It's always better checking prices were you are planning to sell.
Here is another Polish site http://wcn.pl/archive?q=1608+trojak+Wilno
If you speak Russian, there are a lot of people collecting Sigismund III Vasa coins in Russia and Belarus.
I collect coins and tokens which circulated in Africa from 18th century to 2000. I sell about 7000 illustrated world coins from http://www.avscoins.com.
Citeer: "mrrapolas"It is mine, dad gave me he's collection. Wanted to check prices with experts before even thinking of selling. :))
A bit off topic, sorry for that. And of course, it's absolutely not my business what you'll do with your father's collection. It also depends on how important collecting coins was for your father. It's just a consideration about my own collection. It's my life work (I'm collecting for almost 50 years now) I can only hope my wife or children never sell it and pass it on to my grandchildren (or great grandchildren) (because none of my children is interested in collecting coins). But of course, I'll never know what will happen when I'm gone.
But a good advice if you really want to sell it: take your time and don't sell it to the first for an apple and an egg. And sell it in parts. People who buy a collection in its entirety never pay much.
Citeer: "mrrapolas"It is mine, dad gave me he's collection. Wanted to check prices with experts before even thinking of selling. :))
A bit off topic, sorry for that. And of course, it's absolutely not my business what you'll do with your father's collection. It also depends on how important collecting coins was for your father. It's just a consideration about my own collection. It's my life work (I'm collecting for almost 50 years now) I can only hope my wife or children never sell it and pass it on to my grandchildren (or great grandchildren) (because none of my children is interested in collecting coins). But of course, I'll never know what will happen when I'm gone.
But a good advice if you really want to sell it: take your time and don't sell it to the first for an apple and an egg. And sell it in parts. People who buy a collection in its entirety never pay much.
It was a gift when I was 18 years old (now I am 26), he gave m sister a car on her 18th birthday and on my it was this collection. I can't understand how much a collection can mean to someone but what I understand is respecting someones memory. Thank You for the comment.
p.s. plan was to sell one of the "big" coins to buy him gift for he's 60th birthday :)
Unfortunately dltcoins NGC prices and KM prices or even KM identification are mostly bad for this types of coins. For coins from Poland or Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth don't use Krause catalog. The best catalogs are for example: E. Ivanauskas, C. Wolski, E. Kopicki, T. Iger, M. Gumowski etc. Also for sure photo archives of WCN, Niemczyk, GNDM or Allegro.
When I posted, I assumed the NGC price guide reflected actual prices realized for NGC-certified coins. In hindsight, it seems that they are simply listing Krause prices. In the US, for better or worse, Krause is the standard collector reference for modern world coins. As noted, there are better catalogues for specific countries and series but they may be hard to come by outside the country where they are published or difficult to understand for English-speakers. Since I was offering assistance to a beginner in an English forum, the NGC link and a quick check of Krause seemed appropriate. The best price guide is always recent auction results. For high-end coins, that means the major auction houses. For lower-range coins, that means eBay. eBay's advanced search feature offers the ability to search "sold" items, very useful for wholesale pricing.
