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Message:: [QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3668034, member: 15588"]No one in my family gives much of a whoop for coins, or really any kind of antiques or collectibles. My teenage nephew has shown zero interest in collecting anything despite the fervent attempts from others in the family. I think the likely fate of many, but not all, coin collections was foretold by the story shared on another thread of the unfortunate woman who unknowingly let her father's very rare coins go to a "less than ethical" dealer for $10 each. People don't possess either time or energy to research things that they know nothing about and especially for things that they don't care a whit about. "$100 for a mere handful of old coins?!?! Whoooo! We can go out for dinner!!" Only if one leaves things labeled with a slap in the face message, such as "THIS IS WORTH $10,000!!!!! PLEASE DO NOT SELL TO SOME JERK FOR $10!!!!" will they probably have any inkling of knowing what to do. The best option for everyone, collector and family, seems like selling before the big one way wave washes us away. Not that everyone always has a chance to plan for that. In any case, other people will know what to do with (non-collectible) money, but they may not have a clue what to do with old metallic disks. Those who do have the luck of having someone in their family that cares about their collection, well, that's a treasure worth savoring. So savor. The rest? Sell.[/QUOTE]