Inherited Canadian Coin Collection

If your do not need to sell them , hang on to them, go through them ,and do some research, The folks on here can help you a lot if you post coins

I am near Phoenix, Arizona

Value is highly dependent on grade in the case of your silver dollars. Grade is highly dependent on how much wear, marks, or lack thereof are on the coins. Coins directly from the mint often have marks on them since, as they were being stamped, they dropped in on top of the other coins that ha just been made, thereby making marks.

A coin entirely free from wear is called "Mint State." The more lacking in detracting marks, the more value. The higher the MS number assigned to the coin when grading, the less marks there are. MS70 is perfection.

There recently was a link put on this forum by a member to help grade Canadian coins by looking at pictures. It might be able to give you an idea, but admittedly, I found did not see how the one pic of an MS63 n that site looked different than their MS66. However, the difference in prices for most coins in MS66 can be a great difference than an MS66.

http://www.saskatooncoinclub.ca/art...i_coins.html

Posting good pics here, people will be willing to help you get an idea of the grade.

Also - only handle these coins by the edges. Finger oils will ruin the luster on the surfaces. Whatever you do, don't equate the word "shiny" with value either. A lot of people totally ruin any value a coin has by thinking if they polish it up, collectors will pay more. Nothing is further from the truth. A cleaned coin is seen as an altered coin.

No dealer in Canada would pay more than bullion for the 1964 1$. However, there is a variety which would have some premium for specialists. That would be the "missing dot in the TS (designer's initials)" variety.

Does anyone know what this is? The year is 1867 and I think it says "10" above it.

@MoniL, that is a 10 centesimi from Italy. Value in that condition is only about 10 cents. You should not really introduce another unrelated topic in this thread. Perhaps the moderators can move it?

Well, I have had a few "collectors" look at the coins here in Arizona and I am still not sure what I have or don't have. One gentleman offered to buy the whole collection as he was sure I have a"tombac" that was worth $500-$1000... there are not alot of places to go in Arizona to have the collection evaluated/appraised.