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I certainly hope you were just being funny, because that would be outside of the forum rules.  |
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New Member
 United States
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What's sad is that my dad had alzheimers and was using these coins like modern day coins! So who knows what's out there. I know he had more than what is in this jar.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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And as jbuck said |
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Valued Member
United States
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Go to ebay and filter by SOLD items. This is by far the best way to get current, real world values of what coins are selling for. I find that the books all tend to over value coins compared to what you can actually buy and sell them for. |
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Firstly, we have the inherited primer at https://goccf.com/t/167629Secondly, we have this term called "Junk silver". Junk Silver sounds kind of ugly but what it means is a silver coin is not a prime example of what you are looking for for a coin but it is made of silver so it's intristic value is above its face value and that is all it's worth. Here is a guide to the price of silver coins http://www. (124) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed .com/unitedstates/ Alot of silver coins however are worth more as a numismatic (collector) piece then just the silver price. Use this as a minimum price if you will. Thirdly, you have the " Red Book". This is a book that covers the standard price of USA coins based on age and condition. Fourthly a book will not buy a coin. You can look up sold listings on ebay to see what people actually paid for these coins in the past. Add up the top 10 sold search results and divide by 10. That should give you a good idea of what you can get for the coin. I hope this helps. |
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New Member
United States
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Thank you very much everyone. Lot of good info to help me get started!!
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Valued Member
United States
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Based on my limited experience so far, I have to say that ebay has given me the best idea of the actual market value for coins. As much as I love "Coins" Magazine and " Coin World" I have found their prices to be too far under the current market demand. The Red Book, even more so. And that is taking into account the added cost of purchasing graded coins from NGC or PCGS. |
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