How Much Is It Worth? Huge Canada Sm Cent Set.

I can't answer your specific question as you didn't include pictures and you have a lot of items listed. But I have a Canadian small cents set completed and I paid around $100 for all the coins. So assume the standard coins are worth $100, you have to price the non standard one.

Certainly at least a dollar.

Use the search function with sold items on ebay to ascertain value. A couple of comments, as well...

- BU or Choice BU and Gem BU really doesn't matter, if the coins are not certified. A George VI PCGS MS-64 Red is hardly worth the cost of certification for most dates, while a PCGS MS-66 Red will command a serious price. Buyers generally only pay MS-62 to MS-63 money for any raw BU coin.

- big price point difference for the 1953 SF and 1965 specimen strikes. I highly doubt you can sell those for SP money unless you have a buyer that really knows their 1-cent strikes, or unless you get them certified.

- the minor errors, which are really only die clashes and Machine Doubling, are generally not worth that much of a premium, you see ebay sales from roll searchers all the time. Minor variety and error collectors actually prefer to find these themselves, rather than buy them.

- the coins that should command a good price, if MS-63+ Red are (not including the two specimen coins I mentioned earlier): 1948 A to small denticle, 1949 A to denticle, 1953SF (if >95% red), 1965 Type 4, 1985 Pointed 5, 2006 Magnetic and 1965 Type 3 PL, and the 1966 thin planchet.

SPP- summed it up well for you.. You need to do the research for the prices you want to sell your coins at..

There is no way we can give you an estimate without us doing the research for you..

That is a can of worms, I am not interested in opening..

Coinsandcanada.com, look at ebay prices

For most of what you listed, it should be graded if you expect a decent price.if it is low value and ungraded, bulk sale and expect it to go cheap. Some of the more scarce stuff might get a decent price, but not much if ungraded, there is too many you can buy graded for low prices.

I could not find a tab that would allow me to answer each person's question individually, so I will try to answer a few of the questions in this summery.

I have taken photos of most of the coins in the collection but it would not be practical to post all the photos on this forum. We are talking about hundreds of coins and hundreds of photos. If you want to see one of the coins, I certainly can post a photo of it, just let me know which one. Please use my checklist as a reference.

Although most of the coins are not graded a few have been graded by grading companies and are slabbed or were slabbed in soft plastic holders. I removed all the coins in the soft holders and placed them is Air-Tite capsules because soft plastic damages coins. The grades still hold true and it has been my experience that if sent to PCGS or NGC you normally get the same grade or better. This is very expensive for me, so I do not send coins to be graded.

I do not have a Canada Small Cent specialist in my area, nor any legitimate Canada Small Cent coin dealers. Most of the foreign coin dealers only sell silver and most of the Small Cents are found in their junk boxes at discount prices. They do not buy Canada Small Cents, so I cannot get even a guess of value from them. I did live in an area where there were more dealers with better knowledge, but now I do not.

Please look at the post carefully before answering. I would not sell the entire collection for $100 as some of the coins in the set are worth more than $100. The 1949 (A to Denticle) is graded MS64 Red and is easily worth $200 or more. The collection is not something that would fit in your disco album, it is much larger and includes all RCM strike types, all years, and almost all known major varieties. The collection is missing the early SP strikes before 1967 including the 1936 dot worth millions. The set is also missing most of the off-metal errors as they are overprices and hard to get. The set is missing the 1954 NSF in PL and the 1955 NSF in Business Strike. The set might also be missing the 1983 (Far Beads) in PL and SP, but I was unable to purchase these coins despite the fact they are listed in the Charlton as common. I also never found photographic evidence supporting their existence, so I stopped looking for them as I do not have access to thousands of 1983 RCM sets and the dealers were not helpful. The dealers kept sending me Near Beads incorrectly labeled as Far Beads in PL, and nobody ever had it for sale in SP. My collection includes a Business Strike section with 1920 to 2012 missing the 1955 NSF; PL section with 1953 to 2012 missing the 1954 NSF; SP section 1967, 1971 to 2012 with unconfirmed 1965 and 1953 SF examples in SP; Special Business Strike (SMS) coins found only in certain mint sets; Proof section which is complete missing no varieties and includes all known special commemorative issues typically gold plated or made from silver; and an error section with a mix of true on die errors and machine errors such as all the hanger varieties. This is a huge collection, worth far more than $100.

The thin planchet coin has not been verified. I am not sure if it is a die error or artificially made through some kind of acid treatment. It does not look like the acid treated pennies on Youtube, but it does not mean it is not a scientific experiment. The dealer I purchased it from for 25 cents said he did not know or care, just thought it was an error coin. He had it in his junk pile along with a nice 1921 BU Red & Brown for $1 each, lol.

The 1965 was sold by a foreign coin dealer who only was concern about silver and gold Canada coins. It was marked Proof unlike the other pennies of the same year he had marked as PL. I asked why he had this one marked differently, and he said it came from a different kind of set in a leather case. This coin is not confirmed.

The 1953 SF is olive in color, but has a mirror-like finish. 1953 SF does not exist in PL, but does exist in SP, so I figured that is what it must be, but this has not been confirmed.

It seems the best advice is to sell the coins in sections. Some of these pennies are no longer available for sale on ebay. If I had to sell each section separately, I would probably add a special hard to get coin in each group to make it easier to sell the common coins too.

It almost sounds like I am better off setting the set aside until a later date. I am in no hurry to sell the set, but I was wondering what it might be worth if I was to list it as one lot. Any guesses?

I would follow SPP's advice as it's bang on. You would think your idea of selling in sections with one good coin would be good but I don't think it will be worth your time, you will generally just get the value of the good coin and the rest would come along for free or practically for free. Best bet is to cert the good stuff and sell individually and bulk the rest. If you still love collecting and you're not in a rush why sell at all, there is no shortage of material with the aging collector demographic and unfortunately I don't think waiting will help.