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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RedTiger, post: 658890, member: 19098&quot;]I&#039;m afraid you can expect to find the process difficult and frustrating. There are a couple of online price guides, but a person needs to determine the grades of the coins. Depending on what kind of coins they are, a person might expect 30% to 70% of retail value as a fair dealer offer. The higher the value of the individual coins, the higher the percentage of retail value is likely to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a difficult bridge to cross. Unfortunately, more than a few &quot;reputable appraisers,&quot; will give low ball offers. It would be much better if your dad had left instructions, or dealer contacts. Was he a member of a coin club? That would be a good resource.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for getting online advice, photos would be of immense help. If that is not possible a general description of what kind of items are in the collection might get you better answers. What are the basic denominations and dates? Are the coins in albums? Hard plastic containers with the letters NGC, PCGS, ANACS or Capitol Plastics on them? Cardboard 2x2s? Vinyl flips? Or is it more of an accumulation of coins in various coffee cans and cigar boxes? The latter usually translates into lower value more common coins. Collector holders often mean higher value, better coins. Of course there will be exceptions to these generalities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck. Post pictures if you have them. Look to see if your dad had any coin contacts in terms of a club or trusted dealers. The odds of getting &quot;fair&quot; treatment tend to go up, if you went to a dealer where your dad was a regular customer.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you do an Internet search on &quot;what&#039;s my coin worth?&quot; you will find a variety of sites that will help you do a quick assessment to see if you have a collection worth spending a good deal of time on, in terms of selling. </p><p><br /></p><p>Time is money. If the entire collection is worth $100 retail, it isn&#039;t a financial tragedy if it gets sold for $10 to a dealer. It certainly wouldn&#039;t be worth spending days and days taking stock and figuring things out, and if it will only net such a low dollar amount, the sentimental value is likely more. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, if the collection is full of better coins and worth say $250,000 retail, and you only get $25,000, that is a measurable mistake where a person could have spent much more time to get a much better result.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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