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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 52374, member: 669&quot;]Welcome to the forum Phil.</p><p><br /></p><p>First of all, those pieces that give their weight instead of a denomination are not coins.&nbsp; They are privately minted bullion collectibles, and with few exceptions are worth their weight in gold (or silver as the case may be).&nbsp; That&#039;s a little over $400 for gold and about $7 for silver at today&#039;s prices.&nbsp; A dealer will give you a little less than the bullion value - or sell you some more for a little more than bullion value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at some of the many threads already posted in this forum about the very questions you ask.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there are a significant number of world coins, check your local public library for the Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause &amp; Mishler, which gives a great deal of information on most coins minted since 1601, including valuation figures which are sometimes fairly accurate.&nbsp; (It takes four large city telephone book-sized volumes to do so.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For US coins a good starting place is the Red Book, available at any coin store or most book stores.&nbsp; Use the prices in the Red Book to sorth your coins in more or less order of value, but don&#039;t rely on them for any more than that.&nbsp; There are on-line and weekly price publications that are much more accurate, although still far from perfect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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