NewCoin Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 For those of you who are in the business of charging for coin appraisals, do you charge a percentage, per coin, hourly? Do your fees change with the values of one collection over another? Your input is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahabully Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Unless the coin is of very unusual nature, I wouldn't see the need for anyone getting it appraised. Places like Ebay and HeritageCoin.com have very large data repositories of sold coins that can be queried by anyone in order to get an idea of a coins worth. Heck, even the IRS will accept this as a reasonable source to guage/appraise the worth of items donated to charity (for tax write off). You can post a picture of the coin here in order to get a good idea of the grade,, then goto these sites to get an estimate of worth if sold at auction. If you set on getting it appraised by someone,, then I'd go ahead and send it in to a TPG,,, probably won't be too much delta in the price and at least you'll come out with a slabbed coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCoin Posted July 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Thanks. What I am interested inknowing is if you are in the coin business..dealer, how do you determine what your pricing would be on coin/collection appraisals. Percentage of total value? Fixed fee? Hourly? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 at the coin shop I do free apprasials. As long as I have the coins in hand it's not really that time consuming. I think that the longest one I have done has been maybe an hour and a half or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ageka Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Mmmm I think shops here do people appraisels first So when I buy I go in shorts with a 20 year old T shirt and 10 year old sneakers When I sell I go in a three piece suite with italian shoes and handpainted silk tie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowtracks Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Mmmm I think shops here do people appraisels first So when I buy I go in shorts with a 20 year old T shirt and 10 year old sneakers When I sell I go in a three piece suite with italian shoes and handpainted silk tie 20 year old t-shirts are my favorite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCoin Posted October 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 20 year old t-shirts are my favorite! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdwyer Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Yes, it would be nice if there were a list of persons doing appraisels and thier specialties. I'm looking for someone that will do ICCS level grading (conservative) on Canadian Coins. Once I meet my residency requirements, I would gladly set up an account if I could find someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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