anyone knows where i can find info on coin collecting? i got a bunch of old coins i wanna sell?

Answer 1

You should deal with a reputable coin shop in your home town.

Before you go in, take a look at this site to see if your coins are rare. http://www.pcgs.com/prices/index.chtml

Condition is the determining factor in value. Your dealer can help with that. You can determine a "range" of you coin's value by knowing how many were made and the prices given for that year's coin.

Answer 2

The sites available for free are basically dealers selling coins. They won't pay you that much. Even the ones you pay for won't help, if you don't know how to grade your coins. When it comes to world coins there is no such data base for it would have to be huge and expensive to do. If U.S. coins get a Coinage or Coins magazine they are monthly, sometimes price guides are available in magazine form also. The magazines have trend prices for U.S. coins only, which means they are about what a dealer will sell a coin for. They are usually too high.The main point is at least you will know if you have rare coins. If the coin only lists for a few dollars in grade good and not much more in higher grades you know it is not worth much, but on the other hand it is worth $20 in grade good, then you know you have a scarcer coin. For world coins you need to see a world coin dealer otherwise you won't get full value for them. Most U.S. coin dealers know very little or nothing about world coins. Hope this helps. I can usually come up with prices on coin but only a few, I can not due long lists, due to the time it takes.

Answer 3

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/default.asp

The people here might be interested in purchasing your coins and can also give you a rough estimate as to how your coins would grade.

Taking the coins to a dealer is also a good idea. There's nothing like being able to handle the physical coin.

Answer 4

u can try goin to your local library and check out some books that identify coins... if that helps you any. good luck!