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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 5141894, member: 83845"]I am truly sorry to read that you are in poor health and are having to consider what to do with your collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first thing I would recommend no matter what else you do is to go back as much as possible and research when you bought and what you paid for as many coins as you can and record that somewhere. I include this information on the tag that I keep with each of my coins but some people just use a spreadsheet or other list type format. This should help your family to recognize which of the coins you own are more valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a lot of reputable dealers that frequent the forum and I'm sure others will be able to provide a more complete list than me. If you are going to advise your family to consign to an online retail store you might get more bang for your buck but it might take years for the full consignment to sell. If you go that route a few possibilities:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>[USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] : Not a member here anymore but reputable. He specializes in East Asian coins in addition to Classical Western coinage so if your collection has a lot of eastern examples he is possibly a good option. He has a Vcoins store and occasionally holds auctions as well. You can find his contact info at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ken_dorney-52/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/AboutUs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ken_dorney-52/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/AboutUs" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ken_dorney-52/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/AboutUs</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] : A member here and a very reputable dealer that specializes in Roman coins. He runs a Vcoins store. Contact at following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/victors_imperial_coins-208/ancient-coins/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/victors_imperial_coins-208/ancient-coins/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/victors_imperial_coins-208/ancient-coins/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] : A member here and very reputable. He holds smaller private auctions here on the forum and also has a seller presence on Ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marc Breitsprecher: Not a member here but a good dealer I would highly recommend. He has a Vcoins store but also runs his own website.</p><p><a href="https://mrbcoins.com/aboutus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mrbcoins.com/aboutus.html" rel="nofollow">https://mrbcoins.com/aboutus.html</a></p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>Another way to go is to consign all or part of your coins to an auction house. Full disclosure: I have never consigned a coin to auction so I have limited feedback on the process. I know that the fee you pay to post a coin to an auction is different depending on the auction house you go with so I will leave it to others to provide feedback on that. Whether you go this route will highly depend on what kind of coins you own. Going the auction route usually makes the most sense for the consignor financially with mid to higher end coins because you pay a fee per coin auctioned so lower value coins might not recoup their value after fees.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>The only auction house I can recommend with my experience is run by [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] (Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada). <a href="https://www.amcoinscanada.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amcoinscanada.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amcoinscanada.com/</a></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>In the end it might be best to use a mixture of the different methods and / or dealers posted above depending on your situation. I wish you the best of luck.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">.......................................................................</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless of what you decide works best for you and your family in regard to your collection, I hope things work out for you. I also hope you feel free to share some photos of your collection here on the site if you wish to do so and tell us about your interests. Welcome to CoinTalk.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT TO ADD: I would also highly endorse Frank Robinson as others have suggested. He is a very trustworthy and knowledgeable numismatist who runs a handful of auctions a year and maintains a website. Link below.</p><p><a href="http://www.fsrcoin.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fsrcoin.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fsrcoin.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 5141894, member: 83845"]I am truly sorry to read that you are in poor health and are having to consider what to do with your collection. The first thing I would recommend no matter what else you do is to go back as much as possible and research when you bought and what you paid for as many coins as you can and record that somewhere. I include this information on the tag that I keep with each of my coins but some people just use a spreadsheet or other list type format. This should help your family to recognize which of the coins you own are more valuable. There are a lot of reputable dealers that frequent the forum and I'm sure others will be able to provide a more complete list than me. If you are going to advise your family to consign to an online retail store you might get more bang for your buck but it might take years for the full consignment to sell. If you go that route a few possibilities: [INDENT][USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] : Not a member here anymore but reputable. He specializes in East Asian coins in addition to Classical Western coinage so if your collection has a lot of eastern examples he is possibly a good option. He has a Vcoins store and occasionally holds auctions as well. You can find his contact info at this link: [URL]https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ken_dorney-52/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/AboutUs[/URL] [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] : A member here and a very reputable dealer that specializes in Roman coins. He runs a Vcoins store. Contact at following link. [URL]https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/victors_imperial_coins-208/ancient-coins/Default.aspx[/URL] [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] : A member here and very reputable. He holds smaller private auctions here on the forum and also has a seller presence on Ebay. Marc Breitsprecher: Not a member here but a good dealer I would highly recommend. He has a Vcoins store but also runs his own website. [URL]https://mrbcoins.com/aboutus.html[/URL] [/INDENT] Another way to go is to consign all or part of your coins to an auction house. Full disclosure: I have never consigned a coin to auction so I have limited feedback on the process. I know that the fee you pay to post a coin to an auction is different depending on the auction house you go with so I will leave it to others to provide feedback on that. Whether you go this route will highly depend on what kind of coins you own. Going the auction route usually makes the most sense for the consignor financially with mid to higher end coins because you pay a fee per coin auctioned so lower value coins might not recoup their value after fees. [INDENT]The only auction house I can recommend with my experience is run by [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] (Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada). [URL]https://www.amcoinscanada.com/[/URL][/INDENT] In the end it might be best to use a mixture of the different methods and / or dealers posted above depending on your situation. I wish you the best of luck. [CENTER].......................................................................[/CENTER] Regardless of what you decide works best for you and your family in regard to your collection, I hope things work out for you. I also hope you feel free to share some photos of your collection here on the site if you wish to do so and tell us about your interests. Welcome to CoinTalk. EDIT TO ADD: I would also highly endorse Frank Robinson as others have suggested. He is a very trustworthy and knowledgeable numismatist who runs a handful of auctions a year and maintains a website. Link below. [URL]http://www.fsrcoin.com/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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