Featured How much does it cost to have coins valued?

If you send them off to one of the top 3 grading companies they will slab them and allocate a grade, they won't value them and it will cost you.

If you photograph both sides of each coin so that the mint mark can be seen, I can give you a rough idea of value, catalogue value is only a guide.

 

If you Google This "How much does it cost to submit a coin for grading" it should show all the top graders and their prices plus S&H

I have never sent a coin in for grading, it seems to be more of a US thing, the rest of the world don't bother.

 

You have to remember the US Morgan Dollar is one of the highest counterfeited coins in the world.

They need examining, many coin collectors are able to do this themselves, but many US collectors send them in for grading and slabbing.

It's the biggest con since gullible warming.

Then there is CAC stickers, (Coin Grading & Certification) this is another grading that confirms the first is correct.

The Chinese coin forgers (it's an industry) realise this, so now they are producing counterfeit slabs and holograms with the fake coin inside.

 

Here's a few of my Morgan and Peace Dollars.

Two are fake.

I did not buy them as real, they were in a job lot of around 10,000 coins I purchased from a deceased collector's estate.

To the naked eye, it's impossible to pick out the fakes.

The first thing I do to discover a fake is the magnet test.
A Morgan or Peace are 90% silver, they won't stick to a magnet.

Second thing is I use a Rare Earth Magnet.
90% silver should slightly adhere to a REM.

Third thing is weight
They weigh 26.73 grams, never more, but due to wear can weigh slightly less.

 

In the US.
If you are selling coins on eBay.com(US) you can't put a grade in the title unless the coin has been graded by one of the three approved graders in the US.
Anywhere else in the world, we can put any grade we wish in the title, and it doesn't have to be graded or slabbed.

The Grading companies also give a population figure of how many of a certain coin is left, but that is false because it only involves the coins they have graded in the US, they don't know what coins I have, or the millions of other numismatists in the rest of the world.

I have around 400-500 US coins in collectable grade, non were bought on eBay and non have been put in plastic coffins

 

Buy the Red Book.
A Guide Book of United States Coins 2026: Official Red Book
It's around $16 for a hardback on eBay or Amazon.
You will only have to buy one and can resell it when you have finished.

For each coin ever struck in the USA it has an explanation of the composition, weight and where to find the mint marks and what to look for in the grade, like high points that wear away and if the word Liberty can be fully seen.

You can soon pick up a rough idea of the grade, then go down the list of the dates and mint marks, and it will give you a guide price.

If you work on the fact, the coin is probably worth 50% of the guide price.

So if you have a $1 silver coin and the guide book says it's worth $100 list it on eBay without putting a grade in the title and start the auction at $50.

If you get lots of bids then it's a win-win.

If it sells for $50 then that is its value

If it gets no bids, then reduce the asking price to $40 and relist it.

I've not sold many coins on eBay of late, as I have too much other stuff I need to get rid of.
Cigarette Cards
Banknotes
War Medals
Tokens

My coins will be my retirement/hobby sales, for about 10 years

In some instances I have the confidence to list them at the minimum £0.99 as I know what I have, and I know they will sell well.

If you get stuck, you can always ask on here or CoinTalk for free advice rather than paying a grading company

 

Here is my Red Book, the details don't change, maybe the price guide slightly.






Here are some more books on banknotes and tokens just for the US side of my collection.

 

I might add you could get the price of your Red Book purchase back on the sale of your first coin.
If you got the coins for free or very cheap, then it's all profit