I was curious if there were any coin collectors out there, or some with some knowledge / advice.
My Mom was just cleaning out her Safety Deposit Box, and said "here, you can have these.........."
I just received Lots and LOTS of old old old US and Canadian coins, uncircultated coin sets, uncirculated paper bills. So many I don't even know how to start counting them all. Or assessing their value.
Oldest coin I've found is 1809, cents/half-cents, several mid 1800's, misc Liberty silver dollars, Kennedy 1964 Silver 50 cent pieces, Wheat Pennies, Bufallo nickles, Un-circulated coin sets from the 1960's 1970's, 1980's.............you get the idea. Paper Currency of all ages and denomination, some uncirculated, oldest bill is 1917 and I haven't even really dug through them all yet. Some Postage Stamps and Foriegn currency too.
To be honest, I'm over-whelmed. Yeah I can go out to Ebay to get a market idea, but I really need to get these accurately valued by a coin collector or buyer.
this calls for professionals...............hence, grins, why I turn to Pelicanites first.
I'm very hesitant to go into a pawn shop / gold buying / coin shop in town, or at least if I do, I have to build some trust and "relationship" with them at a repuatable professional firm.
I'm not going to just dump 100-200 misc coins on their counter and say I'll be back in a couple days. Man I almost need an inventory system or check list saying "this is what I dropped off" give every one back or make me a fair offer.
Or just do several small batches at a time, so nothing goes "missing", or sit down with the store manager for 1-2 hours at a time and go piece by piece?
I guess its sort of like selling Baseball cards, I have several shoe boxes worth, but don't know if someones rookie card is worth 5 cents, 50 cents, $5, or $50+?
It's amazing what the pelican brain trust can provide with advice and wisdom.
what do you all suggest on how to handle this situation? I've got a lot of inventory to process, and this old currency should be appreciated by someone, a collector, or just sold off for rare coin market value, and not just stored in my safety deposit box at the bank gathering dust.
THANKS, this simply just isn't my field or area of interest or expertise.
