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Hold on to the buffalo dimes; they might be worth something. Just kidding. Along with the good suggestion that you can find most everything you need in the Red Book, you will find that there are good online photographic grading guides. Here's the one at PCGS. They also have resources to check current price trends once you have a rough idea of the grade of your coin. http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/ |
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Centsei it took me a moment because I had no idea I typed Buffalo dimes in my original post WOW that's pretty embarrassing; great first post this was ha ha.
Thanks so much for that website I feel it's going to come in handy.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Remember although the Red Book is a great source for history, mintages,and other facts, the values listed are unrealistic. They have always been high, and I have been doing this since 1968. I remember as a kid seeing the value the book was telling me and getting excited. The I visited a coin shop! I like the Red Book for in-hand information and an educational source - its great. but I also don't buy it every year like I used to when starting out. Currently I use ebay sold auctions and numismedia.com where they list current market values. Since the Red Book is printed, they cannot keep updating all year long, and I think this may contribute to their high values being listed. |
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The Sacagawea dollars are almost certainly just worth face value. "Platinum" (or "Gold") State Quarters are coins that were plated outside the mint and have no collector value. You might be able to get more than face value if you offer the sets on ebay but no knowledgeable collector is likely to touch them. After you check for any key dates among the silver dimes, quarters, and halves you can either shop them out to get the highest price at shops or maybe a coin show, or you can hang onto them in hopes that the silver spot price will go up. Their value is almost entirely based on silver price. The silver dollars will be valued higher but as noted your list does not include any better dates. If you have US Mint proof sets (as opposed to private-party sets like the platinum quarters) keep them intact and get what you can for them, maybe on ebay. They should bring more than face, perhaps considerably more if you have any sets containing silver coins. Good luck! Hopefully the Coin Bug will bite and we will see you come back to the forum as a collector! |
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Unless the Sac dollars are the infamous "Cheerio Dollar" (google it)
Can you post a picture of the 1919 S and the unknown dated one? The 1919S is a bit of a better date, the only date of all the stuff that you listed that really screamed at me.
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Nice 1891o Morgan, but then I do have a passion for that date LOL
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Earle42; thanks for the help. I've definitely used ebay sold auctions as a reference for a few things especially the colorized quarters and platinum quarters and all those..assorted things haha. Jaobler; yea they just look interesting enough to catch the eye of someone like..who I inherited these from I suppose. Hopefully I'll be able to sell some on ebay for a little over face value at least. I just got done separating all the silver assortment but I haven't dated anything yet; saving that project for tomorrow. LOTS of things to go through so I'll be back with another list if you want to check back. I do have a few US Mint proof sets in this lot. I do enjoy Coins! They are some of my favorite collectibles besides model kits and such so I'll be around! CoinHuntingDrew; attached are the 1919 S and unknown date Liberties. I believe the unknown date is a 1918 D getting a better look at it through the camera. 91o_collector Haha that's awesome! What's the story about that date for you?     |
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Pillar of the Community
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Even with no rare or key dates, you still have pretty substantial value here. The Morgan and Peace dollars (you have almost 50 of those) are worth $1000+ if you sold them yourself on ebay based on recent prices. The Walker halves are easily worth another $500 or more. That's real money there. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Careful going to a coin shop to sell, they'll take your lunch money.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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Careful going to a coin shop to sell, they'll take your lunch money.  The majority of coin dealers are fairly honest but there are many who are not. Be careful. Make sure you have a rough idea of what you have before you entertain offers to sell. |
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Stay far away from Pawn Shops even though some say they are coin dealers. Many of these so-called coin dealers you see now are just gold and silver dealers. Now is a pretty good time to buy gold and silver and a bad time to sell. Silver has sold for $3 an ounce and $50 an ounce in past 30 years. Gold prices are so volatile it is amazing. As late as 2011-2012 it was selling for much more than now. Unless you really need the money now I might just hold onto your silver coins for a better selling time unless they are rare coins with their own value way in access of silver prices. I bought a bunch of Sterling Silver in 2002 with dumb intent of flipping it. If I had held onto it I would have had many opportunities to make a real profit. I don't see the coins now as an investment but more of a challenge and hobby.
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