Where to Get Coins Appraised

[luvmyberetta]

We have several hundred old coins ranging from the mid 1800's to mid 1900's & online values are all over the board & nobody locally does appraisals. Can anyone suggest a good place to take them? We only live about 1 1/2 hrs from Knoxville if that helps. Now way we're going to trust shipping them anywhere. None of them are gold so they're not highly valuable, but I'd like to know approx. value before we sell them.

[quietguy]

Talk to a local jeweler and see if they have any recommendations. 

We had a similar situation with a relative's estate, and through recommendations from a couple of local shops, found a guy that could give us a rough grade and value.  I think we paid him a couple hundred bucks to go through a couple thousand coins. 

It was a little eye opening about what was valuable and what wasn't.  Most of ours were basically mineral weight, but there were a few rare coins that had a considerable collector value.