HOW TO SELL COINS NEAR ME – FRANKLIN PARK

Oakton Coins and Collectibles is one of the highest rated coin shops near Franklin Park.

If you are considering selling your coins, you have come to the right place. Oakton Coins & Collectibles understands that selling a single coin or a whole coin collection can be an extremely daunting task. Whether you are a lifetime coin collector or have recently inherited a coin collection, when it comes time to sell your coins, you have many options. Oakton Coins & Collectibles can simplify the process. 

Understanding how to sell coins around Franklin Park.

When it comes to selling coins, you need to take a lot of factors into account. For instance, your coins could simply be worth face value, or they could be worth a significant amount of money. People do not always collect only valuable coins; often, they collect low-value or face-value coins for other reasons. But no matter the size or value of your collection, we are here to help. 

Sometimes people sell their whole collection. Other times, they sell the valuable parts and split up the rest between siblings. Maybe you have a small collection without a lot of monetary value and someone young in your family would appreciate it. 

Often, people bring us their coins carefully arranged by date and decade, usually placed in separate Ziploc bags or paper envelopes/coin tubes. You might be tempted to do this, but it’s not worth the effort.

When we appraise a collection, the first thing we do is separate coins by their composition (e.g. copper, nickel, silver, or gold). If you must organize your collection, put it into these groups:

  • Gold coins 
  • 9o% silver dollars (1878 through 1935) 
  • 9o% silver dimes, quarters, and half dollars (1892 through 1964) 
  • 40% silver JFK half dollars (1965 through 1970) 
  • Lincoln Wheat Cents (1909 through 1958) 
  • Buffalo Nickels (1913 through 1938) 
  • Jefferson Nickels (1938 and later) 
  • All other obsolete U.S. type coins
  • U.S. Mint proof and uncirculated sets 
  • U.S. Mint commemorative sets 
  • Currency and paper money 
  • Foreign coins/tokens

Interesting coins are available for purchase in  every budget range, so ask yourself the following questions to help determine the value of the collection you want to sell:

Can you determine how much money the collector spent or how regularly the owner bought? Can you find any bills of sale, invoices, or canceled checks from dealers or auction firms? Do you have an insurance policy or a will with instructions?

This information may be helpful, but you can’t completely depend on any of it. The value of coins (and collectible paper money), like the value of anything else, is what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller. This amount is never a fixed figure, as the market fluctuates in varying degrees and at unpredictable rates.

Pricing your collection to sell around Franklin Park.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, you will not receive the value listed in any of the pricing guides that you may reference when you sell coins. The guides are just that: a guide to help you establish the price range you can reasonably expect for a coin. Most consumer guides show extremely inflated values.

Some coin selling terms to keep in mind; Clickbait Pricing, Real-World Pricing, Melt Value Pricing, Numismatics Pricing.

Clickbait Pricing: Wikipedia defines “clickbait” as web content that is aimed at generating online advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy. This pricing relies on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs. Click-throughs refer to when the reader clicks a link to go through to the next stage of the bait. Clickbait makers love to post about how common coins could be worth big money, but in reality their claims are almost never valid. 

Real-World Pricing: This refers to actual money changing hands. This pricing reflects amounts that have actually been paid, not just advertised, so it’s true market value. Everything else is just a bunch of words and ideas about the worth. Any coin is only worth what someone will pay for it, and collectors usually focus on rarity and condition to determine monetary value.

Melt Value Pricing: Prior to 1965, the majority of United States coins contained either gold or silver (with a few exceptions). Any selling premium on top of the melt value comes from the Numismatic Value.

Numismatics: Numismatics is the study of coins, paper currency, and metals. Coin rarity and condition drive the prices that collectors will pay. Regardless of the metal composition of the coin, some coins have a very high numismatic value.

Places NOT to sell coins around Franklin Park.

  • Jewelry Stores and Pawn Shops – They usually only understand the precious metal part of the gold/silver coins, and they pay only a small percentage of that price.
  • Ebay – Many coins are sold on EBay every day, But it can be very risky, time consuming, and costly. Click here for more information.

Sell coins near me – sell coins locally – Franklin Park.

Oakton Coins is conveniently located right near 94 West (Kennedy) near downtown Skokie (very close to Chicago), and less than two blocks from the Oakton stop on the Yellow Line CTA (Skokie Swift). It is within minutes of downtown Chicago, Rogers Park, Evanston, Lincolnwood, Niles, Park Ridge, Deerfield, Morton Grove, Des Plaines, Glencoe, Highland Park, Glenview, NorthbrookElk Grove Village, Naperville, Northfield, Northbrook, Palatine, Arlington Heights, Barrington, Brookfield, Elmhurst, Franklin Park, Glencoe, Highland Park, Hoffman Estates, La Grange, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lincolnshire, Lombard, Oak Brook, Oak Park, Prospect Heights, Wheaton, Wheeling, Winnetka, Portage Park, Forest Glen and Schaumburg.


Glossary of numismatic terms, O;

O – A mintmark used to indicate coins struck at the New Orleans, Louisiana, branch mint.

Obsolete Note – A note issued by a bank, railroad, canal, etc., typically of the early 19th century, which later became obsolete, although the issuer may not have become insolvent (as contrasted with broken bank notes, from insolvent institutions).

Obverse – The front or face side of a coin, generally the side with the date and the principal design.

Oct – A shortened term for octagonal, which refers to the Pan-Pac octagonal commemorative $50 coin.

Off Center – A coin struck on a blank which was not properly centered over the lower die.

OGH – An abbreviation for “Old Green Holder” which includes all generations of PCGS holders with a light green insert rather than a blue insert.

OH – An abbreviation for “Old Holder.”

O-Mint – An slang term for coins struck at the New Orleans, Louisiana, branch mint.

Open Collar – A device used for striking early U.S. coins whose edges had already been stamped with lettering or reeding. This device restrains and positions a planchet above the lower die.

Opening Bid – The starting price of a lot during a live auction, determined by the presale bidding on that specific lot.

Orange-Peel Surfaces – So named because of its resemblance to the skin of an orange, the dimple-textured fields seen on many Proof gold coins. Some Mint State gold dollars and $3 gold coins display this effect to some degree.

Original – A term used to describe any aspect of a coin that retains its original state, and has not been dipped, cleaned, or altered in any way.

Original Roll – Coins wrapped in paper and stored at the time of their issuance. All the coins in the original roll have the same date, denomination, and mintmark and generally will have similar toning and luster.

Original Toning – A term used to describe the color naturally acquired by a coin that has never been cleaned or dipped. Original toning ranges in color from light-pale yellow to extremely dark blues, grays, browns, and even black.

Over Dipped – The term for a coin whose luster has been stripped or dulled by too many baths in a dipping solution.

Overdate – A coin struck from a die with a date that has one year punched over a different year.

Overgraded – A coin bearing a grading designation higher than it should.

Over-Mintmark – A coin struck with a die on which one mintmark is engraved over a different mintmark.

Overstrike; Overstruck Coin – A coin struck over another previously struck coin, sometimes of a different variety or type, instead of on a blank planchet.

Oxidation – The formation of oxides or tarnish on the surface of a coin from exposure to air, dampness, industrial fumes, or other elements.