Selling a Coin Collection in McKinney, TX
Someone spent years putting it together. We give it the time it deserves: every album, set and slab looked at with you, at our office, your home or your bank. Sell all of it, part of it, or none.
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, by appointment
- Every weighing happens in front of you
- Photo ID needed at the meeting
- Walk away anytime, no hard feelings
- Appointments only, never a queue
Who built it tells us where to look
Most collections we see in Collin County fall into one of four patterns, or a blend of them. Knowing which one you have helps you guess what is inside.
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The folder filler
Blue cardboard folders and albums filled from pocket change and bank rolls, often Lincoln cents, Jefferson nickels and Washington quarters. Most coins are common, so we hunt for the few key dates and any silver.
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The Mint subscriber
Proof sets, mint sets, commemoratives and Silver Eagles ordered year after year, still in their boxes. Packaging, silver content and a handful of scarcer years drive these.
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The metal saver
Rolls of pre-1965 silver, bags of halves, tubes of Eagles or Krugerrands. These are valued mostly on silver and gold weight, with better dates pulled out first.
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The serious collector
Type sets, slabbed coins, older gold and early copper bought from dealers or at shows, often with receipts or notes. These get the closest look, one coin at a time.
If the collection belonged to someone who has passed, our guide for heirs covers the first steps, and our estate page is written for executors.
Your collection appointment, start to finish
Every coin stays in front of you, and questions are welcome at any point. Family members are welcome to sit in.
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Give us a rough picture
Call (469) 249-8420 or send the form. When we talk, give us a rough count of albums, boxes, sets and slabs. That tells us how long to plan for.
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Pick the place
Meet us at our private McKinney office, your home or a secure location such as your bank. Heavy boxes can stay right where they are. Bring a photo ID.
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Go through it together
We take it page by page and box by box with you, and explain what each group is as we reach it.
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Decide what goes
You get an offer at the end. Sell everything, sell part and keep the rest, or sell nothing.
A few photos help us plan
The form takes up to four pictures. One open album page, one proof set and one slab label tell us a lot. Send Photos
A fifteen-minute inventory before you call
You do not need to catalog anything. A quick look is enough, and some well-meant tidying does real harm.
Worth doing
- Count the albums, folders, boxes, tubes and slabs
- Note anything that looks like gold, or any silver dollars
- Gather receipts, inventory sheets or the collector's notebook
- Set aside anything the family wants to keep
- Take a few photos of how everything is stored right now
Better left alone
- Pulling coins from their albums, 2x2 holders or tubes
- Giving anything a rub, a polish or a dip
- Breaking up proof sets or mixing boxes together
- Throwing out Mint boxes, certificates or old envelopes with writing on them
Several boxes, or a whole closet shelf?
Call and tell us roughly how much there is. We will set aside enough weekday time and meet wherever the collection is easiest to spread out.
How we work through a collection
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Name what is on the table
We sit with you and go page by page, leaving albums, sets and rolls just as the collector arranged them.
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Weigh metal in plain sight
You watch the display on every weighing, start to finish.
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Sort collector value from metal value
Collector pieces go in one pile and metal pieces in another, so each is priced on its own terms.
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Show our math, then you choose
We lay out how the number was reached. Accept, pass, or sell only the pieces you want to part with.
What collection owners ask us
Do you make one offer for the whole collection?
We go through it coin by coin first and explain what we find. The offer comes at the end, and you can apply it to everything, to just the parts you choose, or to nothing.
Is it better to sell the collection in pieces to different buyers?
That is your choice, and some people do. Our view is simple: we look at every part, including the scarce coins, so you hear what each piece is before you decide anything.
The collection is too big for one sitting. What then?
Tell us the size on the phone and we will plan accordingly. Splitting it across two or more weekday appointments is fine.
Is what you give me an appraisal?
No. We do a purchase evaluation so we can make you an offer. We do not write formal appraisals for insurance, probate or tax purposes.
Should I take the coins out of the albums so you can see them better?
Please leave them in. Coins scratch when they slide out, and an album in date order shows us at a glance what is there and what is missing.
Why two collections the same size can be far apart
A shoebox of worn wheat cents and a shoebox of Morgan dollars weigh about the same. They are not in the same league. Three things make most of the difference.
- Metal. Pre-1965 silver and any gold give a collection a firm base. Our pages on silver coins and gold coins explain how that base is worked out.
- A few scarce coins. One 1914-D cent or 1916-D dime in an ordinary folder can matter more than the rest of the folder together.
- Condition and completeness. Cleaned coins lose collector appeal, and a complete date run is usually worth more together than apart.
Coin by coin, never a glance at the box
A 1909-S VDB tucked into a worn folder is weighed up on its own merits, not lumped into one number for the lot. Our rare coin page lists the dates we watch for.
Keeping some, selling some
Plenty of owners split a collection. You make that call at the end, after you know what everything is.
- Hold on to the set your father built with you and let the others go
- Let the gold and silver go now and keep the collector coins for later
- Try a single album first and think over the rest
- Give each grandchild a coin first, then sell what remains
Collections from every corner of Collin County
We are based in McKinney and meet on weekdays by appointment. Times are rough no-traffic estimates from the McKinney square.
Melissa is about 12 minutes north and Anna about 19 minutes. To the south and west, Plano is about 23 minutes and Frisco about 25 minutes. Smaller places such as Princeton and Lucas appear on the service area page.
Just a few odd coins, nothing organized? Our sell coins page is the better place to start.
Set up your appointment
- Based in
- McKinney, TX, serving Collin County
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, by appointment
- Where we meet
- At our private McKinney office, your home or a secure location such as your bank
- Have ready
- Your photo ID and the pieces you plan to sell
Our office address stays off the web for everyone's safety. We give it to you by phone once a time is booked.
You receive an offer to buy, which is different from a written appraisal prepared for insurance, probate or tax purposes.
Request a quote
Takes under a minute. We ring you back on a weekday, or you can call (469) 249-8420 now.