Estates & collections
Settle a coin collection the right way.
Inheriting or administering a coin collection is rarely simple. We make it so — discreet, tax-aware handling from first inventory to final accounting, with each piece routed to whichever market pays the most for it.
Why handling matters
Most estate collections follow an 80/20 pattern. Roughly 80% is common material — junk silver, ordinary Morgan dollars, generic pre-1933 gold — that should be sold quickly and simply. The other 20% — key dates, slabbed rarities, high-grade type coins — is where real money is won or lost. Sold carelessly with the rest, that 20% can leave 30% or more of the collection's total value on the table. Sorting it correctly, and sending each piece to the right market, is the whole job.
Three routes to market
One collection often needs all three. We decide piece by piece, and the plan is yours to approve before anything moves.
Direct purchase
Bullion and common coins are bought outright at a fair, market-benchmarked price — often with payment within a couple of business days.
Major-auction consignment
Key dates, slabbed rarities, and high-grade type coins are routed to the right auction house (Heritage, Stack's Bowers, GreatCollections) where they draw competitive bidding.
Targeted private sale
Certain pieces do best placed directly with the collectors and dealers who want them most — our network, not an open marketplace.
Who we work with
Executors
Including out-of-state executors — we work by mail and video and handle the coins end to end.
Heirs & families
Inherited a collection you didn't ask for? We sort the valuable from the ordinary and pay fairly for both.
Estate attorneys & CPAs
Clean, itemized documentation suitable for probate approval and estate-tax returns.
Documentation you can hand to an attorney
Every engagement produces a clean paper trail: an itemized inventory with values, the route chosen for each piece, consignment outcomes as they settle, and a final accounting suitable for attorney approval and estate-tax returns. Where the estate needs a formal figure, we can also prepare a date-of-death appraisal before anything is sold.
Ready when you are
Let's make this simple.
Tell us roughly what the estate holds — even a rough description helps. We'll lay out a clear plan, in writing, with no obligation to proceed.