Darkbreeze

I understand. Thank you for the clarification.

So you're talking about the half dollars, not the dollars, correct?

I think that is probably superb advice, and is exactly what I will do. I appreciate the recommendation greatly.

Thanks for the replies guys. I appreciate it. So you are right, as I said, "coin noob". I've done SOME preliminary research into what I might expect to find these worth but obviously I have no real idea nor do I have any idea what to look for that might make one coin more valuable than another in these particular coins.

I don't see a CC mint mark below the olive branches or whatever those are. LOL. Again, no experience with coins other than spending them. Given the list I posted, any rough, general idea what I might expect for a coin dealer to legitimately be expected to offer on this, at the low end at least. I'd like to have at least some idea when I walk into a local dealer so I know if they're trying to pump me dry or not. I do plan to go to at least two places to see what they would offer, maybe three, so if I have an idea off the bat that I can "C'mon, let's be serious" or just walk away. I don't want to insult a dealer with a genuine, worthwhile offer either by thinking I have more than I do.

Preliminary, coin noob estimate I came up with for the whole lot was probably something like 1600.00 melt value based on about 12.50 each for the silver dollars and 2.41 each for the half dollars. Looking at the silver prices for today, that might actually be a bit lower than the reality for the melt price. If one of you could maybe get me in the ballpark, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you.

So I came into a small, or large, depending on how you look at it, collection of silver coins recently. Most, in fact, almost all, are in what I think are at the least very good or fine based on the examples I see on some of the coin websites, and others are probably very fine. I don't think any, or maybe one or two, are in mint condition.

My question is whether or not I can expect to only get melt, or below melt, for these coins from a coin dealer or whether the coins themselves warrant a dealer being likely to offer more because they are likely to be inclined to piece these out to buyers?

The coins I have are as follows:

29 silver dollars from 1923.
31 silver dollars from 1922
32 silver dollars from 1921
1 silver dollar from 1885
2 silver dollars from 1925
1 silver dollar from 1926
5 silver dollars from 1897
1 silver dollar from 1886
1 silver dollar from 1892
1 silver dollar from 1899
1 silver dollar from 1894
1 silver dollar from 1896
109 silver half dollars from 1964-1967
One each of silver half dollars from 1951, 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1963
6 silver 1937 buffalo nickels (Five are severely worn. One is is fairly good condition)
1776-1976 Bicentenial 24k gold plated dollar