I have old half dollar coins?

Question

i have 1794, 1795,1796, 1799 and 1798 half dollars

i want to know a good website to know the price on them

Answer 1

they need to be graded before a value can be attached.  You will need to find a reputable coin dealer to have them graded.  However be prepared to pay for this service.

ebay generally gives a good idea on what a coin is marketing.  Web sites tend to over value coins.

Consider keeping the coins, they are a good hedge for emergencies and also make great family heirlooms.   If you sell them soon you'll spend the money and have little or nothing.   Save them for a rainy day!

Answer 2

For the 1794 and 1795:

http://www.pcgs.com/prices/PriceGuideDet...

For the 1796, 1798, and 1799:

http://www.pcgs.com/prices/PriceGuideDet...

These are retail prices - that a dealer might charge - so what you might realize from a sale would be different, and probably less.

The numbers at top of the various columns, "3, 4, 12, 30 ..." refer to grades, with higher numbers representing coins in higher grades (conditions), which are worth more.  Here's a very generic guide to grading:

http://www.coin-gallery.com/cggradingart...

You can find half dollars like yours in this eBay category:

http://coins.listings.ebay.com/Halves_Ea...

Since these halves are potentially quite valuable, you may want an expert to a) identify whether they are genuine or merely replicas and b) assign grades.  You can do this in several ways, including:

1. Talking to one or more reputable dealers; and/or

2. Sending these halves to a grading and certification service, like PCGS, NGC, or ANACS.  Depending on the service, you can either do this via a coin dealer, or submit the coins yourself.  The service will charge a fee to examine each coin, verify that it is genuine, assign a grade, and seal it in a plastic holder to protect against tampering.

Even if you plan to keep the coins, or if you plan to sell them privately or on eBay; it might be good to have an expert look at them.

Some dealers you might contact are listed here.  This list is off the top of my head; I have no recent experience with any of these, but all have long-established reputations:

Bowers and Merena

https://secure.bowersandmerena.com/index...

Goldberg Coins and Collectables

http://www.goldbergcoins.com/

Heritage Auction Galleries

http://www.ha.com/

Stack's

http://www.stacks.com

Superior Galleries

http://www.sgbh.com/Shop/home/index.html

Some info about certification services like PCGS, NGC, and ANACS:

http://rg.ancients.info/guide/slabs.html

If you haven't already done so, you might take some close-up digital photos of both surfaces of each coin - for insurance purposes, and, as others have mentioned, to ensure that if you send these coins - via Registered Mail, of course - to a dealer or certification service for evaluation - you'll receive the same coins back.

Finally, a) don't ever clean these coins and b) make sure they're stored in safe holders for long-term storage.  Some advice about holders:

http://rg.ancients.info/guide/holders.ht...

Answer 3

Call a coin collector in your area and ask them.  Do not give people your coins and let them walk away with them without you looking at everything they are doing with your coins-If they are dishonest, they can switch your coins with valueless coins when you are not looking. This is not a good thing, alright?

Second, call or go to several coin collectors and see what they say your coins will be worth, pick the best coin collector place and sell your coins to them, if you are watching everything that they are doing with your coins...

or

Keep your coins and pass them down to your children.

That's my advice.

Answer 4

http://www.coinresource.com/sell_coins.h...

Check out this site ~~hope it helps:))

Answer 5

keep them...pass them down to family...eventually they will cost a LOT more than what they do now...gd luck :)

DONT SELL THEM!!! eventually they will be worth like millions of dollars...just keep passing the coings down.