How can you find out if your jewelry is worth money?

Answer 1

You can show it to a reputable dealer or an experienced collector. If it's a US coin, you can look it up in A Guide Book of US Coins or if you know what it's proper name is you can find price guides online. If you know what it is or can describe it well enough for Workingman or myself to ID it, post your question on this board.

Answer 2

You have to know the coins' dates and denominations, and in most cases whether they have a mint mark letter anywhere. There are plenty of sites that can help you with that information. The difficult part is deciding what condition the coins are in, because that can have a major effect on how much they're worth. Grading is a learned skill but there are some books like Photograde that can help - check your local library for a copy. See the related links below for a couple of starter sites.

Answer 3

You need to ask yourself the following questions to successfully identify a coin, and the answers really then need to be related to a quality coin catalogue.

These are the three questions you need to answer to identify a coin.

• Determine the country of origin. Most countries put the country name somewhere on the coin. Britain does not.
• What year is the coin? The date may be on the obverse, reverse or the edge and it may be in Roman numerals. If the coin is a commemorative, there may be more than one year referred to. Pick the later date.
• What is the denomination of the coin?

If you are unable to identify your coin with the previous three questions, move on to the questions below.

• Who or what is on the obverse and reverse of the coin?
• What inscriptions, if any, are on the obverse and reverse of the coin? The inscriptions may be in Latin or some other foreign language, and may be abbreviated.
• What metal is the coin made from? Very few circulation coins, if any, would be made from precious metals these days.
• Is there any inscription or any other distinctive markings around the edge?
• Is the edge plain or milled?
• Some coins are almost identical except for the diameter (eg. Sovereign and Half-Sovereign). What is the diameter?
• What is the weight of the coin?
• Look for mintmarks.
• Does the coin have any noticeable peculiarities?
• Are there spelling mistakes, overstrikes, upside down letters or have letters been used in place of numbers?
• Is the coin genuine?
• Is it a Proof coin or similar? The packaging would be an indication.

Answer 4

The year stamped on it is usually a dead give away. The year may not always be obvious. It may be on either side, or the edge and it may be in Roman numerals.

If the coin has no date or the date is illegible, you would need to start looking for other things, like who is the King or Queen featured on the obverse. What is the design on the reverse, what is the coin made from and what are the dimensions of the coin. A combination of all of these things should usually narrow down the date to one particular year at best, or perhaps a few years.

Often the inscriptions on coins may be in a foreign language including Latin, or a language you do not recognise. It may also be written using an alphabet you do not recognise.

Answer 5

There are several websites that offer the ability to look up the value of coins. One example of such a site is cointrackers, they let you enter the coin ID which will tell you the type of coin, and the value of the coin.

Answer 6

In most towns e.g maidstone, chatham ect have pawn shops where yu can get it weighed up and sold.

Answer 7

you can go to a pawn shop and ask.

Answer 8

if it says like 1880