General Coin Questions

As for the other coins .. a good high grade Kennedy set is a good seller.

Ike you should look up some of the post for Ike's. There are some varieties/type that have good values.

Or post some pics and ask questions .. there are a few guy on here that know a lot about Ike's.

I do know the 1973 S silver proof Ike is the key .. but some of the varieties are worth many time more than the 73 S.

V nickels
- only two have mint marks 1912 D and 1912 S. 1912 S list in RedBook at $160 in G 4
- Key is 1885 ( RedBook $550 in G 4)the 1886 is second ( RedBook $275 in G 4)
- Of course there is the super rare 1913 .. worth like a million plus.

You never said what Wheat cent dates you have.

wheat's that have good value

1909 S VDB
1922 no D
1914 D
1909 S

others to look for 1931 S, 1910 S, 1911 S, 1912 S ( of course better the grade .. more value)

i'll take a look at them tonight and see what I have.

I'm thinking about starting an ebay auction for some of the stuff, think I should list coins individually? Or maybe list the folders of coins individually? What's the best way to sell, and also ship coins?

nod2003 ... good catch I forgot the 24 D ... I was just going off the the top of my head ..

Joel A .. sorry I can not help you there .. I have never sent a coin in for grading ..
But I do agree, if you have little experience in buying and selling coins .. having them slabbed would be a good idea.

no, wasn't planning on all of them.. but for instance maybe the 1921-D and the 1938-D walkers?

I would personally not send the coins to a TPG. The coins are not valuable enough so as to scare bidders from trying to win any of the coins. It is completely your decision, but I think sending them to a TPG, even the key dates, would merit a loss compared to if you just listed them on ebay.

I would sell the key dates individually, and the bulk and inexpensive coins together, grouped as the same series, of course. All sets should be sold as sets, unless you want to sell the key dates individually.

This saga is killing me and I wish I had the best advice and the most experience to say what, exactly, is the right thing to do.

(It's unusual for me to have any emotions in cyberspace...but I got p-o'd reading about that "dealer.")

If you spend the next month identifying the key, semi-key, and (at least) your varieties in each denomination and if you also do some research on all the other coins (in general) you should be able to begin to determine some value for the entire collection.

I'm going to be succinct here: without this research, you're going to take a bath. However, if you dont do the research, you wont know you took a bath. With half the research, you'll probably always wonder, "what if..."


Part of my collection includes (easily) 2000 coins in a foot locker in various denomination boxes that I would like to pare way down (through sales or by upgrading my primary collection) -- the volume of it overwhelms me sometimes when I look down from my desk and microscope and consider how much time, information, memory, research it takes and will continue to take to keep up with it (e.g., what do I do with 30 1929 Buffalo nickels in various grades?) and assimilate it into my primary collection and memory bank (my brain)...including all the duplicate varieties and error coins I have.

Some days I think, "(expletive deleted) it...put a general description of the lot on ebay with some ridiculous price, like $5,000." Then I realize that, a general description wont get me anywhere or anything...the description necessary to sell a 2000-coin lot for $5,000 would require I do research and inventory anyway.

ebay's not a bad choice amongst and along with some others, depending on how you structure the sale of your collections or individual coins.

Personally, if you were me and wanted to unload the collection, you might consider trusting another collector (here on CCF) to sell them for you for a commission if he/she had the time, willingness, and resources.

Also, kinda like in 12-Step programs...carefully choose one primary mentor with the idea that, while many of us can be helpful, at some point, too much information (even if it's good) is too much information....not to mention we all have differing opinions. This mentor may be savvy enough to guide you in all denominations or he/she may be savvy enough to help you organize your denominational approach.

Anything's gotta be better than this (what they call in education) "bird-walking" thread.

I'm done with my semi-rant. No, wait...I want to rant about that dealer again.

Nah.

:P

Jim