Hello Cointalk! I am a first time poster, but I have been collecting coins for a while. I was wondering if anyone here could value the specifics of my collection. 1.) Complete Lincoln Penny collection, average circulated, missing only the 1922-plain. (Picture shows first page) 2.) 1959-1964 P and D uncirculated Memorial Penny set, with uncirculated 1958 Wheat for comparison (all super-shiny, like 2011 shield pennies). (ignore the missing ones, they have fallen out of the cardboard holder and I don't want to unseal and touch the pennies) 3.) Unicrculated set of Susan B. Anthony dollars, 1979-80, P, D, and S 4.) *Exonumia* - 1962 Seattle World Fair United States Space Age Commemorative Medal (Philadelphia Mint), never touched (Sorry for the poor pictures on all of this, was taken with a low-quality camera) These are the only items I'm interested in having appraised, since I might sell some or all of these items for bullion. No pictures - how much are wheat pennies (non-key dates) worth? I have several rolls of them. Also, are buffalo nickels worth anything? I have a few that are pretty worn down, several are completely missing their dates! Thanks for the help everyone!
The 09-58 complete sets are from $55 - $100 completed sales on eBay and will depend on condition, grade, and any rarity. The 59-64 UNC would be in the neighborhood of $5 - $10 again depending on condition, grade, and any rarity. The Susan Bs around $16.
Thank you. Are you sure about the 09-58 complete set value? I see 1909-S VDB going for $500+ by itself on ebay, although I was not sure if ebay is a good indicator of value. I have all the key dates, except for 1922-plain, including 1914-D, 1931-S, etc... I also have all large/small date variations where applicable, the steel cents, etc... Also I do need to ask this, which I forgot to include in original post: Are any Jefferson nickels, Roosevelt dimes, or Washington quarters worth anything more than melt weight? I don't know if any silver nickels, dimes, or quarters are worth anything numismatically. I know mercury dimes and the like are worth more than melt weight. Thanks for the help, I've just been pulling all the rare coins I can and haven't used coin shops to complete my collection, so I'm a little ignorant about value.
Yes. It is a very long drive to the nearest coin shop, so I can't get it appraised, but Lincoln's face and coat have all of the distinct lines, his eyelid is visible, the VDB is readable. My camera is awful so I can't really get a close-up with any detail.
With as many keys & errors that could be/ are in your Lincoln set, One might suggest ordering a Redbook & a 5x-10x glass. Sounds like hours of fun to me.
Can you post up close photos of both sides of the key and semi-key coins? Those would be the 1909-S VDB, 1909-S, 1914-D, 1924-D and 1931-S at least.
The price range I mentioned is without the 09 S VDB. This one sold for $96 on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/126-pc-LINCOLN-...11?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2eb5189687 This is one of six that sold for $55: http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-1958-Linco...91?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item4aaaf998bf
Those sets are missing a lot more than the '09 S VDB. They are missing all early S mints (semi-keys), the 1914-D (key), 1924-D (semi key) and the 1931-S (semi key). Those sets can't be compared to this one at all. The 1909-S VBD or 1914-D alone are worth far more than those sets.
with the 09-S, 09-S VDB, 14-D you've already got a nearly $2000 collection if the coins are in decent grades, which they look to be. Then again, I am judging by these poor quality photos. -Brian
Hey, thanks for all the replies so far! This afternoon I borrowed a friend's camera. I took a lot of photos, but only two came out good. Hopefully, they indicate the general quality of my collection. Here are the 1909 VDB and 1909-S VDB pennies, with the plastic removed. There is a scratch on the S, but they are both some of the better really old wheat cents I have found. As you can see, the 1911 and 1911-D pennies right below are a lot worse off. All of my pictures of the reverses were really awful, but the obverse is representative of the quality. It is remarkably hard to take photographs of coins! Here is the 1924 thru 1929-S set. The plastic is still in place (uncovered picture came out bad), so there is a little glare. All of my coins have readable dates, but some have lost detail on Lincoln's face. Again, sorry for the lack of reverse pictures. Of course, I'm not expecting anyone to be able to professionally appraise my collection from a few internet pictures; I just seek a ballpark estimate. Thanks everyone. This is really helpful.
Just for fun, here's the rest of my U.S. collection (taken with my awful camera earlier today - and I'm not looking to get it appraised or anything): Full collections of Jefferson Nickels, Roosevelt Dimes, two sets Washington Quarters, Washington State Quarters; a second almost-complete set of Lincoln cents (missing a few key dates). Here are two of my collection of American Eagles. I also have a small foreign coin collection, but I can't identify most of the coins (asian). Maybe later I can get some help on this forum. Thought I might as well properly introduce myself. :smile
Okay, based on that photo of the 09s vdb obv it looks to be an XF, which would put it in the $1200 range. You need to consider the following coins 09s vdb, 09s, 10s, 11s, 12s, 13s, 14d, 15s, 24d, 31s. Based on the photos I can see if you guesstimate the rest of those coins are in average Fine condition their combined worth would be around $1800-1900, more if the 14d is in better condition as it just about doubles from f to vf and then doubles again from vf to xf. That being said, the collection complete should go for between $2200-$2500 based on what I can see. That of course is the retail value, an honest dealer would probably offer you a low of about 70% retail, so maybe $1600-1700 (this is all dependant on condition).
That's a very impressive collection. Have you done any research on counterfeits? You don't wanna try to sell fake coins or you could get in trouble. With quality pictures of both sides, we can help you here.
