De facto dealer, sort of

My father in law was an antiques collector. He had quite the collection. From Napoleonic era military uniforms to art deco medals. Cast iron door stops to ancient roman currency. It really ran the gamut. My wife's mom asked us to help her figure out what to do with the stuff.

First is to attempt to organize, then to attempt identify, then valuate, then find a buyer.

 

We Identify.......we thou !!!

CoinTalk site...for the currency ! but we'll look at all of it !!!

Welcome

 

Thanks for cointalk. Over the years I've registered and been active at these sites:
Online encyclopedia of silver marks, hallmarks, & makers marks http://www.925-1000.com
Coin Community http://www.coincommunity.com
Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/index.php
antique bottles https://www.antique-bottles.net
Kovels Antiques, Inc https://www.kovels.com/
Heritage Auctions https://www.ha.com
Treefrog Treasures Toy Soldier Forums https://forum.treefrogtreasures.com/
yahoo group for clocks and watches https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/clocksgroup/info
Gentleman's Military Interest Club http://gmic.co.uk/
TreasureNet http://www.treasurenet.com
Sinatra Family Forum https://sinatrafamily.com/forum/index.php

Don't laugh at the last one - I heard from Nancy Sinatra herself about an item I have. Hmmm... I should post that here.

 

If it's signed I have an autograph thread going.....

 

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/large-plaque-any-idea-who-it-is.15529/

 

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Welcome! I'm on Coin Community as well.

 

Greetings, GAB!

 

Welcome ..would love to see the uniforms

 

Welcome!

 

They're gone. We put them up for auction with Heritage Auctions last year. They were a real pain. Really heavy, really bulky, really fragile. That's why there were one of the first things to go after he passed away.

 

The real problem with coins is what my father-in-law called "fly speck" collecting. The coins and tokens he had are quite old. The difference of one to another might be that this coin might have a tree with four leaves on a branch, while the same coin next to it might have five leaves on a branch.

Don't even get me started on who decides what condition something is in. I've seen dealers send something to all three houses to get graded and slabbed, and each one comes back with a different grade and the difference between them could mean hundreds of dollars of difference.

What I've got on my desk right now is old stuff too. This particular box has
seven Connecticut coppers
four New Jersey coppers
three Vermont coppers
two Mass coppers
three Constellatio nova
two Fugio cents
two North American tokens
one 1760/1700 Voce Populi half cent
one 1794 Franklin Press Token
one 1788 George III halfpenny

None of them are slabbed. I might have to put them in auction. Some of them are census, some of them seem really nice.