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<p>[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 8110551, member: 116145"]I'm going to have to gently disagree with those who say keep them. If your grandpa said sell them and don't get ripped off, and that's your goal, then it sounds like you're on the right track. You might want to go to Numista (website) and post specific pictures here to assess any potential valuable errors / coins. It will help you a lot if you learn as much as possible prior to selling. You may also want to sign up for Greysheet for values - and check "sold" values on eBay - one member of this site recently noted they'd sold most of their Peace Dollars at about 15% above Greysheet prices based on using that value as a base and eBay sold values (on average) to adjust same. When you're ready, I use eBay (which takes time - good pictures are important, and remember to factor in the costs for eBay fees and shipping), but you might consider consulting with a Local Coin Dealer - or better, a couple of them - to get an estimate of value and consider consigning all or some to them. There may be other contributors here who have even better ideas or alternatives. I don't sell often, I was buying and selling a bit a couple years ago when silver prices were cheaper. Things have gotten a bit pricey for me. Congratulations on the collection and having such a great grandpa![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 8110551, member: 116145"]I'm going to have to gently disagree with those who say keep them. If your grandpa said sell them and don't get ripped off, and that's your goal, then it sounds like you're on the right track. You might want to go to Numista (website) and post specific pictures here to assess any potential valuable errors / coins. It will help you a lot if you learn as much as possible prior to selling. You may also want to sign up for Greysheet for values - and check "sold" values on eBay - one member of this site recently noted they'd sold most of their Peace Dollars at about 15% above Greysheet prices based on using that value as a base and eBay sold values (on average) to adjust same. When you're ready, I use eBay (which takes time - good pictures are important, and remember to factor in the costs for eBay fees and shipping), but you might consider consulting with a Local Coin Dealer - or better, a couple of them - to get an estimate of value and consider consigning all or some to them. There may be other contributors here who have even better ideas or alternatives. I don't sell often, I was buying and selling a bit a couple years ago when silver prices were cheaper. Things have gotten a bit pricey for me. Congratulations on the collection and having such a great grandpa![/QUOTE]
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