Inherited collection- CBC 1917 10$

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Hello....
So I've recently acquired a silver coin and bill collection. The most impressive from my research so far is the
Canadian Bank of Commerce 1917 10$ bill. I am looking to sell everything, and my best guess would be to do a lot auction on Ebay.
 Here is a complete listing

- The Canadian Bank of Commerce, 10 dollar note, 1917
-  The Royal Bank of Canada, 10 dollar note, 1935
- The Bank of Canada, 20 dollar note, 1937
- The Bank of Canada, 10 dollar note, 1937
- (3) crisp Bank of Canada, 1 dollar notes, 1967
- 50 cent piece, 1943
- 50 cent piece, 1950
- 50 cent piece, 1944
- 50 cent piece, 1945
- 50 cent piece, 1948
- American Silver Dollars, 1972, 1976 (2), 1977, 1978 (3)
- American Half Dollar, 1992
-   Canadian Silver Dollar, 1963, 1967
- Canadian Silver Dime, 1967(2)
-   Canadian Silver Nickel, 1946, 1947
- Canadian Silver Quarter, 1947,1967
- Canadian Dollar Coins 1968, 1969, 1971, 1982 (4), 1983, 1984 (3)1982


Is there a better way to sell and find out exactly what everything is worth?

Thanks in advance!

Hello mcd144,

Welcome to the forum! It sounds like you inherited a nice little collection there.

To find out what your bank notes are worth, you will need to provide an accurate description of the condition of each.  Just a fold or two can makes a world of difference in the value.  Circulated examples with be worth closer to face value. Also, different serial numbers and prefix letters might have slightly different values.

As for the coins, we don't really do coins here.  However, it doesn't look to me like those are worth much more than their face value or metal value unless they are in mint condition.  I believe the Canadian silver contains 0.6oz per dollar of face value.    But I don't know much there so I might be wrong.

If you want to sell them on eBay, definitely list the coins and notes separately from each other.  In my experience, there is very little interest in coins from most banknote collectors and vice versa.  You might want to list the banknotes individually if they are in exceptionally high grade.

Good luck!
Alain-Robert.

depending on condition, your 1948 - 50 cent piece is worth quite a bit too

Trends lists the 1948 50 cent piece as follows;

Fine-12 $115
Very Fine-20 $160
Extra Fine-40 $200
Almost Unc.-50 $250
Mint State-60 $325

Hopefully when you inherited your collection you recieved some reference books for coins, these will always provide grading information.

Hello: This could be valuable advice, too: Don't clean any of the coins or attempt to clean or press any of the notes. Collectors want original condition pieces....