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<p>[QUOTE="ten-cents, post: 746387, member: 19568"]Very nice story! I've been following your threads and must say, you have a gold mine, literally!</p><p><br /></p><p>At least 5 figures, if genuine, and possibly more. This is a wonderful opportunity for you, in a troubled time, to learn about these wonderful coins and remember your father through them. As others have said, get a friend with a permit to carry an weapon and have this person escort you to NGC headquarters. You'll have to pay a good $1000 dollars, I think, to get all of these coins graded, but for a collection worth 20 or 30 times that, its definitely worth your time and money. </p><p><br /></p><p>Best of luck to you! I hope you (if you decide to keep the coins) enjoy them for all they are worth. I also hope that (if you decide to sell) you consult us before doing so. You shouldn't sell these coins to a dealer, but instead get them professionally appraised and individually listed at cost, and then get a table at a "coin show" where dealers from all over the country come to sell their coins. I would suggest the FUN show for you, (Florida United Numismatists). Check them out online and buy a table there, then, in January, when the show occurs, you can be ready to sell those coins to the PUBLIC, who will pay more than dealers <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh and by the way, those 21 gold $20s are worth, if mint state, over 1600 dollars apiece. Thats 30000 dollars RIGHT THERE <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps you out![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ten-cents, post: 746387, member: 19568"]Very nice story! I've been following your threads and must say, you have a gold mine, literally! At least 5 figures, if genuine, and possibly more. This is a wonderful opportunity for you, in a troubled time, to learn about these wonderful coins and remember your father through them. As others have said, get a friend with a permit to carry an weapon and have this person escort you to NGC headquarters. You'll have to pay a good $1000 dollars, I think, to get all of these coins graded, but for a collection worth 20 or 30 times that, its definitely worth your time and money. Best of luck to you! I hope you (if you decide to keep the coins) enjoy them for all they are worth. I also hope that (if you decide to sell) you consult us before doing so. You shouldn't sell these coins to a dealer, but instead get them professionally appraised and individually listed at cost, and then get a table at a "coin show" where dealers from all over the country come to sell their coins. I would suggest the FUN show for you, (Florida United Numismatists). Check them out online and buy a table there, then, in January, when the show occurs, you can be ready to sell those coins to the PUBLIC, who will pay more than dealers :) Oh and by the way, those 21 gold $20s are worth, if mint state, over 1600 dollars apiece. Thats 30000 dollars RIGHT THERE :) Hope this helps you out![/QUOTE]
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