What Would You Pay For This Coin Collection?

This could be a fun discussion. Caveats: We haven't seen anything, and I won't judge your pricing decisions.


That means 11 silver nickels. The rest (about 50 coins) aren't worth much more than face. I'd say 50 x 0.05 = $5. 11 x 0.75 = 8.25. With the album I'd go about $15.00 here.


Hmm... about 46 coins in each of these. So 46 x 3 albums = 138 wheat cents. I'd give 3 cents apiece and round down. 138 x 0.03 = 4.14. So I'm at $4.00 here.


Okay, about 145 copper cents to the pound, I'd go about 2.5 cents apiece or 145 x $0.025 = $3.625 per pound.


15 coins here... I don't know much about these (and my blue book is upstairs). I dunno... I'd say (and condition matters here) somewhere between 50 cents and a buck apiece. So between $7.50 and $15.00.


Six dollars each. 6 x 19 = $114

So my total would be about $157 plus $3.63 per pound on the bulk wheaties. I'm curious to hear from others.

If it were me, I'd buy that lot sight unseen pretty much for the silver content. About $125-$135 is what I'd pay for it. I would buy with the assumption that everything else is worn out junk.

Including the 55 DDO?

Thats's a good suggestion. But what if he favors sentiment over actual worth? I had a lady bring me a box of foreign coins and currency, wanting to sell. She told me the story of how her and her husband collected these through the years while they travelled. I asked her what she thought they were worth. She replied I have no idea. I made her an offer (rather low, but like I said, I like to haggle a little). She looked at me like I was nuts. So I asked, what do you think it's worth? She declined to even make a counter offer, said she just let her grandkids play with them. I explained that I may get 50-75 coins that are unique to my collection, then I'm now stuck with several hundred coins that have no value to me, or anyone else. And while sentiment is nice, it adds no monetary value to the collection. She said "oh well" and left.

BTW- she was referred to me by the clerk at the local coin shop, where she tried to sell them first and was told the shop does not buy foreign money because there is no profit to be made.

No more than $75.

A Jefferson nickel collection in a coin album, but it is missing 1939-D, and the 1950-D. it ends at 1959.

10 cents per piece unless they are bu.

3 complete coin albums of the Lincoln head penny collection, dated
1941-1958

$10.00 for all 3 sets (did this at a coin show a couple months ago).

1,000 wheat cents. dates unknown.(im going to bet 1940's and 1950's)

$1.25 per roll ie. $25.00

15 Indian Head pennies dated 1889, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908

$7.50 unless they have most of the letters in liberty visible.

19 V nickels dated 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1912-D

$12.00 maybe more if nice condition.

And 19 Franklin half dollars dated between 1949-1962

Bullion price is currently 13 times face so multiply $9.50 times 13 (less if they are worn, more if they are bu).

What would that be worth to you if you were to buy them? I have not seen any pictures. I thought this might be fun for everyone to say what they thought was fair. Ill post what I paid later when I have pictures to post.

The prices listed above are the current market at wholesale with retail being slightly more (maybe 25%). Sincerely, John Leckrone

During WWII, nickel was very much in demand. As such the composition was changed to include about 30% silver if I am not mistaken.