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gerald brown New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 9:56 pm I have a collection that includes every penny from 1857-2008. total is 358 pennies. what should I do first, should I get an appraisal or just sell to highest bidder on ebay? Report this Post to the Staff

halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 10:17 pm Short answer: get an appraisal. I know it's tempting to throw it up on ebay and be done with it, but there is no way you will realize as much without knowing more about what you have...It sounds like a fantastic collection, I know we would love to see more of it and could provide an informal evaluation and some advice on how best to have it valued and to break up (lot) the items so that you can realize the most if you decide to go the ebay route. I don't know what your ebay experience is, but if you don't want to be disappointed I don't recommend just selling the whole collection at once. Lots of very knowledgeable and experienced people on this board who will be willing to help however they (we) can. Welcome! Report this Post to the Staff
andy21us New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 10:23 pm Having a collect appraised is very time consuming and depending on the size may be very costly. How many coins are in your collect other then the cents and what denomination? ebay can be your best bet, but you do need to know a ballpark of the value so you can get your best price. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 11:15 pm Dop you have an approximate for the grades of the older coins ? 1857-1960 most of the cents past that unless they are very high grade do not demand a great deal of premium ,but the earlier ones dependant on the dates mint marks and grades could be pretty spendy in todays market , especially if you have the 1909-s VDB and the 1909-S the 1914-D and the 1922 no D coins there are others in the wheat series that carry a nice premium also ,,and then in the indians the 1908-S and 1909-S as well as the holy grail of the indians the 1877 . Report this Post to the Staff
1954siel Valued Member United States 77 Posts	Posted 07/27/2008 07:43 am Id say right off the bat you would get over $1000, especially if you have the rare ones in good condition like metalman listed above Report this Post to the Staff
gerald brown New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 07/27/2008 2:24 pm This is what I have Page 1 Row 1: 1857 Flying Eagles 1858 small letters 1858 large letters Row 2: 1859 1860 1861 1862 Row 3: 1863 1864 no L 1865 1866 Row 4: 1867 1868 1869 1870 Row 5: 1871 Page 2 Row 1: 1872 1973 closed 3 1874 1875 Row 2: 1876 1877 1878 1879 Row 3: 1880 1881 1882 1883 Row 4: 1884 1885 1886 1887 Row 5: 1888 1889 1890 1891 Page 3 Row 1: 1892 1893 1894 1895 Row 2: 1896 1897 1898 1899 Row 3: 1900 1901 1902 1903 Row 4: 1904 1905 1906 1907 Row 5: 1908 1908-S(key date) 1909 1909-S (key) Page 4 Row 1: 1909 1909 VDB 1909-S 1909-S VDB(PCGS VG10) Row 2: 1910 1910-S 1911 1911-D Row 3: 1911-S (key) 1912 1912-D 1912-S Row 4: 1913 1913-D 1913-S 1914 Row 5: 1914-D 1914-S 1915 1915-D Page 5 Row 1: 1915-S 1916 1916-D 1916-S Row 2: 1917(PCGS F12)1917-D 1917-S Row 3: 1918 1918-D 19180S 1919 Row 4: 1919-D 1919-S 1920 1920-D Row 5: 1920-S 1921 1921-S 1922(no D plain PCGS F15) Page 6 Row 1: 1922-D 1923 1923-S 1924 Row 2: 1924-D 1924-S 1925 1925-D Row 3: 1915-S 1926 1926-D 1926-S Row 4: 1927 1927-D 1927-S 1928 Row 5: 1928-D 1928-S 1929 1929-D Page 7 Row 1: 1929-S 1930 1930-D 1930-S Row 2: 1931 1931-D 1931-S(key) 1932 Row 3: 1932-D 1933 1933-D 1934 Row 4: 1934-D 1935 1935-D 1935-S Row 5: 1936 1936-D 1936(key D/DO) 1936-S Page 8 Row 1: 1937 1937-D 1937-S 1938 Row 2: 1938-D 1938-S 1939 1939-D Row 3: 1939-S 1940 1940-D 1940-S Row 4: 1941 1941-D 1941-S 1942 Row 5: 1942-D 1942-S 1943(Steel) 1943-D(Steel) Page 9 Row 1: 1943-D(Steel Bold D/DO) 1943-S 1944 1944-D Row 2: 1944(D/S key) 1944-S 1945 1945-D Row 3: 1945-S 1946 1946-D 1946-S Row 4: 1946(S/D key) 1947 1947-D Row 5: 1947-S 1948 1948-D 1948-S Page 10 Row 1: 1949 1949-D 1949-S 1950 Row 2: 1950-D 1950-S 1951 1951-D Row 3: 1951-S 1952 1952-D 1952-S Row 4: 1953 1953-D 1953-S 1954 Row 5: 1954-D 1954 D/D (ANACS MS62 red)1954-S 1955 1955-D Page 11 Row 1: 1955/5 1955-S 1956 Row 2: 1956-D 1957 1957-D 1958 Row 3: 1958-D 1958-D/D ANACS MS64 red) + 1958-DIE ERROR CCGSA AU58 1959 1959D Row 4: 1960(Small D) 1960(Plain Large D)1960-D(Small D)1960-D(Large D) Row 5: 1961 1961-D 1962 1962-D Page 12 Row 1: 1963 1963-D 1964 1964-D(Key rare D/DO) Row 2: 1965 1966 1967 1968 Row 3: 1968-D 1968-S 1968-S(Major Strike Double Liberty nose & chin) 1969 Row 4: 1969-D 1969-S 1969-S(Major Strike Double Liberty) 1970 Row 5: 1970-D 1970(Pr low 7 large date)1970-s (High 7 small date key) 1970-S Page 13 Row 1: 1971 1971-D 1971-S Row 2: 1972 1972-D 1972-S 1972(D/DO PCGS MS63RD) Row 3: 1973 1973-D 1974 Row 4: 1974-D 1974-S 1975 1975-D Row 5: 1975-S(proof) 1976 1976-D 1976-S Page 14 Row 1: 1977 1977-D 1977-S 1978 Row 2: 1978-D 1978-S (Pr) 1979 1979-D Row 3: 1979-S(Pr Clear S) 1979-S(filled S Type 1) 1980 1980-D Row 4: 1980-S(Pr) 1981 1981-D 1981-S(Pr Clear S Type 2 key date) Row 5: 1981-S(Clear filled S Type 1) 1982-D(large date zinc) 1982-D(Small date zinc) 1982 Page 15 Row 1: 1982(Small date zinc) 1982-D(Lge date copper) 1982(Small date copper)1982(Lge date copper) Row 2: 1982-S(Pr) 1983 1983(D/DR Rare) 1983-S(Pr) Row 3: 1983-D 1984 1984(Double Ear) 1984-D Row 4: 1984-S 1985 1985-D 1985-S(Pr) Row 5: 1986 1986-D 1986-S(Pr) 1987 Page 16 Row 1: 1987-D 1987-S(Pr) 1988 1988-D Row 2: 1988-S(Pr) 1989 1989-D 1989-S(Pr) Row 3: 1990 1991-S (Pr-66 Deep Cam) 1991 Row 4: 1991-D 1991-S(Pr-66 Deep Cam) 1991 Row 5: 1992-S(Pr) 1993 1993-D 1993-S(Pr) Page 17 Row 1: 1994 1994-D 1994-S(Pr) 1995 Row 2: 1995-D 1995-S (Pr)1995(D/DO NGC MS67RD) 1996 Row 3: 1996-D 1996-S 1997 1997-D Row 4: 1997-S 1998 1998-D 1998( Wide AM) Row 5: 1998-S 1999 1999-D 1999( Wide AM PCGS MS64RD) Page 18 Row 1: 1999-S (Pr) 2000 2000(key Wide AM key) 2000-D Row 2: 2000-S 2001 2001-D 2001-S Row 3: 2002 2002-D 2002-S 2003 Row 4: 2003-D(key) 2003-S (2003-S Fading 3 error) 2004 2004-D Row 5: 2005-S 2005 2005-D 2005-S (2005-S Fading 5 error) Page 19 Row 1: 2006-P 2006-D 2006 (Pr) 2007 Row 2: 2007-S Report this Post to the Staff
SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 04:59 am WOW!.. You seem to have all the keys and semi-keys, nice collection. Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 09:20 am Yes, that is an awesome list of dates and I'd love to see some pics, it's quite likely that you'll get the most for them overall by breaking up the collection and selling the keys separately, but it's impossible to give an overall estimate without knowing more... for example, which reverse is the 1922-no D? That will make a huge difference in estimating/appraising. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 11:16 am If your serious about selling the entire collection you should really sit down and estimate what you have monitarily. Get yourself a Red Book as a starter. Most prices are on the high side but will give you an idea. Make a list with possibly prices for each coin and then just add it up. Remember that you will probably only get about 75% of what you think or estimate. If there are any coin stores in the area you may want to try having them estimate the collections value. Just don't say it's for selling, just for insurance purposes or they will give you the lowest prices imaginable. For insurance purposes they would probably go about 25% more than actual in value. Probably the best thing to do is sell the entire collection at one time since many, many of the coins are not really to valuable and attempting to sell them one at a time would take forever. Report this Post to the Staff
1sikevo Pillar of the Community United States 1130 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 11:32 am Yeah, curious to see what condition these coins are in. The key dates alone could be worth tens of thousands in VF+. Post some of the keys on the board and we can start estimating value. IHC: 1877, 1908-S, 1909-S LWC: 1909-S, 1909-S VDB, 1914-D, 1922-D Plain, 1931-S, 1955/55 (Die 1). Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187862 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 11:35 am Quote: it's quite likely that you'll get the most for them overall by breaking up the collection and selling the keys separately Selling an entire collection to a collector, who will pay more, is tough since they are often down to just needing the keys. In my experience, coin dealers are more willing to buy a whole collection because they know they can part it out and sell the keys for more. The problem with selling to a coin dealer is that they will give you a minimum. Unless time is a factor, why not do their job and realize a greater profit? Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
penny pincher Valued Member United States 429 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 5:11 pm Where did the set come from? Did you do it all? inherited? Family members?... If it is yours then you most likely have an idea what it is worth and can start from there. Personally, I would avoid ebay as much as possible on a complete set like this and start hitting dealers. Find someone that will do an evaluation for a descent price and take personal pictures of the complete set. With the advances in the Internet and ease to post your images for free, you can create a small picture gallery and direct dealers and others to it. Look at other dealers than just the local ones and see what they will offer as well. A fair amount of people will want to break it up just for certain dates but I think you should get a better price with it all together. One more question: why are you selling it? This is an amazing collection and something I personally am striving for. I can not imagine getting it all together and then selling it off. Another idea would to be that you get your 50 posts in on this board and try selling it here. If the price is right someone here will gladly pay for it or most likely know someone that will. It is one thing buying a complete set, but three with errors is unheard of. Report this Post to the Staff
gerald brown New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 5:11 pm I found a coin dealer who is going to give me a written appraisal. I want to sell all together and will see what they say. May still list on ebay. Don't want the hassle of selling seperate. Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 5:18 pm It would be interesting to see what the dealer offers you. I'm certain you would get more doing it other ways, but if you want the money now, you want the money now. The offer you receive from a dealer will probably be ridiculously low compared to the coins' value, but as long as you don't think you'll have any regrets about what could have been, you gotta do what you gotta do. Report this Post to the Staff
eaglefoot Pillar of the Community United States 6326 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 5:28 pm WoW !! That IS an impressive collection!!.....too bad you don't want to keep it !!... And I agree....part it out for the most dollar value......the written appraisal will be interesting to see for this if you'll share. Grades are definately important with these..... Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187862 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 5:28 pm Again, with HABIB. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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