Monday, December 3, 2007

More on coins

I used Numismedia Full Market Value catalog to look some of these up. Here- Numismedia FMV
You can look as well if you want. Select the coin selection and then at the top where it says Grade: select the grade range you're looking for. The MS 61-70 requires a login and both the username and the password are: planchet

It appears the value fluctuates highly depending on where they were minted. Many of the coins minted in San Francisco (S) are much higher. Might be worth getting out your handy magnifying glass and seeing if you see any S markings identifying the minting place.

I found a few of the coins I could identify from your description and their approximate value as listed:

1923 Mercury Dime, MS68 with full bands - $11,700 (If S, astronomically higher. Grade below 68 goes for $35K)
1922 Glaudens Gold $20 piece, MS63 - $1260 $4560 if S
1922-D, Liberty Silver Dollar, MS 64 - $100
1903 Morgan Silver Dollar, MS63 -$90 $440 (O) $6590 (S) (Known as Peace dollar)
1911 Dime,MS 60. under that is 0 80, under that is 3384 - I think this is what's known as a "Barber Dime" and goes for around $110.00

Obviously, this is all a whistle in the wind since this is in no way my field of expertise but it's possible there's some decent money in this collection and it might be time to consider contacting someone to professionally appraise it and/or broker it. Once you look at the coins to see if you can find the mint stamps, that'll let us narrow in a bit more on the values. At that point, it is probably time to consider some calls or emails to some reputable places. I can gather you a list if you'd like and even pre-call them to find out what the procedure is for this kind of thing.

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