can i have a little help please

[mattwho]

hi all

my granddad died in 96 and i was given his coin collection.

its just been sitting in bags

things like pennies half pennies three pence farthings a bag or bits from all country and a 1890n silver dollar

well im looking to sell them and im hoping that one of you guys lives near me to have a look??? (burton latimer/northampton)

i would just love to sit with one of you and have you have a look at what we have.

oh and i allso have some notes from Russia and Germany from ww1 to ww2

anyone interested?

matt

[Peckris]

hi all

my granddad died in 96 and i was given his coin collection.

its just been sitting in bags

things like pennies half pennies three pence farthings a bag or bits from all country and a 1890n silver dollar

well im looking to sell them and im hoping that one of you guys lives near me to have a look??? (burton latimer/northampton)

i would just love to sit with one of you and have you have a look at what we have.

oh and i allso have some notes from Russia and Germany from ww1 to ww2

anyone interested?

matt

I hope you find someone who would go out and sit with you and have a look through (I'm nowhere near). Unfortunately, my spirits sank when I read "sitting in bags". Why? That's the nature of a typical accumulation rather than collection, the kind of thing I used to wade through attending auctions as a dealer, in the usually vain hope of finding something worthwhile. True collections are found in albums or trays or even cabinets, not in loose bags.

I do hope I'm wrong, but I doubt there is going to be much there. Base your hopes on that, then anything good will come as a pleasant surprise. But please, don't count on it.

As a rough guide, silver and gold have a bullion value and can be sold accordingly. British silver coins before 1920 are sterling silver, before 1947 have 50% silver, from 1947 have no silver at all.

[Peter]

As Peck has said coins in bags is not correct.Picture some of the nicer older coins.

I relieved myself of a small suitcase of predecimal coins for £18 last summer.The silver dollar will be worth its weight in silver as will any pre 47 or pre 20 UK silver coins (50% & 92.5% silver).Look at the main predecimal site for key dates and look at the coins for sale to get an idea on grading.

[mattwho]

yep in bags lol

as i dont know anything about coins ive never done anything with them they just sit in a box

i suppose if there not worth much i can sell them to reenacters or something