Help!

[Guest harv4eva]

Hello!

I am getting very frustrated! I recently inherited a small mountain of mostly British coins. I plan on selling most, but I require valuation of them, and I need to know the best course of action to take.

One part of the collection that is particularly breath-taking is a "500th anniversary of the first gold sovereign 1489 - 1989 Gold proof sovereign collection"; This is the 4 coin collection, which includes the five pound coin, of which, if my research is correct, only 5,000 were struck. It is in absolute mint condition with the certificate of authenticity. I believe this is worth a large amount, and was wondering what the best approach to selling such an item to maximise profit would be.

[Emperor Oli 0]

According to Spink 2004, that set is valued at £1300. I don't know the best way to sell it though - Ebay? Coin dealer? Chris!?

[Chris Perkins 228]

Hello,

Well I would imagine you may get £1000 on ebay if you were lucky enough. And that's probably more than i would pay, but I imagine having a previous ebay presence would be a big help in selling it. I don't know many people that would hand aver £1000 to someone in sunglasses and with a big fat (0) next to their name.

I'd be pleased to list it properly, photograph it, describe it, take the payment, send it, and then settle up with you for a 10% commission (all in, including ebay fees and everything).

Where about are you too, I'd like to know what else you have in the mountain?

Chris

www.predecimal.com

[Guest harv4eva]

Thankyou.

I am located in Yorkshire, UK. I am an experienced ebayer and should have no problems listing it myself. However, if you are referring to the entire collection (Many hundreds of coins) that may be a different story. You'll realise that it would be impossible to list them all here individually, but there are a number of silver proof coins from different years, and a few duplicates, proof sets, some commemorative coins, many with certificates and also many, many pre decimal coins, including a collection of half crowns dating back to 1836. The condition varies from coin to coin. There is also a five pound coin gold proof from 1981, 39.94 grammes boxed with a certificate. One odd part of the collection is eight (!) sets of the "Complete decimal issue and the last £ s.d. issue GREAT BRITAIN"; they are in sealed hard perspex cases (similar to those inside the proof sets). Basically, there are far, far too many to list here.

[Chris Perkins 228]

Would you consider selling part of it to me if I could visit your with ready readies in February.

Email me your phone number if you like and we can talk in more detail about what you have.

Chris Perkins

www.predecimal.com

cp@predecimal.com