inherited some coins

i recently inherited some coins iam try to price and find out how much
they are worth, i dont know were to start so i scaned some of them,
this is just one drawer i have many more.
i will keep updating the photos till i scaned them all,
can any1 help me

http://imageknockout.com/cripy/coins

On 29 Jan 2006 09:59:10 -0800, "geoff" wrote:

i recently inherited some coins iam try to price and find out how much
they are worth, i dont know were to start so i scaned some of them,
this is just one drawer i have many more.
i will keep updating the photos till i scaned them all,
can any1 help me

http://imageknockout.com/cripy/coins

OK, FOLKS -- I LOOKED, this is NOT a porn site! These are indeed coin
pictures.

(Sorry, but we had a recent case of someone posting a URL with an
innocent-sounding plea such as yours ... turned out to be a link to
the most disgusting pictures I have ever seen in my entire life!)

How many "drawers" are there in all? Are all the coins as nicely
organized as these are?

You need someone who specializes in Canadian coins. Juding from what I
saw, you have some large Canadian cents from the early 1900's which
look like they are in pretty nice shape ... these will probably be
worth $5 or so each, maybe a little more or less depending on year and
condition.

The U.S. Buffalo nickel is a worn dateless type 2, grades about fair
at best, so you might as well spend it the next time you are in the
U.S. Think what a thrill someone would get receiving this as change
from the Coke machine??

Otherwise, the modern-date commemorative stuff is probably worth
whatever the metal is worth from which they were made. Looks like
there might be a gold coin or two in there...

The modern-date business strike coins are probably only worth face
value, but you won't know for sure unless someone who knows something
about Canadian coins looks at them.

As far as other stuff which is lying around loose, it would greatly
help to separate the Canadian coins from the U.S. coins from the
foreign coins.

Looking forward to more scans. Good luck!

--
Bob Hairgrove

thank-you i will try to sort the coins out and i will indeed scan more

geoff wrote:
i recently inherited some coins iam try to price and find out how much
they are worth, i dont know were to start so i scaned some of them,
this is just one drawer i have many more.
i will keep updating the photos till i scaned them all,
can any1 help me

http://imageknockout.com/cripy/coins

The 1968 Canadian quarters are half-silver so they are worth
a bit over a loonie for the metal content (0.0937 oz troy)
Some of the George V nickels and cents are worth a premium.
I don't see any scarce dates, so value is mostly based on
condition. The nicest of the lot is probably only worth a
few dollars, and the worst are actually spendable. I always
get rather excited when I find a George V coin when searching
through rolls of coins, but they tend to be like the average of
these: a dealer might have them in his fifty cent junk box,
but he certainly wouldn't pay that for them.

BTW please resist any temptation to clean these coins.

The loonies are worth face value as are the 1973 25 cent pieces.
There exists a valuable variety with a large bust of the queen,
matching the which appears on your 1968 quarters. None of the
ones I see here are the valuable type.

The rabbit nickels are also spendable unless you find one which
is just about perfect. You may not see them in change very often,
but there are thirty million of them as nice as most of yours.
The same goes for the twelve sided nickels, none of them appear
in the exceptional condition required for them to be worth a
premium.

If I inherited a lot of coins like these, I'd be inclined to
give the more interesting ones to young relatives and children
of friends, and just spend the 1973 mountie quarters and the loonies.

Peter.
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