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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nick69, post: 2986291, member: 92972&quot;]Don&#039;t feel bad Madams36 nothing wrong with not knowing what you have especially if you&#039;re not a coin collector. For what its worth I&#039;d strongly recommend that you don&#039;t take anyone&#039;s advice here not even mine!!! But seriously you do need to find a legitimate coin dealer preferably near where you live and bring your awesome collection to them and have them appraise your coins. I&#039;m sorry for your loss and your grandmother had quite a variety. Like the others have said the first coin you posted was stamped &quot;COPY&quot; so therefore it&#039;s not worth anything and after seeing the pics of the small gold coins IMHO I think they&#039;re fakes as well but remember don&#039;t take my word for it appraisals should never be done through photographs. The 1780 coin certainly looks foreign, the first American coin was a half dime minted in 1792. The red seal paper money looks awesome you have quite a bankroll there. Remember try to find a reputable coin dealer near you to have your collection verified and appraised. You&#039;ll have to pay a fee for their service though. One bit of advice: if a coin is worth say $100 a collector might be willing to pay at least close to that or maybe even more depending on what coin it is. BUT a dealer will never pay anything near that, you&#039;ll be lucky to get $50 for that same coin. You could however if you&#039;re not in need of the money you&#039;d get for your collection to maybe try to do a little research, look at coin books try to determine what each coin is (keep a log book for yourself) and don&#039;t forget mintmarks. You have a nice lot of Morgan silver dollars. A lot of common Morgan dollars would only sell for silver value which I think is a shame. Most old coins had mintmarks on the reverse (but not all some were on the front) a coin with NO mintmark means it was minted in Philadelphia, a D is for Denver (or on early gold coins the Dahlonega Mint in Georgia), an S is for San Francisco, an O is for New Orleans, a C (on old gold coins) is for Charlotte, North Carolina, CC is for Carson City and W for West Point but that is only on 1973 and up coins. Morgan dollars with CC are very desirable and much more valuable than most. Coin collecting can be very lucrative and it can be the downfall of others. It seems you have a lot of things to go through looking intently at each coin and each bill and I know it will take a lot of time to do it. If you&#039;d prefer not to burden yourself then you really should enlist the help of a professional near you. Doing research online is a great way to learn but don&#039;t sell your collection too abruptly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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