Value Of Collection

Hi, you could get Charlton's Catalogue for Canadian Coins to determine value of your collection.
That book has a good diagnostic for the '82 SB, since it's rather hard to describe the difference.
If you can post a clear photo of QE II's portrait/crown area, I should be able to tell you.

Wow - they sure let you marry young up north!

If I were to get insurance through my homeowners insurance I was going to have to list EVERY coin and value that I had with them. Can you imagine having to update that list every week?

I am a member of ANA and through them I was able to get insurance on my coins from Hugh Woods, Inc. I got $10,000 insurance for $50 per year. The only thing I have to register with them is if I have an individual item that is valued over $1000. All you have to do is maintain an inventory of your coins.

This is how I keep my inventory -
I scan my coins and upload them to a website. That way, if my house burns down, or my house is robbed and they take my computer, I've got the inventory. Its easy to update - before I put a coin in my collection, I scan it and upload it.
The other thing that is nice about that - if I am away from home and I see a coin I might want - I can get on-line and check and see if I already have the coin, or see its condition to know if I need to upgrade.

The other thing that is nice about this, is I don't have to go through and estimate the value of all of my coins, and update the values as the market changes.

If I were to ever have to make a claim, I would then go through and figure out how much everything was worth, but until that happens, I don't even have to worry about it. The only thing I do have to worry about is if I have more or less than $10,000.

I found this on the CNA website:

http://www.canadian-numismatic.org/insurance.php

carol..? your getting married?
your 13!
is that legal?

I am getting ready to insure my collection also. I had mine on my renter insurance threw my car insurance company. We just bought a house and our car insurance company called and said they couldn't insure the coins anymore since we owned. Our home owners insurance company is sending us out a form for insuring my collection along with our other collectibles. Wonder what they are going to want as proof of owning them all?

BTW, ringtail might be older then 13 years old. My profile showed I was 11 till I caught it a couple weeks ago. Be nice to go back to 1963 with what I know now. If we only knew then.