Inherited large amount of sorted and unsorted coints

I recently inherited a large ammount of coins and am not sure what to do with them. They range from mint proof sets, to filled coin folders, to bags and/or buckets of sorted coins. I am still going through the proof sets and filled coin folders but below are the bags and buckets of sorted coins. With what is below, I was hoping to find out what you recommend I should keep and what I should turn in for face value. My grandfather just loved to collect and sort so I am not sure if anything below has significant value over its faces value. If something has no value beyond its face value, we were going to take it to the bank for cash and give it back to my grandma to help her with bills.

Any help is appreciated and I can try and get you more information if you need it.

*Bucket of D pennies - 1964 and newer

*Bucked of Philly pennies - 1960 and newer

*Bucket of Philly pennies - 1960 and newer

*Bucket of Philly quarters - State quarters

*Misc Australia and Canada coints- newer

*Misc Philippines coins - 1960's

*Misc Mexican coins - 1990's

*Misc Deutsche Mark, Austrian schilling, Republica Italiana, Hong Kong, Great Britain coins - 1950's

*Misc French Francs - 1940 and newer

*Bag of San Francisco Nickels - 1969 and1970

*Bag of Philly pennies - 1970 and newer

*Bucket of Denver quarters - State quarters

*Bag of Nickels - 1960 older

*Bag of Philadelphia nickels - 1960 and newer

*Bag of Pennies - 1955, 1963, 1974

*Bag of Denver Pennies - 1960 and newer

*Bag of Nickels - 1942 and newer

*Bucket of 1998 quarters

*Bag of 2005 nickels

*Bag of 2004 Denver nickels,

*Bag of 2006 Denver coins

*Bag of San Francisco Mint Pennies - 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974

*Bucket of Denver pennies before 1980

*Bag of 1776-1976 bicentennial quarters

*Collection of gold plated american history coins

 

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Unless there is a bucket of coins that particularly interests you, I think it is all mostly worth face (or at least close to face) value.

There is no silver, gold or other metal for intrinsic value, so there is collector value left. Most of these coins are very common, and will not have much collector value.

I hope this helps.

 

There are probably people who would pay more than face value for many of these bags or buckets, but not by much, and I don't know how you could (a) find them and (b) get the coins to them without spending more than you'd gain.

If you put some of these bags on eBay, you might find people willing to pay more than face, but probably not enough more to cover 10% auction fees, 3% PayPal fees, and shipping. (Possible exception: the "gold plated american history coins" -- gold-plated stuff does sometimes sell on eBay, even though most collectors turn up their noses at it.)

Do at least check the bag of "nickels 1942 and newer" for silver-containing "war nickels". They're the ones dated from 1942 to 1945 with a large letter above Monticello's dome on the reverse. They tend to be a different color from the rest, so they can be fairly easy to spot. They're worth maybe a dollar each.

 

Also look through the world coins (I'm thinking the aussie ones) There may be some earlier coins or better date coins.

 

Thanks for the information, thats exactly what I was looking for.

Like you mentioned it sounds like more hassle than its worth to try and find buyers for the bags/buckets of coins. I will go and take a look at the nickels again and see if I can find any war nickels.

Is there anything in particular I am looking for? Or just an early date?

 

If you can find anything predecimal (pre 1964) those have some value and some are silver. Other than that I'm not sure. Maybe just google key dates and see what comes up.

 

I would definitely look through the 1955 cents bag for the (rare) possibility of finding a doubled die cent. Wouldn't take that much time. Google it for a photo example.
Steve

 

When you speak of bags, are you meaning zip lock/grocery or similar bags or U.S. Mint sealed bags? There is a BIG difference. A few of us here are retired and would probably give everything a once over before depositing them. But if you are not a collector then this would probably not be the right thing for you.

 

There are key dates scattered through the french material 1940-. Whether the good stuff has been pulled out already or not is another question. Of course the french franc is no longer in circulation, so the only value to them is numismatic.