Having collections and being old. [View all]

[duncang]

My wife and I have collected a lot of things over the years.

My wife passed away last year. She had a spoon collection with about 200 from all over. Most from places we visited. Some from friends and family.

We collected rocks from our travels. Two full curio cabinets full. Plus about 15 pounds of geodes just in boxes. Most of those are common ones.

I have a small fossil and metal detector finds collection. Most of my metal detector finds are world war 1 items from a local World War I camp here. They could all fit in a 15” by 15” box. The biggest item in that is a World war 1 75 millimeter shell casing. I checked no primer or explosive in the case. Other fun items a pre 1950’s Studebaker emblem and a model T ford hub cover.

My main collection are coins. I started collecting in the early 70’s. So it’s pretty big. I have coins from 300 bc and up to recent. Most I consider eBay fodder. Not many but a few individual coins are really special and worth in the hundreds maybe more.

No one in my family has shown any interest in coin collecting. So getting ready to start selling them off. It’s going to be a little while since I’m thinking about getting some graded and have designations assigned to them. That will take some time. Going through them and seeing if any are close enough to be worth it. With coins a single bump in grade can make a big price difference. If they don’t make the grade it’s a waste of money. But if it does and I don’t have them graded it would be throwing away money.

Some I may even try getting them in one of the major auction house auctions. They wouldn’t be star material but I’ve seen them sold at their auctions. It’s hard to figure out if it would be worth it with the auctioneers fee. I really don’t expect to start moving very many for months. The only ones I may get online fast are ones that are normally sold in bulk rolls.

I have proof sets for all my kids and grandkids birthdays. So those are going directly to each of them. Some I may just toss in a bunch of the junk coins in a little treasure chest along with pretty rocks as my grandson calls them and give them to him.

Also I have 4 special coins. Two of each. This has a really strange twist. My wife inherited a silver dollar and a liberty nickel . I inherited a silver dollar and a liberty nickel. Then to top it off both are the same years. My wife and I were destined to be together. I have no idea how to handle that.

So many decisions and things I need to do to clear everything out is daunting. My youngest daughter lives a few hundred miles away. But I’m going to try to get all my kids together for a day just to look over stuff and decide what they want. I’ve put this off too long.