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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 41060, member: 1101&quot;]My own opinion is that while it is entirely possible that you have some valuable coins, my guess is that most are probably not worth as much as you might think.&nbsp; I say this because if the previous owner were really into rare coins, many of these would be slabbed (graded) by professional companies, for example.&nbsp; I suspect this is a hoard/collection like many of us have.&nbsp; There might be a rarity tucked away, but don’t think that because a coin is 100 or 150 years old that it is “rare” or “valuable”.&nbsp; I only mention this so that you are realistic about it.&nbsp; It is possible that an appraiser may not even be the right placed to go.&nbsp; No need to pay someone $100 to tell you that you have $200 worth of coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would recommend that you first try to find out what you have.&nbsp; Separate them by denomination, for example, and design type.&nbsp; You can ask lots of questions here after that. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the price differences you see for each date are probably mainly in the upper grade categories.&nbsp; For these sorts of prices, the coins would have to be in new condition, and if they were, they would be in holders already.&nbsp; The uncle would not have thrown Mint condition coins in a box to roll around with others. </p><p><br /></p><p>This could be a fun project, but take your time and proceed slowly, first to understand what the coins are, and then you can start splitting hairs on condition to determine accrual value. </p><p><br /></p><p>And, has been said before – do not clean anything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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