My grandfather had some old coins. What are they worth?

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My grandfather left my family some old coins (among other things.) We have next to zero knowledge about coin collecting, and many of the coins aren’t really “old” at all, but what would they be worth on eBay?

Can anyone give a balllpark figure estimate? (I’d be surprised if they’re worth more than $200 all combined.) Sorry, no pictures, either, and extremely vague descriptions…they’re in poor condition, too…

Unknown Mexican coin - year 1894

Possible Swedish (?) coin - 1912

Unknown Canadian(?) coin - 1913

American penny - 1890

Unknown large European coin - 1806

Three pence (British?) - 1942

Two francs - 1943

Nazi German (?) mark - 1936

Republic of China coin - 1940

Five francs - 1948

Post-WWII German (?) mark - 1947

Two shillings - 1948

Unknown European coin - 1949

Two Swiss francs - 1944

American dollar - 1922

Two British pennies ? - 1931

Republic of China memento coin - unknown year

Ten German “pfennig”- 1949

Unknown “half penny” - 1939

Five Danish “ore(?)” - 1961

Buffalo nickel - unknown year

Ten Hong Kong “cents” - 1949

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Take them to a local coin dealer and have him examine them. No one can give you an idea of their value if they can’t see them, especially on a message board if you can’t post pictures.

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Right. Their value is going to depend in large part on their condition. Coins in poor condition aren’t going to be worth much unless they are quite rare.

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Do NOT clean the coins before taking them to the coin dealer to be appraised.

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Check to see if the Buffalo is on three legs. Could be huge.

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Grandpa in WWII? Probably. Most of the small coins made of copper, nickel and bronze are super common, worth 5 cnets-10 cents each. The silver ones would be the best, especially the ones the size of your 1922 silver dollar. The 1922 U.S. dollar we currently buy for $14 and sell for $22. The “1803 unknown European large coin” is probably only as few dollars unless silver. Then it depends on what it is.

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The US silver dollar is worth at least it’s melt value. The rest sound like the kind of stuff that sells by the pound on Ebay, so maybe a (modern, non-silver) dollar for all of them?

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I checked this for my grandparents a few months ago, and if there are any actual silver coins, they should be worth a reasonable premium to face value such that you’d be missing out significantly if you just gave them to the bank.

I don’t know about accuracy for this, but here’s a good start at what some common coins are worth that jibes with my memory from a few months ago. https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/old_coins/

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You could search for them on eBay Sold items.