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<p>[QUOTE="davidh, post: 2095668, member: 15062"]There's no reason to be hateful to the poster. He had a legitimate question, the answer to which he didn't have, or get. If he knew what he is doing he wouldn't have asked for help.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not possible for us to give a reasonable answer not knowing the actual dates and conditions of each coin. You can check PCGS Photograde at <a href="https://www.google.com/#q=pcgs+photograde" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/#q=pcgs+photograde" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/#q=pcgs+photograde</a> to determine condition. Then go to the PCGS price guide at <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/prices/</a> to get values (these are dealer selling values, not near what you might get). Or you can buy a book showing values for the coins you have. That way you have an idea of whether any are actually worth the effort of marketing. You may find that they're really only worth a little more than face value. If there are any that you think might really be of interest to others you might try ebay. It's really not much work and it's even a little fun. If some of your more common coins are worth only 2-3 times face value (according to the book you bought) you're probably just as well off spending them. If your aim is to sell these and get some that you really want to keep, take them to a dealer and see what kind of deal you can make. You might not get the value you expect but to get what you want you might just a well cut your losses and move on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="davidh, post: 2095668, member: 15062"]There's no reason to be hateful to the poster. He had a legitimate question, the answer to which he didn't have, or get. If he knew what he is doing he wouldn't have asked for help. It's not possible for us to give a reasonable answer not knowing the actual dates and conditions of each coin. You can check PCGS Photograde at [url]https://www.google.com/#q=pcgs+photograde[/url] to determine condition. Then go to the PCGS price guide at [url]http://www.pcgs.com/prices/[/url] to get values (these are dealer selling values, not near what you might get). Or you can buy a book showing values for the coins you have. That way you have an idea of whether any are actually worth the effort of marketing. You may find that they're really only worth a little more than face value. If there are any that you think might really be of interest to others you might try ebay. It's really not much work and it's even a little fun. If some of your more common coins are worth only 2-3 times face value (according to the book you bought) you're probably just as well off spending them. If your aim is to sell these and get some that you really want to keep, take them to a dealer and see what kind of deal you can make. You might not get the value you expect but to get what you want you might just a well cut your losses and move on.[/QUOTE]
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