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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 26643, member: 669&quot;]Welcome to the forum.&nbsp; The value of any coin is greatly affected by its condition, as well as its year and mintmark.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a genuine 1916D (mintage 264,000), regardless of condition, my outdated two-year old Red Book puts the value at $500 to $5,500.&nbsp; On the other hand, for a genuine 1916S (mintage 10,450,000) the same book says $3 to $60.&nbsp; Current prices are undoubtedly higher.</p><p><br /></p><p>From your description you have a cataloging job ahead of you that really needs a skilful numismatist to undertake.&nbsp; You would undoubtedly be better off to pay a qualified person a fee for appraising the coins than to buy and study all the books necessary for you to consider doing it yourself.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first step would be to do a basic inventory, which would allow you to focus on the &quot;top end&quot; material.&nbsp; If it was accumulated over many years, ending in 1975, most of the dimes and up will either be 90% silver, or 21.6k&nbsp; gold, so you&#039;re looking at several times face value in just bullion value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it all U.S. coinage?&nbsp; If there are any foreign coins in the mix, at least the denominations equivalent to dimes and up will also be gold and silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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