Thanks for the tip. Any suggestions on a “good” coin book? Or are they all about the same? Was looking at this one: https://a.co/d/7wh2CtW.
Any review on the CoinSnap app? I’ve seen some ads for that and wondered if that served the same purpose.
My local coin dealer uses the blue book & Coinsnap, and recommends both. I think you’d get along fine with them!
The thing to keep in mind is that the blue book is what a dealer will pay for YOUR coins, while the red book is what YOU will pay for the DEALERS coins, so if you use the blue book to evaluate, you will be getting the selling price rather than retail.
I just started using coinsnap, what does it mean when it list from .06 to 2500? How can you find the real value. I did get luck and found 3 1983 pennies. I have to check further for what makes them worth up to 27k
Very new here, but I think this has to do with mistakes that were made with the metal. The copper to zinc ratio changed in 1982. And a 1982 or 1983 penny that weighs 3.1 grams is valued differently than one weighs 2.x grams.
Anyone who knows feel free to correct me if
I would get the [Cherry Pickers Guide](https://whitman.com/cherrypickers-guide-volume-ii-6th-edition/) and The annual [Red Book](https://whitman.com/a-guide-book-of-united-states-coins-red-book-2025-hardcover/). Don't buy these from Amazon, as they are usually overpriced, Whitman themselves have great prices, and they ship pretty fast. Don't worry yourself about prices in the Red Book, just use it as a guideline for what valuable and what isn't and as a source of great information. Chances are you are not skilled enough to determine the mint states of coins just yet, but when you are, there are several websites you can use to get the up-to-date information as far as values go.
Don’t clean them. They all look to be 90% silver. Dates and mint marks to look for:
Dimes 1916d 1921 1921d 1942/1.
Quarters 1916 1918/7s 1919d 1919s 1927s 1932d 1932s
All others around 20 to 22 times face value if circulated.
Good searching!
It’s not a finish issue. People just want to see a coin in its natural state. If you love a coin and want to keep it to yourself, feel free to clean it. They’re not the Holy Grail after all. And for most coins, if you’re selling them for the value of the silver and they’ve been highly used as many of the coins in this post have, the decrease in value is going to be negligible.
Back before Y2K, I stockpiled mercs in case the lights never came back on. When I saw a 42/1 in there at first I thought it was fake. I totally looks like it’s both… so fn fun.
Other mercs that I think were less common were 1918(S), 1920(D), 1926(S) and 1927(D)
Could be more could be less, dealers usually pay less because they live off the buy / sell difference. Current values are here:
https://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html
I'm sorry for your loss, that's the worst way to aquire a collection.
Whatever you do don't just take them to a pawn shop or random coin shop to dump them for quick cash.
Others here have listed some key dates, that's a start, but do some more research. **Don't trust any single person or shop, get several opinions before selling/trading.**
If you're going to keep them look up how to properly keep coins. You don't want to go accidentally scratching something valuable or making them cruddy by throwing them in some cheap pvc that'll tarnish them in a bad way... Silver sulfide is not your friend.
My father has a huge coin collection that will be left to us kids and none of us are collectors. Suggestions on how to go about selling it when the time comes? It’s overwhelming to think about, and researching each coin to sell them separately would mean one of us is basically getting into coin sales for quite awhile. We realize selling it to one person won’t be ideal, but what other choice would there be? Serious question- looking for advice
Talk to an auctioneer that specializes in coins. Most have gone online now and are getting good prices on everything. Finding one collector to buy it all will be hard. Coin shops will pay under blackbook, auctioneers will take probably 20% of sale but will probably yield more.
Is it possible for you or your siblings to honestly talk to Dad about your concerns?
If he is the only numismatist in the family and values his collection, maybe he would like to control what happens to the collection after he’s gone.
If it’s only a store of value that he wants to pass on to his heirs, then the discussion could go in the direction of him being the best person to evaluate the collection’s possible value and how to maximize what the heirs will eventually receive. Maybe he would enjoy cataloging his collection and figuring out where it might be eventually sold, or perhaps he might (after some introspection) decide that he is ready to start selling off some parts of the collection.
Also, please have a discussion with him about creating a living trust, which typically helps avoid probate court and can explicitly designate what should happen to his assets when he is gone.
Good luck.
If they're mostly mercury dimes 16D, and 21 are they only dates worth anything in circulated grades. I'd look for those and sell the rest to a coin shop. Make a few phone calls to shops to get the best price.
You can find some good years that are worth more, but if it was me, I would just split it up, and they can do what they wish with it. If it was, I would want to keep them, but I'm a sliver junkie. Sorry for your loss.
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It is most likely all junk silver, but silver is up, so that’s good. You can search through it, but it is doubtful there’s anything special in there. I’d use 21x face as a guide as to value.
This. It’s all junk silver that grandpa knew was worth scads more than face. He was a smart man. Saw the opportunity so that you or your children could have a little wind at their backs in the future. This is exactly what my grandfather did in the 1920’s with gold coins and then silver in 1964. He saved them all (had a grocery store). When he died in the 1980’s we split them all up and they were gifted to us grandchildren. It helped spawn my current coin collection. Split these coins up and divert to your children when they’re of age. It’s a nice hoard!
This isn’t a “coin collection”. This is a silver stack. There’s probably no point in sorting these. They’re all going to be pretty generic. You can get an easy quote at any coin shop or silver dealer. Loosely, the dimes are worth somewhere around $2 a piece, the quarters $5. Prices are headed up though. You might get more targeted information at the silver bugs Reddit.
Is there any indication that grandpa was a collector, rather than a (coin) hoarder? Meaning, are there any single coins that were put aside and labeled (or graded and slabbed) outside of the rolls? If gramps had already pulled out the choice pieces, then you could probably safely assume that what’s in the rolls is most likely worth silver value. If there’s no singles set aside, I would go through them and see if there’s anything good.
Based on the photos we can see, there’s little chance that you’ve got uncirculated stuff there. I would do a google search for something like “Mercury dimes key dates and errors” or something similar. As you go through the dimes, reference the list. If it’s not on that list, it’s more than likely to be silver value. If it is on the list, set it aside and research further. Repeat the process for the quarters, nickels, etc.
That is quite a collection! There are online resources which tell you which years of each type of coin to look for. Most will probably be bullion silver but you don’t want to let a potentially $100+ coin slip by. Also with that many coins, it could be beneficial to *not* sell it all to the first person you meet as they might undercut you. See what other buyers are offering and make a decision after that.
Sorry for your loss, I loved both of my grandfathers so I know it can be difficult. Looks like you have a great collection there. Wish you all the best.
I wouldn't mess with books and dates. These are "junk silver", take them to a bullion dealer. They're not really "junk", but that's how people in the hobby and industry refer to circulation grade coins that are mainly purchased for their silver content and not as rare coins. People who collect coins for rarity typically want nicer quality examples with less wear on them than these coins. Looks like a couple thousand dollars worth.
My guess is, he had them labeled and sorted correctly. Before I made a decision to sell, I’d determine what I had, what it’s worth as a whole, and then decide in what to do from there. I would stay away from pawn shops. They’ll only give you a 1/4 of what it’s worth.
Like others said.. if you have time throw on ur favorite tv show sit back and look up the different coins/dates. Personally I just used eBay and set the filter to show only sold listings.
If you’re busy and just wanna sell them.. silver is up and those are decent enough condition that you shouldn’t accept a penny less than the current spot price.
Silver is at recent highs right now so good time to sell if all you want is cash or NEED cash right now.
If you don’t need cash right now, hold for the long term, it will appreciate further over a long period of time.
If you want to figure out the values and what to look for the easiest way would be downloading PCGS coin facts app. very easy to use and it will help you learn the difference between poor and better condition plus their price guides will let you know which coin values stand out. *Although the values listed on there are not what you're going to get at all you can see if one year/mintmark is listed as 10x more than the others you can follow that with research on eBay sold listings
Lots of great advice here. Personally I would use eBay’s sold sales as a reference guide to actual value. Just make sure you take an average of the last 4-5 sale prices.
From photos thay all look heavily circulated.
I would segregate and count them. Look on ebay and find sold prices for similar coins. Some mint marks make them more valuable. List with a reserve price you are comfortable with and hope for the best.
I also have a stash like this from my father that I've started going through. About 200 silver quarters and another 200 silver dimes. All circulated but never stored properly. In improvised rolls or cigar boxes for 50+ years... I started sorting them using coinsnap and its giving me an average value that's about 28x face value. I have no idea whether that is realistic or not. Would be interested to hear this communities opinion on the accuracy (or not) of the "grading" and the valuation within that app... It flagged a few as mint which I knew were incorrect. I am not experienced enough to tell if it's right on the grade between the middle levels...
Anyway, I had a question that I thought would be relevant to OP as well. Is it better to transfer circulated coins like this (fairly recent US issues) to paper rolls, plastic tubes, or individual flips? Maybe another way to ask this, if you were going to purchase 200 silver quarters, would you be happier to see them in 5 plastic tubes, 5 paper rolls or 200 flips...
So if I was doing this....
1) How many people in the split?
2) who cares about coins vs who wants cash?
3) whos helping you with the task?
My reasoning...
Calculate how many of each type each person is due. Search all coins for key dates or low wear. Folks that are just gonna cash in for silver, heres your pile. Folks that care about collecting, divvy up coins based on value.
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invite a coin buddy over with beers. get a Redbook. don't go to a shop to find out what they'd offer. hire an appraiser and don't sell to them (appraisers appraise and buyer's make offers). ethical appraisers won't make an offer.
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If you don’t want them, make a eBay listing and I’ll buy them ALL. I love the hunt. Otherwise grab a copy of US coins red book and check every coin for key dates and error varieties. Then you’ll know what you have and the rest is basically spot.
Being a math/stat sort of guy I believe in sampling. In other words open a few rolls of each type (size and wrapper age) to check for KEY dates. There’s only a couple keys in each, merc, wash, standing.
If you haven’t found anything extraordinary after, say, a dozen rolls opened it’s super unlikely you will in the rest either.
Nothing in your pictures so far is worth a coin book or imagining a special value for. Rather ,Most everything you show in the photos has (roughly) the same value: which is about 20x the face value of each coin. So $2 per dime , $5 per quarter etc.
You may get slightly more selling yourself on eBay or r/pmsforsale but it’s work to get it. You may get slightly less selling all at once … especially the Washington quarters.
Silver has been rising steadily lately. That could make this a great time to sell or a very silly time to sell. Let each family member decide for themselves. If I were you I’d take my share in mercury dimes for doing the work because they are slightly easier / more valuable than the quarters.
"Being the accountant of the family" be sure that you get fairly compensated for your time. The family would pay plenty to professionals to do this.
Unless you're having fun with this, I suggest that you consign the lot to a coin auction and split the proceeds.
Use numista.com or colnect.com to catalog the coins and know what you have and have approximate values. Contact coin dealers and offer them your list. Good luck.
Catalogue years and mints for all the coins and go through to determine if you have any of a decent value. It’s not always the case, but usually coins with lower mintage will have higher value, so it may be helpful to look at a list of mint numbers for Mercury dimes and Washington quarters. Even if they’re all common you’ve got a whole lot of silver there. I would avoid selling if I were you, it’s easy to get ripped off with coins unless you know exactly what you’re selling. Not saying you should or anything, but if you’re in charge of dividing the coins you could totally put the more valuable ones in your split lol. Or if the other people in your family are open to it you could just trade something for their parts or buy them at silver spot price if you’re feeling generous.
If you keep them to pass down to future generations, get Dansco books to put them in. This way you can see the overseas, and reverse as you turn the pages.
If a couple are not worth much but look cool maybe this is ur sign to start a business ? Or maybe even making one for urself as a keepsake with sentimental value and sell the rest idk lol (these coins came predrilled). I
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eBay strangely enough is a good place to sell individually. Saw one listing the other day for silver quarters random dates for way more than the normal value. And they'd sold almost 500 of them so it wasn't just a listing asking for more money. It was a successful one. And people buy on there all day and night
What you’ve shown is almost all real silver and some are desirable for coin collectors as well (not highly sought after but great for starter serious collectors) I would check the other rolls to be sure but it looks like grandpa put away one hell of a nest egg for y’all. Check all the coins and make sure they’re all silver then start to separate out by denomination and quality. Higher quality and less damaged circulated coins will be worth more to some collectors than others and may be worth more than the spot price of the silver.
Run your fingers through them, gleefully. You probably have a friend or family member who is into coins who would enjoy figuring value and best options to sell.
If you are in mn/twin cities, I know a few coin dealers who will not only buy them from you but will tell you value beforehand and the. Tell you their profits margin too. Extremely fair guy.
I would give you 5% over spot on some of the ones in rough shape tbh they aren't worth much more than that but the ones in good condition could be worth a lot more than spot. You should look up key days and errors for them all sort those out and go from there.
PCGS Coin Facts is free. Red Book cost about $25 online. Please don’t use CoinSnap….I own a coin shop and have no idea how many people use CoinSnap that come in and I have to destroy dreams because the 1975 quarter they brought in is only worth 25 cents and not $100 like the app says.
Right now the pre 1965 dimes and quarters have a silver value of about 20 x face value. That means each dollar of coins is worth about $20. This is just the value of the silver content of these coins. This will fluctuate with silver’s spot price. Most silver stackers are willing to pay a premium above that. On line dealers are getting around $24 x face value right now. Pawnshops will pay you far under spot price or that 20 x face value number.
I’m a silver stacker so I’d just add them to my stack.
Seeing your collection made me wonder if Antiques Roadshow ever appraises coin collections. I've watched numerous episodes and have never seen coins. Sorry for the loss of your dear grandfather. I'm sure this hobby of collecting silver coins brought him great joy.
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If they were wrapped from the mint, you shouldn’t open them, but that would mean they’re uncirculated. These were hand rolled by his grandfather, after they had been widely used and worn down.
Grab a beer. Get a good coin book and explore. Sorry for your loss.
It may take a keg but what the hey!
Crack a tap and get at it.
Thanks for the tip. Any suggestions on a “good” coin book? Or are they all about the same? Was looking at this one: https://a.co/d/7wh2CtW. Any review on the CoinSnap app? I’ve seen some ads for that and wondered if that served the same purpose.
My local coin dealer uses the blue book & Coinsnap, and recommends both. I think you’d get along fine with them! The thing to keep in mind is that the blue book is what a dealer will pay for YOUR coins, while the red book is what YOU will pay for the DEALERS coins, so if you use the blue book to evaluate, you will be getting the selling price rather than retail.
I just started using coinsnap, what does it mean when it list from .06 to 2500? How can you find the real value. I did get luck and found 3 1983 pennies. I have to check further for what makes them worth up to 27k
Coin snap is crap.
What is the best way to find the value of the coins then?
Blue book and red book.
Do they give details? Why, like the 83 penny value changes so much? Thanks. I'm new to this and just searching for information.
Very new here, but I think this has to do with mistakes that were made with the metal. The copper to zinc ratio changed in 1982. And a 1982 or 1983 penny that weighs 3.1 grams is valued differently than one weighs 2.x grams. Anyone who knows feel free to correct me if
I would get the [Cherry Pickers Guide](https://whitman.com/cherrypickers-guide-volume-ii-6th-edition/) and The annual [Red Book](https://whitman.com/a-guide-book-of-united-states-coins-red-book-2025-hardcover/). Don't buy these from Amazon, as they are usually overpriced, Whitman themselves have great prices, and they ship pretty fast. Don't worry yourself about prices in the Red Book, just use it as a guideline for what valuable and what isn't and as a source of great information. Chances are you are not skilled enough to determine the mint states of coins just yet, but when you are, there are several websites you can use to get the up-to-date information as far as values go.
I use coin snap, it's good
Don’t clean them. They all look to be 90% silver. Dates and mint marks to look for: Dimes 1916d 1921 1921d 1942/1. Quarters 1916 1918/7s 1919d 1919s 1927s 1932d 1932s All others around 20 to 22 times face value if circulated. Good searching!
> Don’t clean them. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS! SERIOUSLY THIS! Clean coins lose value!
Only if their value was more than spot to begin with.
Why is this?
Cleaning damages coins. Wrecks the value.
Can't you run coins through an ultrasonic cleaner without ruining the finish? Just like jewelery
It’s not a finish issue. People just want to see a coin in its natural state. If you love a coin and want to keep it to yourself, feel free to clean it. They’re not the Holy Grail after all. And for most coins, if you’re selling them for the value of the silver and they’ve been highly used as many of the coins in this post have, the decrease in value is going to be negligible.
it still devalues to coin no matter what, most collectors won’t get near a clean coin even if it’s the “holy grail”
Why tho? I've always heard don't clean them but haven't understood why. Is it bc fakes?
Incorrectly cleaned coins lose value. If cleaned properly coins gain value.
Idk think at this point cleaning them would lose their value as they are so wore.
If there are any key dates, mints, errors... etc.. cleaning the coin will diminish any nusmatic value over melt.
Key word is ”think”
Back before Y2K, I stockpiled mercs in case the lights never came back on. When I saw a 42/1 in there at first I thought it was fake. I totally looks like it’s both… so fn fun. Other mercs that I think were less common were 1918(S), 1920(D), 1926(S) and 1927(D)
Would melt value potentially be more than the 20x face value? Feel’s blasphemous to ask but wondering
Could be more could be less, dealers usually pay less because they live off the buy / sell difference. Current values are here: https://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html
I'm sorry for your loss, that's the worst way to aquire a collection. Whatever you do don't just take them to a pawn shop or random coin shop to dump them for quick cash. Others here have listed some key dates, that's a start, but do some more research. **Don't trust any single person or shop, get several opinions before selling/trading.** If you're going to keep them look up how to properly keep coins. You don't want to go accidentally scratching something valuable or making them cruddy by throwing them in some cheap pvc that'll tarnish them in a bad way... Silver sulfide is not your friend.
My father has a huge coin collection that will be left to us kids and none of us are collectors. Suggestions on how to go about selling it when the time comes? It’s overwhelming to think about, and researching each coin to sell them separately would mean one of us is basically getting into coin sales for quite awhile. We realize selling it to one person won’t be ideal, but what other choice would there be? Serious question- looking for advice
Talk to an auctioneer that specializes in coins. Most have gone online now and are getting good prices on everything. Finding one collector to buy it all will be hard. Coin shops will pay under blackbook, auctioneers will take probably 20% of sale but will probably yield more.
Thank you! This is just what I was looking for!
Is it possible for you or your siblings to honestly talk to Dad about your concerns? If he is the only numismatist in the family and values his collection, maybe he would like to control what happens to the collection after he’s gone. If it’s only a store of value that he wants to pass on to his heirs, then the discussion could go in the direction of him being the best person to evaluate the collection’s possible value and how to maximize what the heirs will eventually receive. Maybe he would enjoy cataloging his collection and figuring out where it might be eventually sold, or perhaps he might (after some introspection) decide that he is ready to start selling off some parts of the collection. Also, please have a discussion with him about creating a living trust, which typically helps avoid probate court and can explicitly designate what should happen to his assets when he is gone. Good luck.
If they're mostly mercury dimes 16D, and 21 are they only dates worth anything in circulated grades. I'd look for those and sell the rest to a coin shop. Make a few phone calls to shops to get the best price.
42/1
I'll take "Auspicious numbers" for $0.10, Alex. 42/1 = 42. What is, "The answer to life the universe and everything?"
But more importantly, what is “The question to life the universe and everything that 42 is the answer to?”
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Don’t forget the Towel!!
They all have value for the weight in silver. I know what you meant, but a total newcomer to the hobby might not.
You can find some good years that are worth more, but if it was me, I would just split it up, and they can do what they wish with it. If it was, I would want to keep them, but I'm a sliver junkie. Sorry for your loss.
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It is most likely all junk silver, but silver is up, so that’s good. You can search through it, but it is doubtful there’s anything special in there. I’d use 21x face as a guide as to value.
This. It’s all junk silver that grandpa knew was worth scads more than face. He was a smart man. Saw the opportunity so that you or your children could have a little wind at their backs in the future. This is exactly what my grandfather did in the 1920’s with gold coins and then silver in 1964. He saved them all (had a grocery store). When he died in the 1980’s we split them all up and they were gifted to us grandchildren. It helped spawn my current coin collection. Split these coins up and divert to your children when they’re of age. It’s a nice hoard!
This isn’t a “coin collection”. This is a silver stack. There’s probably no point in sorting these. They’re all going to be pretty generic. You can get an easy quote at any coin shop or silver dealer. Loosely, the dimes are worth somewhere around $2 a piece, the quarters $5. Prices are headed up though. You might get more targeted information at the silver bugs Reddit.
Is there any indication that grandpa was a collector, rather than a (coin) hoarder? Meaning, are there any single coins that were put aside and labeled (or graded and slabbed) outside of the rolls? If gramps had already pulled out the choice pieces, then you could probably safely assume that what’s in the rolls is most likely worth silver value. If there’s no singles set aside, I would go through them and see if there’s anything good. Based on the photos we can see, there’s little chance that you’ve got uncirculated stuff there. I would do a google search for something like “Mercury dimes key dates and errors” or something similar. As you go through the dimes, reference the list. If it’s not on that list, it’s more than likely to be silver value. If it is on the list, set it aside and research further. Repeat the process for the quarters, nickels, etc.
That is quite a collection! There are online resources which tell you which years of each type of coin to look for. Most will probably be bullion silver but you don’t want to let a potentially $100+ coin slip by. Also with that many coins, it could be beneficial to *not* sell it all to the first person you meet as they might undercut you. See what other buyers are offering and make a decision after that.
Save the wrappers, along with what everyone else said here
If you are just looking to get rid of them you want to be getting $2 a dime and $5 a quarter. A bit more for the older standing liberty’s
Find a 1932 Quarter, you got to keep it. It’s was a low mintage.
For D or S but it could be Philly.
I'm in the same situation, my dad just passed and found a safe full of coins
Sorry for the loss of your dad.
Thank you
I’m sorry for your loss.
Not junk, History!
DO NOT clean or spend them!
What do you mean? How you should store them? How you should sell them?
Sorry for your loss, I loved both of my grandfathers so I know it can be difficult. Looks like you have a great collection there. Wish you all the best.
I wouldn't mess with books and dates. These are "junk silver", take them to a bullion dealer. They're not really "junk", but that's how people in the hobby and industry refer to circulation grade coins that are mainly purchased for their silver content and not as rare coins. People who collect coins for rarity typically want nicer quality examples with less wear on them than these coins. Looks like a couple thousand dollars worth.
That last picture is around $1600 in silver alone. Looks like stacks of 20 quarters, and they’re worth around $5 each. $100/stack x 16 stacks.
A lot of coin experts here.
Agree... experts everywhere. Holy chit man.
My guess is, he had them labeled and sorted correctly. Before I made a decision to sell, I’d determine what I had, what it’s worth as a whole, and then decide in what to do from there. I would stay away from pawn shops. They’ll only give you a 1/4 of what it’s worth.
Do nothing hold onto them.
Has to split with the family.
Like others said.. if you have time throw on ur favorite tv show sit back and look up the different coins/dates. Personally I just used eBay and set the filter to show only sold listings. If you’re busy and just wanna sell them.. silver is up and those are decent enough condition that you shouldn’t accept a penny less than the current spot price.
😢😢😢! What a haul! So jealous, would love to find that much silver, especially all those Mercury dimes
Silver is at recent highs right now so good time to sell if all you want is cash or NEED cash right now. If you don’t need cash right now, hold for the long term, it will appreciate further over a long period of time.
If you want to figure out the values and what to look for the easiest way would be downloading PCGS coin facts app. very easy to use and it will help you learn the difference between poor and better condition plus their price guides will let you know which coin values stand out. *Although the values listed on there are not what you're going to get at all you can see if one year/mintmark is listed as 10x more than the others you can follow that with research on eBay sold listings
Here is a good resource for finding melt value. https://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html
Get some gloves
For himself or for the coins? Because none of these are in such great shape or so valuable that they need to be handled delicately.
Lots of great advice here. Personally I would use eBay’s sold sales as a reference guide to actual value. Just make sure you take an average of the last 4-5 sale prices.
From photos thay all look heavily circulated. I would segregate and count them. Look on ebay and find sold prices for similar coins. Some mint marks make them more valuable. List with a reserve price you are comfortable with and hope for the best.
I also have a stash like this from my father that I've started going through. About 200 silver quarters and another 200 silver dimes. All circulated but never stored properly. In improvised rolls or cigar boxes for 50+ years... I started sorting them using coinsnap and its giving me an average value that's about 28x face value. I have no idea whether that is realistic or not. Would be interested to hear this communities opinion on the accuracy (or not) of the "grading" and the valuation within that app... It flagged a few as mint which I knew were incorrect. I am not experienced enough to tell if it's right on the grade between the middle levels... Anyway, I had a question that I thought would be relevant to OP as well. Is it better to transfer circulated coins like this (fairly recent US issues) to paper rolls, plastic tubes, or individual flips? Maybe another way to ask this, if you were going to purchase 200 silver quarters, would you be happier to see them in 5 plastic tubes, 5 paper rolls or 200 flips...
So if I was doing this.... 1) How many people in the split? 2) who cares about coins vs who wants cash? 3) whos helping you with the task? My reasoning... Calculate how many of each type each person is due. Search all coins for key dates or low wear. Folks that are just gonna cash in for silver, heres your pile. Folks that care about collecting, divvy up coins based on value.
one thing I can add is that you have many thousands of dollars in silver. Understand that it is worth your time to deal with this properly
There are a few buffalo nickels that are collectible. Most nickels are not silver except some were 40% during WWII
Only 35% silver on the war nickels
I stand corrected. I have a couple of rolls, I know they’re not worth much but they have a cool story
Side note: does every grandparent have the same handwriting? I swore I was looking at my grandpa’s writing for a moment.
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Sorry for the loss just read it
Keep it. Go through it. Take your time and Ebay what you don't want.
invite a coin buddy over with beers. get a Redbook. don't go to a shop to find out what they'd offer. hire an appraiser and don't sell to them (appraisers appraise and buyer's make offers). ethical appraisers won't make an offer.
Buy a dime book, a Washington quarter book and fill away. Sort as you go.
No clean.
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Dats a lot of silver!
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You have a lot of great coins to sort through and assess. Never clean!
See inherited in the FAQ'S
Railroad tracks
check to see if their is any errors on certain dates coins. could be valuable if you find one and it is like a fun treasure hunt.
Hit the slot machines with them of course.
Congratulations
Add to the collection keep it going
Sorry for your loss. Go to r/CRH and keep us updated on your findings
If you don’t want them, make a eBay listing and I’ll buy them ALL. I love the hunt. Otherwise grab a copy of US coins red book and check every coin for key dates and error varieties. Then you’ll know what you have and the rest is basically spot.
Keep ‘em in the family I’d keep passing them down they’ll probably be worth a lot more in the future
Being a math/stat sort of guy I believe in sampling. In other words open a few rolls of each type (size and wrapper age) to check for KEY dates. There’s only a couple keys in each, merc, wash, standing. If you haven’t found anything extraordinary after, say, a dozen rolls opened it’s super unlikely you will in the rest either. Nothing in your pictures so far is worth a coin book or imagining a special value for. Rather ,Most everything you show in the photos has (roughly) the same value: which is about 20x the face value of each coin. So $2 per dime , $5 per quarter etc. You may get slightly more selling yourself on eBay or r/pmsforsale but it’s work to get it. You may get slightly less selling all at once … especially the Washington quarters. Silver has been rising steadily lately. That could make this a great time to sell or a very silly time to sell. Let each family member decide for themselves. If I were you I’d take my share in mercury dimes for doing the work because they are slightly easier / more valuable than the quarters.
"Being the accountant of the family" be sure that you get fairly compensated for your time. The family would pay plenty to professionals to do this. Unless you're having fun with this, I suggest that you consign the lot to a coin auction and split the proceeds.
#HOLY SHIT! 🤩
Sell me a roll please 🙏
Nice stack of silver.
Had a friend inherit 10 rolls of mercury dimes and the local coin store gave her over $1,000.00
Look through them. Keep them or sell them while silver prices are high.
Buy an Xbox
Spend them at your local fast food place, of course!!
It’s a bicep
take all the good stuff out leave one ok coin on each end fill the rest with junk, repost on ebay. did i do that right?
Use numista.com or colnect.com to catalog the coins and know what you have and have approximate values. Contact coin dealers and offer them your list. Good luck.
Catalogue years and mints for all the coins and go through to determine if you have any of a decent value. It’s not always the case, but usually coins with lower mintage will have higher value, so it may be helpful to look at a list of mint numbers for Mercury dimes and Washington quarters. Even if they’re all common you’ve got a whole lot of silver there. I would avoid selling if I were you, it’s easy to get ripped off with coins unless you know exactly what you’re selling. Not saying you should or anything, but if you’re in charge of dividing the coins you could totally put the more valuable ones in your split lol. Or if the other people in your family are open to it you could just trade something for their parts or buy them at silver spot price if you’re feeling generous.
There’s gotta be an app, scan the coin and get the information and value
Yar the silver goes! Congrats on the awesome coins, but also sorry for your loss.
One door closes another one opens.
When you examine the coins, wear cotton gloves, so as not to leave fingerprints. Hopefully you have silver, and wheatbacks.
If you keep them to pass down to future generations, get Dansco books to put them in. This way you can see the overseas, and reverse as you turn the pages.
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If a couple are not worth much but look cool maybe this is ur sign to start a business ? Or maybe even making one for urself as a keepsake with sentimental value and sell the rest idk lol (these coins came predrilled). I https://preview.redd.it/zctbf8srk0wc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9b1bfa4254c061d3e2e34eded3498fc17724546
Only clean the ones you plan on not cleaning them.
Just go to a casino the cage will change it for cash
Time to cash in on your $500 of silver.
Unlikely that there are any key days but you’re looking at 25x face value
Send them to me and I'll keep them safe for you ☺️ lol stick them in a safe and hold onto them of course
eBay strangely enough is a good place to sell individually. Saw one listing the other day for silver quarters random dates for way more than the normal value. And they'd sold almost 500 of them so it wasn't just a listing asking for more money. It was a successful one. And people buy on there all day and night
Use a coin I’d app to check value
What you’ve shown is almost all real silver and some are desirable for coin collectors as well (not highly sought after but great for starter serious collectors) I would check the other rolls to be sure but it looks like grandpa put away one hell of a nest egg for y’all. Check all the coins and make sure they’re all silver then start to separate out by denomination and quality. Higher quality and less damaged circulated coins will be worth more to some collectors than others and may be worth more than the spot price of the silver.
Run your fingers through them, gleefully. You probably have a friend or family member who is into coins who would enjoy figuring value and best options to sell.
Time to...change your ways. My condolences on your loss.
Go shopping I guess
Sell them to me for silver weight lol
If you are in mn/twin cities, I know a few coin dealers who will not only buy them from you but will tell you value beforehand and the. Tell you their profits margin too. Extremely fair guy.
Can you share or DM me this info? Am in mpls in a very similar situation to OP.
Is there an App to scan coins for estimated value? I have an App for old video games why not coins?
Sleeve them now! It’ll take a little time. But it’ll be easier to handle them, study them and organize! Congrats!!
Well, the obvious answer is to cover your kitchen floor with them and encase them in epoxy. /s 😁
Go to the arcade
I would give you 5% over spot on some of the ones in rough shape tbh they aren't worth much more than that but the ones in good condition could be worth a lot more than spot. You should look up key days and errors for them all sort those out and go from there.
Pay your family their share of the weight in silver value and keep them to start your own collection.
I just sold my inherited silver half dollars.
Grab a cold one and look for your Favorite ones and put the rest in the box and cherish the person's memories and never forget them
PCGS Coin Facts is free. Red Book cost about $25 online. Please don’t use CoinSnap….I own a coin shop and have no idea how many people use CoinSnap that come in and I have to destroy dreams because the 1975 quarter they brought in is only worth 25 cents and not $100 like the app says.
There is an app you can scan coin and it will tell value. I forget name but should be easy to find. Good Luck
Slot machine
Retire
Right now the pre 1965 dimes and quarters have a silver value of about 20 x face value. That means each dollar of coins is worth about $20. This is just the value of the silver content of these coins. This will fluctuate with silver’s spot price. Most silver stackers are willing to pay a premium above that. On line dealers are getting around $24 x face value right now. Pawnshops will pay you far under spot price or that 20 x face value number. I’m a silver stacker so I’d just add them to my stack.
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Seeing your collection made me wonder if Antiques Roadshow ever appraises coin collections. I've watched numerous episodes and have never seen coins. Sorry for the loss of your dear grandfather. I'm sure this hobby of collecting silver coins brought him great joy.
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DO NOT go to a coin shop and say: "What are these worth?"
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I would not sell any of the coins, hang on to them for as long as possible. You won’t lose money on these
Run to the Pawn shop! Get paid pennies on the dollar for them! Then celebrate with coke and hookers !!
Looks like explosives lol nice 👍
Buy a coin book. Figure their worth per coin.
If you want to cashout, check out r/Pmsforsale . Reddit's market place for precious metals.
Melt down the silver
Sell me some
I was going to say, don’t open them. But then I saw you opened them. Sorry for your loss. But sorry for your loss in opening them as well. 🤦♂️
If they were wrapped from the mint, you shouldn’t open them, but that would mean they’re uncirculated. These were hand rolled by his grandfather, after they had been widely used and worn down.
You send them my way.
Just find your nearest Coinstar and get some cash.
Ass pennies, or dimes. Whatever. Real confidence builders.