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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hiddendragon, post: 1635290, member: 25270&quot;]I recently volunteered to help a friend of my father in law who is trying to sell a bunch of his stuff sell the coins. They were collected by his father, who is now deceased, and he&#039;s not a collector himself. In my experience, when someone who isn&#039;t really a collector says they have a great coin collection, it usually turns out to be some state quarters and 1950s wheat pennies, so I didn&#039;t know what to expect. Well, today I got the first bag of coins from him and was pleasantly surprised to find out they are the real deal. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know where they originally got the coins from, but I checked all the dates and it&#039;s almost all common stuff, and most are well circulated. There are a lot of silver Washington and Standing Liberty quarters, silver Mercury and Roosevelt dimes, a few war nickels, a 1937-1947 album of halves only missing the rarest date, about 45 Morgan and peace dollars and probably a few hundred buffalo nickels. There were also two gold coins, which I am attaching pictures of. They are both 1981 from the American Arts series. The Willa Cather is half an ounce, while the Twain is a full ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;m leading up to here is that I&#039;m not experienced in dealing with this level of merchandise and I need some advice. Basically the question is do I sell stuff on eBay or to a coin shop? I separated what I consider junk silver into one pile and what I feel are a little better into another. I think the junk silver is a no-brainer to the coin shop to avoid the eBay and Paypal fees. I&#039;ll probably list the better silver coins on eBay and see how that does. That&#039;s a small minority of the coins, however, since most were worn and common. The dollars are tricky. Many are in nice shape, but they all seem to be common dates - a lot of 1921, 1922, 1923. Do you think I should sell these as junk or go the eBay route? </p><p><br /></p><p>Next is the gold. I looked at completed auctions and see that the Twain is selling commonly for around $1750, and the Cather $850. Gold is $1660 an ounce right now, so eBay seems to be earning a premium, but then a 10 percent or so fee is serious money with a transaction that big, and I need to make absolutely sure it doesn&#039;t get lost in the mail. What would you do with these?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the buffalo nickels all seem to be common dates, mostly 1930s or late 1920s. What can I do with those? </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m curious to see what people think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and it&#039;s pretty cool to have these two gold coins in my possession. They&#039;re probably worth what my whole coin collection is worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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