JimL55

25 minutes ago, Quintus Arrius said:

[Except the overriding one (for me): Would it be bad form to request NGC relay a message from me to any one of the holders of top-graded French 20-franc gold roosters, stating, e.g.,   "Par-don, monsieur, but we have a member who is prepared to make you a very attractive offer for a 1902 French 20-franc gold rooster NGC-graded at MS-64 (pop. 1; none graded higher) presently believed to be in your possession?"]

 

 They seem to be Helvetia but I haven't gone through all 300 of them

33 minutes ago, JKK said:

Sounds like an interesting batch of coins that would be of significant value, at least the gold. You should not only be considering level of circulation, but authentication. Might sound far-fetched, and there's a strong tendency to think Bampaw was the world's greatest numismatist and could not possibly be taken in by phonies, but it happens all the time. I helped a lady liquidate her dad's gold collection, and man, was she *spoon*ed off that her dad had gotten ripped off with two counterfeits. We only learned this when the auction house send them in for grading.

I do not know much about sending in coins for grading, but that would very likely confirm for you whether they were circulated/authentic. No offense, but new collectors are rarely good judges of whether a coin is authentic or has seen circulation--a fact you clearly recognize, which is to your credit. You could certainly photograph and post them here and get opinions. I don't know what a 1986 Liberty dollar is, but it's unlikely the Kennedy merits having graded.

Could you tell me how I would post pics of the coins?

30 minutes ago, Coinbuf said:

Welcome to the forum, first if a coin is considered to be mint state it will be uncirculated.   The easiest way to determine if what you have truly are mint state coins is to visit a local coin dealer and have him/her do an assessment.  Another possible way is if there are any local or large coin shows (most are currently still shut down right now) you could get several opinions in one location that way.  If you are able to take and post good in focus clear large photos of both sides of each coin here we can give you some preliminary idea of the grades.  If those options are not possible, or perhaps not options you wish to do for one reason or another, then you can open an account here at NGC and submit your coins directly for grading and encapsulation.  Should you choose that route go to the NGC home page and on the top banner you will see an option for submit, follow the directions, you can ask questions here or call customer service if you have any questions on the procedure.

Grading may not add much if any value to most of those coins you listed unless they grade at MS64 or better for the gold and higher for the Kennedy.

Could you tell me what MS64 is?

Can you give me an idea of what they charge?

I recently inherited these coins:

1910-1927 $10 gold Indian Eagles

Pre-1933 Swiss 20 Franc Helvetia

Candian Maple Leaf

1986 Liberty dollar

Kennedy half dollar

Thay are all in mint condition. 

How do I have them graded and is there a way to see I'd they're uncirculated?

Thanks