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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kangayou, post: 824763, member: 23111&quot;]<b>hoping I shouldn&#039;t have started a new thread</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The title of this thread is appropriate for my questions , no hijacking intended.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mom has had me liquidating her junk silver ( stored away back in the 1960&#039;s ) since I 1st joined this forum and I got hooked on this whole coin collecting thing. I even started making a few stupid purchases off of eBay ( which I intend to hold onto as a reminder of what not to do again ).</p><p>Well now Mom is asking my to liquidate some gold coins she and my Father also packed away back then. I have mainly been focused on pennies and South American silver for my own beginning interest and have not paid attention to the gold collectors on this site since gold is out of my financial reach.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the long explanation !</p><p><br /></p><p>Please tell me if I should sell these for melt value or if ( in their beat-up condition ) they are worth more than melt. I have discovered via the man resources on the internet that 1928&#039;s can be more valueable than 1925&#039;s because the 1925&#039;s have been restricken over many years ( sort of like that rare 1780 Thaler I bought ... what a joke !!! ) . I have also been led to believe that sovereigns struck in Canada are usually worth more than Perth , Sidney , Melbourne &amp; some others. The coins I have were all minted in S.A. so they are the least desirable.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question is since I know these have been in storage for over 40 years &amp; have no fear of them being Chinese knock-offs , should I have them graded even though they are in such bad shape in order to get the maximum I can for my Mom or should I just sell them for melt to a local dealer?</p><p><br /></p><p>If I could , I would be buying everything my Mom is having me sell for her because of my fears of all the fakes entering the market , but I cannot afford them &amp; they are not mine to make that decision.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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