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<p>[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 158025, member: 3011"]If you don't know what you have, any method of selling is very risky. Get a copy of the Redbook and it will tell you where the mintmarks are located. I wouldn't sell any of them before at least separating the coins into two categories, high value and low value. If you list the coins individually on Ebay with very good photos and descriptions of the coins, you will probably receive fair prices. If you try to sell the coins in a single lot, expect to lose a lot of money. Selling to a local coin dealer is the easiest way, provided the dealer is trustworthy. If you know the dealer who sold the coins to your father, that might be the best place to take them to sell them. But I'd still try to sell the lower valued coins first to learn a little more about the process before dumping a pile of higher valued coins on the counter and asking, "how much for these?"</p><p><br /></p><p>On a more personal level, if you can afford to buy some or all of the coins from your mother, you may want to consider it. Someday you may wish you had saved them as a rememberance and family heirloom. I have a silver dollar collection passed down from my grandfather to my father to me, and it is one of my most cherished possessions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 158025, member: 3011"]If you don't know what you have, any method of selling is very risky. Get a copy of the Redbook and it will tell you where the mintmarks are located. I wouldn't sell any of them before at least separating the coins into two categories, high value and low value. If you list the coins individually on Ebay with very good photos and descriptions of the coins, you will probably receive fair prices. If you try to sell the coins in a single lot, expect to lose a lot of money. Selling to a local coin dealer is the easiest way, provided the dealer is trustworthy. If you know the dealer who sold the coins to your father, that might be the best place to take them to sell them. But I'd still try to sell the lower valued coins first to learn a little more about the process before dumping a pile of higher valued coins on the counter and asking, "how much for these?" On a more personal level, if you can afford to buy some or all of the coins from your mother, you may want to consider it. Someday you may wish you had saved them as a rememberance and family heirloom. I have a silver dollar collection passed down from my grandfather to my father to me, and it is one of my most cherished possessions.[/QUOTE]
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