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<p>[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 3141192, member: 24544"]Very cool experience, to have an inherited collection to go through. Many of us started due to similar circumstances. I think your hesitation to go to a random coin store is reasonable and smart. Some of them are very good, a lot of them are sadly not. Unless you get recommendations from people you trust, I would advise you treat them all with suspicion.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of value, others have given you good ballparks. If you want a reasonable, and free, price guide you can use this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/fmv.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/fmv.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/fmv.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It's a good place to start, and gives you a sense of which coins in a series are worth a premium, i.e. 1878 CC vs. 1878. With that website and the pcgs photograde site you should be able to split the coins out into broad groups, i.e. <$100, $100-$300, $300+. Keep posting coins and keep having fun!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 3141192, member: 24544"]Very cool experience, to have an inherited collection to go through. Many of us started due to similar circumstances. I think your hesitation to go to a random coin store is reasonable and smart. Some of them are very good, a lot of them are sadly not. Unless you get recommendations from people you trust, I would advise you treat them all with suspicion. In terms of value, others have given you good ballparks. If you want a reasonable, and free, price guide you can use this one: [url]http://numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/fmv.shtml[/url] It's a good place to start, and gives you a sense of which coins in a series are worth a premium, i.e. 1878 CC vs. 1878. With that website and the pcgs photograde site you should be able to split the coins out into broad groups, i.e. <$100, $100-$300, $300+. Keep posting coins and keep having fun!!![/QUOTE]
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