Seeking Canada (or any country) accumulation selling question/advice

Over the years, I have acquired a good number of coins in different collections/deals that I have purchased. In trying to inventory and sell them, I have started with Canada. I do not collect Canadian coins, so I am trying to organize and sell all of the coins that don't fit my main collection. I have put together a loose inventory of the coins and would hope to sell them as a group.

A couple of things to consider...

The coins grade from "man, that's ugly" to uncirculated.

There are some varieties that were listed on the original holders and checked out, but I don't want to go through them and variety hunt, I don't have the time.

I don't sell on eBay and would think that most people would consider this junk if it was listed as a large Canadian collection without pics of all of the better coins...sorta like an "unsorted estate find" or something similar.

My first consideration (and laziest, obviously) was to just ship them to a large Canadian coin dealer and be done with it. After realizing that the cost of shipping something from the US to Canada is only slightly less than the GDP of a small country and that forms needed to be filled out, I quickly realized that this was not going to happen.

So, if you guys/gals have had any experience with anything similar, I would love to hear your thoughts on potential pricing or venues. Even if you haven't had something similar, I would love to hear any thoughts you have on the subject, in general, as I have more stuff to get through after this.

I know how difficult it is to be specific with no specific info to go on, but I am looking more for ideas to explore than I am for a price point, etc. I can provide some of the raw numbers. In looking at these, I would say that the whole group is typical to an average collector's coins. There are some nicer items while most will fall into generic categories. Also, there are better dates but a lot of commons. Finally, sadly, there are a number of coins that were cleaned for no apparent reason because they already fell into a lower grade category (never have really understood that).

A snapshot of the pre George VI coins:

23 Pre-Confederation Tokens
30 Victorian Pennies
10 Victorian provincial coppers
15 Edwardian Pennies
17 George V Large Pennies
140 George V Small Pennies
49 Silver 5 Cents (Victoria to GV)
16 Silver 10 Cents (Victoria to GV)
2 Silver 25 Cents (GV)
14 Silver 50 Cents (Ed to GV)
10-15 Newfoundland pieces
a few mint/proof sets, etc. (EII-60s and later)

Thank you in advance for any suggestions, ideas, etc.

 

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If you don't want to sell on eBay, you could sell them to someone who does. We can't see the condition of your coins, but many of the coins you describe do have collector interest unless they are in bad shape. You'd have to accept that you would have to take less than the value because the person buying it would want to resell and make a profit. You might even be able to sell it through Cointalk if you can get some pictures. Would they fit in a flat rate box or two?

 

In the past I have traded with coin roll hunters as follows. Their Canadian coins for my Canada paper money at face value plus a postage refund in us dollars. Mexican coins I have bought by the pound plus shipping in us funds. There are dealers who advertise to buy foreign at pound rates. If you are willing to sort out the premium types from the circulating coins you might draw a pig in a poke buyer without photos. You may be better off asking for trade offers in ancients or whatever floats your boat. .999 generics are good to take and easy to sell. Junk us or Canada silver are also a known commodity. Foreign circulating silver cause a lot of hassle looking up fineness and calculating ASW. good luck

 

Do you live in Canada or the US? Are you close to any major cities? I know more than a few people who might be interested, depending on where you are located.

 

Most of the coins he describes are not coin roll hunting coins or junk. Just the ones he listed are worth a few hundred dollars I would think, depending on condition.

 

I used to ship coins back and forth between Canada and the US all the time with little or no problems. If you find a buyer or a trader you just have to fill out the item as personal and put a value of the lot. I used to write for example coin lot of 18 coins value 50.00 . Make sure you track the package cost of shipping should only be about 15 dollars. easiest way is to send by USPS . I will message you privately I am not sure on the rules of deals on this thread . I think you have to do this privately or on the trade and sell site . ? Dillan