Where to Sell Coins – A Guide to Making Money From Your Money

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Where to Sell Your Coins

First things first, if you haven’t glanced at our Beginner’s Guide To Coin Collecting – You MAY want too. Otherwise, read on good friend!

Secondly, DO NOT Clean Your Coins! Cleaning them automatically makes them worth less. A coin with a few small dings that has not been cleaned is worth more than a coin that has no dings, but has been cleaned.

Once you’ve gone through and figured out what your coins are valued at in a healthy market you will need to find a place to sell them. Rather than posting them on craigslist we suggest you sell them on a coin marketplace, or take them by your local coin dealer.

SO… On to making that loot!

 

Let’s look at the 3 main ways and where to sell coins.

    • 1.) Sell to a Coin Shop – Now the coin dealer is going to buy them for less than they are worth, and this is normal. If the guy/gal running the coin shop bought them for fair value then he couldn’t sell them and make a profit. They are running a business, not a charity right? So how much less is the guy going to offer you? Well between 20%-40% less to give a fair range. Please allow the owner to explain why he is offering what he is offering, and if you think something stinks just leave. No big deal. Most shop owners however tend to be fair assuming you go there expecting to receive slightly less than the coins true value. If you are looking to get rid of lots of coins, really fast, then a coin shop may be a good solution. Don’t be afraid to let the owners know (politely) that you are shopping the coins around to various shops.

     

      • 2.) Physical Auction – You may want to find an auction and see if the auction house is interested in listing your collection. They will of course charge a fee either flat or a percentage of the sale value usually.

       

      • 3.) Online Auction or Marketplace – This may be the best option in general for those who wish to get the most for their coins, and are not limited by time constraints. Selling your coins one at a time, over months and possibly years is the best way to get the most for your coin or coin collection. But where? We highly advise against using eBay or feeBay as many people call it. The fees to list and sell a coin on eBay are on the verge of outrageous. Just trust us on this one. Unless you are an expereinced eBay user skip them. So where do you sell online? We’ve listed a few sites below that are trustworthy fair alternatives to feeBay.

      Fair Coin Markets

      Great Collections

      Found online at GreatCollections.com this site allows you to sell your coins with low fees. 0% for coins over $1,000 or 5% for coins under $1,000. They also offer grading, storage, and a healthy marketplace as of early 2013.

      Stacks and Bowers
      (also TeleTrade)

      Found online at Stacks and Bowers , this site also allows you to sell your coins with low fees, and offers a nice consignment option. They also offer cash advances, but we are not sure how this works, and so we suggest against it.

      Heritage Auctions

      Found online at Coins.Ha.com Heritage sells is the largest in terms of overall sales. They sell nearly 1 billion dollars worth of items (not just coins) each year. They are the 600lb koala in the room.

      3 thoughts on “Where to Sell Coins – A Guide to Making Money From Your Money”

      1. I’ve been coinroll hunting for approximately a year now and have accumulated quite a collection. I began doing it as a hobby along with the Hope’s of some day generating some extra income. My only issue is that now that I have these coins I have no means in which to sell them. I’ve tried Ebay but I find it hard to sell non authenticated coins on there. There are just to many people on there trying to pass off Machine doubling and other nonsense as varieties, so people are skeptical. I verify all my coins using John Wexlers website Doubleddie.com. All my coins have the proper die markers. If there is anyone out there that could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it

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