I finally hae had time to get a list together of what dad collected but I still have individual coins to sort through and I'm just not up for that challenge yet but here goes... Americana Series Vanishing Classics collection: 1943 steel penny, 1936 baffalo nickel, 1947 walking liberty half dollar,1928 standing liberty quarter and 1944 mercury dime. 1943 Wartime Emergency Issue: Steel Cents Phily Mint, San fransico Mint and Denver mint. The World War 2 Years of the Mercury Dime. Americana Series- Yester Year Collection: 1902 Indian Head Penny, 1907 Liberty Nickel, 1903 Barber half, 1896 Barber Quarter, 1903 Barber dime. American Series-Presidents Collection: 1964 Lincoln Penny, Jefferson Nickel, Kennedy hald dollar, Washington quarter, and Roosevelt dime. American half dollar set: 1941 Silver walking liberty, 1962 silver franklin, 1991 kennedy and Bicentennial 1776-1976 Morgan Silver dollar collection 1883, 1890,1879,1892 the Vanishing Silver Dollar Collection 1883,1884, 1885, 1922 1776-1976 Us Bicentinnial Silver Proof Set-quarter,half dollar, and one dollar 1989 and 1989 American Eagle Silver Dollar 1994,1997,1998> US Mint Premier Silver Proof Set 1991 REpublic of the Marshall Islands Heroes of Desert Storm 1998 american eagle one ounce proof silver bullion voin-Phily Mint 1994 US mint proof set 1998 Us Mint Silver Proof Set 1990 German uncirculated set 2 Elvis Presley $5 Commemerative Coin 2 1996 Uncirculated US Mint Coin Set 2 1997 " " " " 2 1998 " ' " 1992 1492 Discovery Quincentennial The Bahama Coinage Uncirculated Susan B Anthony Silver Dollar 1972 Littleton Coin co 2 Silver Classics 1943 Liberty Walking and half dollar, 1945 Nercury Dime 1 Troy Ounce Silver Round 999 fine Heroes of Desert Storm 1991 PCGS MS 63 1943 half dollar American Eagle 1oz proof silver bullion 1987,1994,1997 1980 Gold 24 kt Columbia Mint John F Kennedy1921,1922,1923,1925,1926,1934, 1899 O, 1899 Silver Dollar Stone Mountain 1925 Half $ 1934 D,1943,1935,1936,1944,1946 Walking Liberty 1925 M, 1928 M, 1928 S, 1927 M, 1926, 1950 M Standing Liberty 1928 Standing Liberty quarter dollar 1853, 1875 seated type quarter dollar More to come...
Your various sets and series appear to be products of private companies intended for people who are not knowledgeable numismatists. Sad to say, those items rarely, if ever, have any value over that of the individual coins and are almost always worth considerably less than their original sale price. The Marshall Island pieces, and perhaps some of the others, are what is commonly known as Non Circulating Legal Tender, although since the Marshall Islands as a dependency of the United States does not have the power to issue legal tender, technically it's "coins" are really tokens or medallions. Get yourself a copy of the Guide Book of United States Coins, aka the Red Book. It's available inexpensively at Walmarts, any book store, most hobby shops, and other outlets. It contains a great deal of information about all US coins including business strikes, proofs, and commemoratives. Although it's valuations aren't completely accurate they are generally proportional and can help you flag the few items, if any, with substantial value.
I won't necessarily argue with hontonai, but the Stone Mountain commemorative half Red Books (2007) at $63 for Au-50 and $250 for MS-65. There may be others of value in the lot. Much of it depends of condition of the coins. But, as previously stated, it sounds like many of the sets were designed to prey upon the non-collector.
I'm a little confused on the comments so far. The OP wasn't asking for opinions about the provenance of the coins, but whether they were worth anything! Maybe some came from Littleton and he paid 3x what they were worth. Doesn't really matter. For example, "The Vanishing Silver Dollar Collection" may have been made up by a company to sell in magazine ads, but the coins are still REAL. But I DO agree that, with a diverse set of coins like that, the OP should get a Red Book as a starting point.
Many times the coins used in set like those listed are heavily circulated. Very often the coins in these sets have been polished greatly reducing or destroying their collector value. Those coins in sets, such as the Americana Series - Yesteryear Collection, would probably bring more at a flea market or other such location with uninformed collectors rather than from knowledgeable coin collectors. The other coins - Stone Mtn half, silver dollars, silver halves and quarters - may have some collector value.
Interesting list and many are as stated above. However, you do have some silver in there, older coins. most likely some highly polished coins etc. WOW! - a great specturm. They are all worth something. I remember the Americana series. Yes, common coins and highly polished. Purchased from the Sears "Wish Book" I believe (at least in my case). My parents bought these for me as Christmas presents roughly 35-40 years ago. I STILL have them. Great value on these? No. Sentimental value? PRICELESS. As I type this I can see The PRESIDENS set my mom got me. Lincoln Cent, Jefferson Nickel, Kennedy Half, Eisenhower Dollar, Washington Quarter and Roosevelt Dime. All nice Uncirulated coins actually and sure she paid too much for them. Yet there it hangs an the wall and I see it EVERY day. As others have stated a Redbook would be a good idea. That and listing a much smaller list and maybe some pics. We can give more precise answers that way. clembo
Basically most already said. Just to add my 2 CENTS worth though, yes acquire a Red Book. Not necessarily for the prices of the coins but for a little better understanding of the grades, amounts minted, etc. I've seen many of the types of sets you mentioned and they usually are just as some have noted already. These sets are put together from almost very common dates, worn to low grades, put into cheap plastic holders. Realistically some may be worth a few dollars above almost face value and a few several times that. But mostly those sets are just sucker sets for unknowing new collectors. An example those 1943 Steel Cents even in the highest grades are only selling for a few dollars and if you attempted to sell them to a dealer you would be lucky to get $0.25 each. Sorry. However, I noticed you never said you wanted to dump, sell or get rid of them. This may be good since what you have may be the start of a great coin collection.
While you may not have any coins that will enable you to retire early, and might not be appreciated by numismatic experts, it's a nice diverse set of coins with several ounces of silver in it. Plus, it was no doubt put together with a fair amount of effort by your father because he liked them. If I was in your position, I wouldn't sell them for anything short of keeping myself from starving to death. Years from now, you'll be happy to have them, and at least a few of the coins will probably appreciate in value. Some collections have a value that goes beyond what a dealer would pay.
When you lay out your dad's collection and look at it what memories come to mind. Can you put a dollar amount on those memories? If so that is how much this collection is worth.
What you listed is not worth much over all. But you have a couple of things in that list that might add up to a couple hundred dollars, pending there grades. At very most, if you sold it all on fleabay in one lump sum, you could get between 300 to 600 easy at the very most, ( again pending grades .) Just hold on to it unless you need the money. IMHO!
