Large Collection (quarters, pennies, etc) - need some help!

My girl friend's mother is going through a divorce and liquidating things. She ran across her old coin collection and gave it to me. She wants to sell these in the near future i believe but she doesn't want to get "had" because she is a woman. I have 0 experience with coins so thus here I am. I'll try to be as descriptive as possible. If they are worth nothing, just say so! my feelings will not be hurt. I'll start with these. A few 1950s, 1960s dimes. Next she has a several 1940ish quarters. I assume these are solid silver? Next she has a few half dollars. 1960s. Next she has another bag full of quarters. all of these are 1960ish range. Bag full of pennies. these all look to be "wheat" pennies. Another bag full of quarters. All these date back to 1950s. and yet ANOTHER bag full of quarters. All these date back to the 1940s/1930s. This next set I have no clue what they are so i just lined them up, numbered them for you guys to reference. I took several shots, face up, flipped over. flipped.

 

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Apparently the forum doesn't pick to breaks in text. apologies for the headache to read.

 

The dimes and quarters are 90% silver. At a quick glance, the dimes and quarters from the 40's - 64 are worth melt value. Dimes being $2.90 each and quarters being $7.25 each. You can see their values in silver here: http://www.coinflation.com The dateless Standing Liberty quarters are also worth melt. 1964 Kennedy halves are 90% silver, Kenndy halves from 65-70 are 40% silver.

The rest would have to be looked at more carefully to see if they are worth more than melt.
#8 is a full oz of silver, an American Silver Eagle.

The wheats aren't worth much, common ones are 5 cents - $1 each, unless there are some key dates in there. I cannot help you on the foreign. But some one else will surely chime in.

 

Based on what I can see I'd ballpark silver melt value at ~ $2,000 . Difficult to say as I can't tell how many quarters there are (I'm estimating around 250). The coins look in pretty rough condition so unless there are key dates, it's not likely that there is additional numismatic value.

Keep in mind that if you try to sell these for their melt value, you probably won't actually get that amount (the dealer needs to take their cut). I'm sure someone more knowledgable than I will chime in

 

you could pretty easily get rid of much of the silver on ebay, groups of $1-$10 face value will sell readily, but you would have to deal with ebay fees, paypal fees, and shipping rather than the cut the dealer will take.

 

There is a classified marketplace here that you can sell at when you get 10 posts

 

Out of curiosity, what cut would a dealer take? If the silver had a $2,000 value, what could you actually expect to get from a dealer?

 

Thanks! I may end up doing this for her.

 

Thanks for all the feedback thus far. I counted (roughly) +1/-1 the quarters. (110 qty 1960s) (50 qty 1950s) (46 qty 1940s) (11 qty 1930s)

 

Expect 19-23 x's the face value for 90% silver. You should get melt value on ebay, but you gotta figure the fees.
So roughly $1150 - $1250 for the quarters you counted.

Maybe more depending on the dealer.

 

1-4 are standing liberty quarters, 5 is a normal quarter (washington), 6-7 and 9-10 I don't know and 8 is a silver eagle (1 oz of 99.9% silver)

 

I will get more detailed pictures of 6-7 and 9-10 this weekend and post them up.

 

Can you post the dates of the 1930's quarters?

 

The pre-1965 coins are 90% silver, the halves 1965-1970 are 40%. The halves after 1970 are probably worth face value.

 

Number 5 looks like a 1965 Quarter, so not silver, but it does look like it has a small clip at 8 o'clock.

 

That is a mighty fine collection of junk silver. Kind of sad to sell it.

 

(1939 qty 4) (1937 qty 1) (1936 qty 2) (1935 qty 3) (1934 qty 1)

 

Do either of the '36 quarters have a "D" mint mark? Does the '37 quarter have an "S" mint mark?

 

Foreign coins:

6: Peru, 100 Soles XF 0.40, UNC 1.50
7: Denmark, 5 kroner XF 3.50 UNC 8.00
10: Denmark 5 kroner, not sure about the year but seems its from 1960s, so between XF 2 - 4.5, UNC 9 - 30
9: Mexico, 1973 20 centavos, $1

 

If you have the time, pick up the cherry pickers guide, who knows there might be a rare variety in that hoard, that would be worth a bunch more than melt value to collectors.