Any advise on how to sell a penny collection?

I am trying to sell my dads coin collection and he has some pennies - see the pictures and I am wondering what is a good way to sell these. I am not a coin collector and do not know all of the things that are important.
I have two small glass containers one is full of 1943 pennies and the other 1939. Then I have several rolls that appear to be "new pennies at the time that they were wrapped in the 50's. Should I leave these wrapped or crack them open so see if there is anything "special" inside?

I am looking to maximize value for my dad, but also don't have the time to sell a penny at a time for 2 pennies at a time. So some suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have been selling the rest of his collection on E-bay with no reserve and just taking what we get. Any other suggestions different than this method? I liked this method because I don't have the time to research what each coins is realistically worth.

Any ideas and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
David

 

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Only the roll in the back seems to be machine-wrapped and therefore possibly original. The other rolls seem to have been hand-assembled and therefore would not suffer if you opened them up and took a look. However, if you open up your rolls, you should wear gloves to keep the oil on your hands and fingers from contaminating the coins. You should also wear a surgical mask if possible, since uncirculated copper coins are particularly sensitive to moisture and other contaminants, including those in the breath.

 

Looking for the "doubling" of the letters and numbers. This coin can be worth a little extra.

After that, go to the advertisement section on this forum and post all of what you have. We will give you a fair price and won't cheat you!

 

wouldn't you be more likely to find that coin in an 1955 p roll???

 

ebay will fee you to death on those, post them on coin forums for sale sections for maximum return.

 

I don't see anything that appears to be obviously valuable. Unless there are some varieties, real nice red uncirculated, or that roll in the back is new, that means you are only looking at a few cent each. I will give you one not to ignore - the bottles. I am not saying that they are (out of total ignorance), but some old glass is quite valuable.

 

I'll make you an offer just send me a PM

I'll make you an offer just send me a PM.

 

I agree just list em here on the open forum.

 

Good advice there check the 55's especially if they are UNC.