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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wxcoin, post: 3420624, member: 74624&quot;]I helped an elderly friend several years ago sell her late mother&#039;s collection.&nbsp; It was very bulky as it filled more than eight office paper boxes.&nbsp; I spent several days sorting and organizing.&nbsp; The many proof and mint sets were put in one group, silver commemoratives in another, gold in another, foreign coins in another, paper money in another.&nbsp; I then went through the thousands of raw coins and pulled out pre 1900 coinage.&nbsp; Note than none of her coins were in certified plastic holders.&nbsp; Since I have been a long time collector I pulled aside some coins that I knew had value and decided to send them to get certified.&nbsp; These included 3 mint state large cents and mint state $5 gold coin.&nbsp; After these were certified I sent them to Great Collections to be auctioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of the coins were brought to a coin dealer friend who ended up buying them.&nbsp; He was a trusted friend who went through each sorted lot and came up with a fair price for each.&nbsp; The friend I was helping was there as well and got a good education in the process and felt very comfortable when the transaction was completed.</p><p><br /></p><p>If i was in your position I&#039;d send all of the slabbed (certified coins in plastic holders) to an auction house like Great Collections to be sold.&nbsp; The rest I would take to a coin dealer.&nbsp; Did your husband belong to a coin club?&nbsp; If so I&#039;d ask members to suggest a dealer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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