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If you need more info you can post here or send me a
. Just remove the nospam Thank you all very much-Dick Dick- It's impossible to tell just what you have from those small photos. The best advice is to get at least three different appraisals and not to get your hopes up on the value. These types of packaged sets are not designed to contain rare or high-value coins. Regards, Tom |
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"Dick" wrote in message ... After my Mother passed away in Dec I found 3 coin sets that I believe my Dad bought in the 80s. I know nothing about them and hope that someone in this group would help me out. I am interested in where they may have came from and an approx. value. I'm in the Chicago area and will probably sell them to one of the coin dealers here, and I am hoping to get a fair price. I have posted some small pics at set1--Called The Presidential Silver Collection 13 coins--Kennedy halfs-64,65,66,67,68,69,70,and 1776-1996 Ike dollars---71,72,73,74, and 1776-1976 almost all the coins show some tarnish I do not know anything about the history or marketing of the sets. The 64 Kennedy is 90% silver and worth approx. $2 for silver. The 65-69 Kennedys are 40% silver and worth a buck to a $1.50 for silver. The 1970 Kennedy was low mintage and has numismatic worth, if undamaged, of around $10. The Ikes may only be worth face value, although it is possible that some have silver content. If you should be lucky and have high grade uncirculated coins (coins with exceptional eye appeal, no mishandling, and no noticeable nicks, even miniscule nicks, the numismatic value may exceed the silver content value. Do not try to clean the coins to remove the tarnish, doing so may reduce any numismatic value. set2--Called Franklin Liberty Bell-U.S. Half Dollars--Brilliant-Uncirculated 1954-1963 all coins are in individual sealed plastic containers and are bright with no tarnish Check here for price guides; http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.cht...kennedy_ha lf Top of the page starts the regular business strike prices. The columns that are headed with the numerals in the 60s are BU prices, the higher the number, the better the coin. Figure $5-$6 per coin for a typical uncirculated Franklin half, but the numbers can climb much higher if the coin is exceptionally nice. FL in the charts stands for Full Lines, the bell lines on the bell on the reverse. For a FL designation, which can mean a more valuable coin, the lines have to be complete, indicating a better strike. Barber set--Called Charles E Barber Turn of the Century Silver Treasury the set is a cheaply framed wall hanging with 5 liberty head quarters and 5 halfs. all the coins are very worn Worth something, for sure, but the price could range from $4 to $10 each for the halfs, less for the quarters, all depending on how badly worn the coins are. You might consider keeping the coins rather than selling them, as a basis for a hobby or to pass on to your children. Bill If you need more info you can post here or send me a . Just remove the nospam Thank you all very much-Dick |
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On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 16:17:04 GMT, "Dick"
wrote: After my Mother passed away in Dec I found 3 coin sets that I believe my Dad bought in the 80s. I know nothing about them and hope that someone in this group would help me out. I am interested in where they may have came from and an approx. value. I'm in the Chicago area and will probably sell them to one of the coin dealers here, and I am hoping to get a fair price. I have posted some small pics at set1--Called The Presidential Silver Collection 13 coins--Kennedy halfs-64,65,66,67,68,69,70,and 1776-1996 Ike dollars---71,72,73,74, and 1776-1976 almost all the coins show some tarnish set2--Called Franklin Liberty Bell-U.S. Half Dollars--Brilliant-Uncirculated 1954-1963 all coins are in individual sealed plastic containers and are bright with no tarnish Barber set--Called Charles E Barber Turn of the Century Silver Treasury the set is a cheaply framed wall hanging with 5 liberty head quarters and 5 halfs. all the coins are very worn If you need more info you can post here or send me a . Just remove the nospam Thank you all very much-Dick Dick, I took a look at the sets. I can't really see the coins in the picture but I will say that based on sets like this I have seen most of the coins are usually polished to make them loook "better". As far as the worn barbers are concerned, they are probably common dates and if not polished the halves should be worth about around 4 to 5 dollars each and the quarters about 2 to 3 dollars each. If they have been polished then they are probably worth about 1.50 for each half and about 75 or 80 cents for the quarter. The holder and such is really not worth anything to anyone else not having the set. As far as the Kennedy halves go, if there really is a 70 in there and it's not polished it can be worth between 7 and 20 dollars (it should have a small D on the back for Denver Mint). The 64 half is 90 percent silver and worth about $2 and the 65 - 69 are 40 percent silver and worth about 60 to 70 cents each. If polished the the 70 is also worth about 3 or 4 dollars. All the Ike dollars are cupro-nickle (not silver) and basically worth face value or if you find someone who really wants them you might get 1.50 or so each. As for the Franklin halves, most of these type sets have the coins polished up to a high shine and if that is the case then the coins are worth probably 1.75 to 2.25 each. Again the neat holders are basically not worth anything unless you find someone with a particular desire for such a holder or set. Do not be surprised if you take the sets to a coin dealer and he offers something like 20 or 25 dollars for the whole group. If you feel like you must sell them, put them up on ebay with good photos of the coins and you might get 2 or 3 times that much. My advice would be to put them away and keep them as mementos of your mom and just save them as keepsakes. She probably paid 40 to 50 dollars per set and quite possibly more than that for the Franklin's. Cliff |
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I'd like to thank you all for the information and your time in replying to
my post.--Dick |
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