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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 5142012, member: 44316"]I am sorry to hear of your medical situation. </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot depends upon the quality of the coins. Coins that list retail over $200 each (say, using vcoins to judge retail) should be treated differently than coins under $50. If there are numerous such coins--enough to make a very valuable consignment--a major firm, like CNG, could be used to auction them. On the other hand, there is a minimum seller's fee which is too large to sell $50 or $80 coins (and they don't want them). For that sort of coin I have had good dealings with Marc Breitsprecher. <a href="mailto:marc@mrbcoins.com">marc@mrbcoins.com</a> I'm sure others, including Frank Robinson, would work well for you. </p><p> I highly recommend you do this yourself as soon as you can. Make the phone calls, ask about commissions, and maybe have some photos ready to e-mail so the dealer can know the types of coins you have. (I have seen collectors value coins at $300 that were really worth only $75. No dealer can trust the opinion about dollar value from a collector completely unknown to them.) </p><p> Do as much as you can now. Expertise matters and no relative one can learn fast enough to be happy to have to do this. You had fun with you coins coming in. Now, decide to have fun making your coins go back out. It wouldn't be fun for your heirs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 5142012, member: 44316"]I am sorry to hear of your medical situation. A lot depends upon the quality of the coins. Coins that list retail over $200 each (say, using vcoins to judge retail) should be treated differently than coins under $50. If there are numerous such coins--enough to make a very valuable consignment--a major firm, like CNG, could be used to auction them. On the other hand, there is a minimum seller's fee which is too large to sell $50 or $80 coins (and they don't want them). For that sort of coin I have had good dealings with Marc Breitsprecher. [email]marc@mrbcoins.com[/email] I'm sure others, including Frank Robinson, would work well for you. I highly recommend you do this yourself as soon as you can. Make the phone calls, ask about commissions, and maybe have some photos ready to e-mail so the dealer can know the types of coins you have. (I have seen collectors value coins at $300 that were really worth only $75. No dealer can trust the opinion about dollar value from a collector completely unknown to them.) Do as much as you can now. Expertise matters and no relative one can learn fast enough to be happy to have to do this. You had fun with you coins coming in. Now, decide to have fun making your coins go back out. It wouldn't be fun for your heirs.[/QUOTE]
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