Hello everyone, I'm new and i have a few question on coins.

To be perfectly honest, as someone who has had absolutely no problems selling silver coins on Craigslist...I would take a nice photo of everything, make a list including year, mint mark, and quantity, and figure out the silver melt value of everything. I'd post my list on this forum to see if anyone picks out a key date for you. If no keys were found, I'd list the melt value in the ad and sell it for melt value or JUST under that. I might also offer to split it up into lots of either $500 or $1000 (to help those with a little less free cash become buyers and not watchers.) My position is this:

You are in the best position - you have a group of items people will want. Lots of people. Many feel the value of these coins is going to increase in the near future. That puts you in the position of power to get the most you can for it. It didn't cost you anything - so it's pure profit except for your time. Are you willing to spend a couple hours for an extra $300-$500? I sure would be...

Do you need the money right now, as in, today? If so, sell for what you feel is the best price and be done with it. If you don't....I'd personally try to get as much as possible for it. That's my two cents!

 

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Well that a lot of pix, well if anyone could point out some term or some coins then yeah i could do it, but i dont know any term or any grading scale

 

:welcome::welcome::welcome::yes::smile:hail::devil::dead-horse::foot-mouth::rollling::thumb:If I found that it would go directly to ebay!!!

 

You only need one photo. Lay everything out on the table in some orderly fashion and take one shot that gets everything in frame.

As far as grading goes - that's a whole new can of worms to open up. I wouldn't even worry about it for this lot unless you found something collectible (most of it is likely just worth silver value anyway.) Like I said, you just need one photo of everything and a list of what's in the lot. Maybe not even that - as long as people can see what the silver is, you'll get someone who is willing to buy it for full silver melt value because there's a chance there is something rare in the lot.

 

Yep!!!!

 

Here's what you gave us:

48 - 1964 Kennedy Half dollars (this is a good enough description)
20 - 1965-1970 kennedy half dollars (also good enough, but the 1970 is worth more so I'd list that separately)
2 - 1944 n 1945 Walking liberty half dollars (if these look new, worry about the grade. If not, silver melt price)
10 - franklin half dollars (same as the walking liberty's - if they look new, they bring a premium)
6 mercury dime (look for 1916D, 1921, 1921D, 1926S, and 1942/41 specifically but I'd just list these all by date and mintmark unless, again, they look REALLY nice)
8 silver roosevelt dime (since there are so few, I'd just list them by date and mintmark again - once again, unless they look really nice)
10 silver washington quarter (look for 1932D and 1932S and list by date/mintmark unless the look really nice)

All the canadian stuff I'd list by year and quantity. There are some that are have really low mintages (for dollars - 1938, 1945, 1946-1948) that will carry a nice premium and are worth keeping separate. The point is that if you list them by date and post them here or on craigslist - someone will do the looking up for you and help you out. You don't need to worry too much about looking every coin up - people here do that all the time to help.

122 - 1920-1967 Canadian Silver half dollars
8 - 1935-1967 Canadian Silver dollars
4 - 1920-1967 Canadian silver Dime

I hope this helps - as I see it there are four levels of work you can choose:

Level 1 - least amount of work - keep the coins. Personally, I'd choose this one as a coin collector. The only effort you'd spend is bragging about it here.
Level 2 - take the best offer someone on CoinTalk gives you without doing any more work.
Level 3 - take my advice (or parts of it) and make an extra $300-1,000 depending on what you've got.
Level 4 - get all SEAL Team gung-ho on those coins, look each up individually, take individual photos of the better dates, figure out grades, sell all for most profit possible. If I were going to sell them, I'd choose this one because I would use the money to buy some nice key dates I usually couldn't afford. But then, this is my hobby and I already have a price guide! Ha!

Keep in mind that EVERYONE in here is extremely jealous and probably a quarter of us have thought about checking our living quarters for hidden boxes of silver coins.

 

And I apologize to those CoinTalk members that have made him offers if he chooses to do something other than sell to you - but in all fairness, this is what I would do if I found the coins - because I'd hate to sell them for way less than what they're worth and find out later I could have spent a couple more hours of work and made another grand...

 

some of the earlier canadian halfs are probably worth more than melt

 

True - but I think the easiest way to find out would be to make a list, post it here, and have us look it all up. Then, in a way, we can share in his treasure find... ha ha...

 

Well the buyer is planning to meet up tomorrow... so i figure i have until tomorrow night, so i'm planning to take pix of most of them and sort them out... in the box i also found notes like 1 and 2 $ bills... and i'll take a lot of pix so the front page will be very Heavy with pix soon. I'm gonna use a DSLR and hope to get the color and true form. that way you guys tell me and see, cause i really dont know

 

They're your coins. I would keep them, and build a collection with them. If you need the money, sell them.

But, they're your coins

 

ok update them with videos

 

Wow!!!! That is just amazing that you found those! Here I am going to a coin shop looking to score $35 of junk silver and that jackpot falls in your lap. :thumb:

I'd sit on that and kiss it every morning for the next 20 years.

 

yeah i sold it

 

I was going to suggest just the opposite. Have you made a diligent effort to contact the owner of these coins? Isn't that the ethical thing to do? I realize it has been a few years but nevertheless, don't they belong to someone else?
Lance.

 

well i dont even know how to contact them in the first place