Newbie with a ton of coins and nowhere to turn...HELP!!

[Booyah122]

Hi everyone! I am definitely new to this site. For some reason my Mom decided to look up coins on the internet the day bc we happen to own a few. We decided to go get them and look at them. You just wouldn't believe what we found. There are so many. We had a little bag of foreign ones as well and spent all of last night researching and trying to figure out what they are. I live in Kansas City and we looked around on the net for a good place to take them and my Dad found a familiar name that was a relative of a friend he had as kid. Well, we took them there and this guy was SOOOOO rude. He threw the coins down after looking at the cute little bags that I had perfectly marked and said "this is just spending money". Ugh I just couldn't believe it. I thought for sure that these were a great find. Anyway after being so rudely spoken to, my Mom and I left and now, here I am....LOST . I will give you a little preview of what I have and maybe you can help me or just direct me in the right place. I would hate to just pick a price and put them on ebay. Most of this money was saved by my grandmother who owned a grocery store with my grandpa. Thanks again. I've been reading through some of these posts and you all seem to have found a great place here!!

Ok, here is a list of what I have:

10cents paper-1863
Cincuenta Centavos(Mexican bill)
*i have a few other bills but they are a little tattered and I can't make them out*

1876 Commemorative Sitting Liberty Half Dollar
1892 Commemorative Columbian Half Dollar

9 Morgan Silver Dollars with Mint Mark "S" (1879,1881,1894,1880,1900,1890,1921)
5 Morgan Silver Dollars with Mint Mark "O" (1880,1882,1890,1894,1900)
12 Morgan Silver Dollars with Mint Mark Unidentified
2 Morgan Silver Dollars with Mint Mark "D" (1921)

9 Silver Quarters (1 sitting 1 standing liberty, mostly Barber)

14 Liberty Dollars

2 Bicentennial Dollars

Silver Half Dollars (4 Liberty/1 Ben Franklin/4 Barber)

13 Kennedy Half Dollars '64-'69 (2 Cenntenial in another box I found)

A small bag full of old nickles (Buffalo,Barber,Indian Head,Liberty Peace,present day appearance as well)

3 Booker T. Washington Half Dollars 1946

Around 15 or 16 Dimes (1926 Mercury Dime Mint Marked "W"/Barber/Liberty)

A small bankbag full of pennies including a bag of indian head pennies

2 Susan B. Anthony Dollars 1979

1 Large "United Snakes of America" "One Dam" coin from the 1896 Presidential Campaign between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan

1 1925 Gold Indian Head 2 1/2 Dollars

Arizona State Tax Commission Coin

Masonic Token 1 penny with marking K.S.H.T.W.S.S.T

*FOREIGN*

Diez Gramos 10cents Mexico
3 1884 pesos
1 1883 1 centavo
Canadian 5 cents 1903-H (Spanish-Phillipines Carolus 1111 8 Reales Coin)
Tempo Tsuho (Chinese) 1835-1870 (If you haven't seen one of these...google it...it's pretty cool and took us forever to find online!!)
Estado de Durango 1/4 coin 186?
8 Reales coin Republica of Mexico 1860 (Survived Maximillian Empire)
Queen Victoria 1 penny (Great Britain 1901)
Mexican Libertad 1/4 de real 1865
50 Pfennig-Germany
2 Groschen-Austria 1954
10 cents Canada 1936 King George V

Last but not least....

A love token pin with the initials "RC" on one side of an 1851 Sitting Liberty (this one's my favorite...just thinking of who may have owned it and why they received it...aaah!!!

Ok, well, this is about it leaving off a few Kennedys here and there.

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!! WE DON"T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL OF THESE!!!

thanks so much!!

Beth

 

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[jeff of pa]

HI BETH.

Although he was Rude, I think he was trying to make the
point that In alot of cases the Bag was worth more then he
would pay for the coin. and Common Now, Cute ? :P your selling
coins not Beenie Babies. Sorry, I couldn't Resist, No Insult Intended.
He may also have been a Lazy Sorte
making opening each bag seperately a Pain to him.

A N Y W A Y

IF your intrested in Finding what the coins are worth, I would Suggest
Searching the Completed Items on EBay and seeing what the Buyers are paying.

On Foreign Coins, Most have little or no value seperately.
The Exceptions are Gold & Silver.

My understanding is Even the people who live in those Countries
who Collect coins, Don't do it by Date, They do it be Type.
They seem to be happy with 1 of each type.

your U.S. Coins have Value on EBay.
Just do what I suggested above.

The Bags of Indians & Bags of Nickels, may sell better in Bulk
then apiece, as People enjoy the Search. sometimes more then
the Find.

Good Luck !

Jeff

 

[HobBob]

Beth,
If you are able to make it to the library, take a look at two books.
The first is "A Guide Book of United States Coins" by R. S. Yeoman. It is issued yearly; try to get the latest year's version if possible. The 2007 edition is already out, but any version since probably 2000 will do. This book is also known as the Red Book. It has great pictures of the coins and information on how to tell the grade, or condition, of the coin. The value of any coin will vary greatly, depending on grade. The prices in this book, however, are not what you would be able to sell the coins for, but rather they are approximately what you might expect a coin dealer to charge.
The second book is "Handbook of United States Coins", also by R. S. Yeoman. This book is also issued yearly, and is also known as the Blue Book. This book has the approximate prices you might be able to sell the coins for. Please use the latest edition possible, because the resale value of coins are going up every year.
Also take a look at this web site, managed by PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Service):
http://www.pcgs.com/prices/
Hope this helps.
Good luck in your search!
Bob