Bulk is not a problem. Bulk is the point.
Most buyers cherry-pick a collection: they take the five best coins and leave you with the rest. We quote the whole collection, because handling volume is our model. Whether it's three albums or thirty years of accumulation in coffee tins, we want the entire lot, and our written offer covers every coin in it.
What we buy
- Whole collections: albums, folders, binders, tubes and loose accumulations
- Canadian and US coins: silver dollars, 50-cent pieces, older circulation silver, commemoratives
- Royal Canadian Mint products: proof sets, specimen sets, silver dollars in cases
- Graded coins (PCGS, NGC, ICCS) and raw coins alike
- World coins: the mixed jar from decades of travel, priced honestly by what's actually in it
Numismatic value or melt, whichever pays you more
Some coins are worth their silver weight; others are worth far more to collectors. We check both for every coin: date, mint mark, condition and collector demand on one hand, metal content on the other, and your offer reflects the higher of the two. That's in writing, itemized, before you decide anything.
Before you hand a collection to an auction or liquidation company
Estate liquidators and auction houses are built for furniture and general contents, not for precious metals, and their fee structure shows it. Between the seller's commission (commonly 10–30%), the buyer's premium (often 20–25%, which bidders subtract from what they're willing to bid), and tax charged on those fees, the total cost of auctioning a coin collection can approach half its value. The coins also sit in a consignment queue for weeks or months, and the hammer price on auction day is a gamble either way.
Coins and bullion are the one category where none of that friction is necessary, because their value is anchored to the metals market and the collector market, both of which we price against directly. Our written offer is free, itemized and typically in your hands within days, not months. Use it however you like: accept it, or treat it as a floor and let an auction try to beat it. Sellers who see our number first almost never end up consigning the coins.
How a bulk coin purchase works
Photos first, like any assessment: a few shots of each album and a spread of the loose material is enough for an honest preliminary range. Smaller collections travel in our prepaid insured kit. For large or heavy collections, ask about an in-person assessment on the form; within roughly two hours of Napanee we can often come to you, and for major collections anywhere in Canada we'll build a plan around insured freight.
Common questions
Do you cherry-pick the good coins?
No. We quote the entire collection, itemized, and the offer stands for the whole lot.
Should I get coins graded before selling?
Usually not; grading costs can exceed the value added. Send photos first and we'll tell you honestly if any coin justifies grading.
Can you handle very large collections?
Yes. Volume is our model: bulk lots, dealer stock and multi-generation accumulations are exactly what we're set up to buy.