Review the key appraisal points, item details and handover options.
Silver Dollars, Coins and Stamps Buyback Enquiries
A Review of Coins and Stamps Starts with the Item
For coins and stamps, variety, year, condition and provenance matter more than surface shine. Keep grading holders, original albums, consecutive-number groups and sets intact.
Silver dollars, other coins and stamps can share a familiar name while differing in issue, variety, edge, paper or gum condition. Do not assign coin or stamp terms until the relevant face, edge, serial-number or perforation evidence is available; one blurred group image is insufficient.
What We Check
We check the variety, year, lettering, edge, patina, serial or item number, perforations, gum, grading label, original album and certificate. When an edge, date, serial, watermark, perforation or holder label is unclear, we request that exact close-up.
- Photograph both sides and the edge of each coin without covering details with your fingers
- For banknotes, show serial numbers, folds and corners; for stamps, show both sides and perforations
- Include grading holders, original albums, certificates and provenance documents
Before Handover
Never clean coins with toothpaste, chemicals or ultrasonic equipment. Do not disturb the gum, flatten or retouch stamps yourself.
- Photograph the complete group first, then add close-ups of important individual pieces
- Note graded and ungraded items separately
- Variety identification requires item details; online images cannot replace an inspection
Related Resources
Browse related collections first, then organise the information around the issue, year, variety, denomination or serial number.
Send Photos for an Initial Review
For coins, show the obverse, reverse, full edge, weight and diameter; for stamps, show both sides, perforations, gum, watermark area and any certificate. State the issue, quantity, holder or album details and location.
Share coin-edge or stamp-detail photographs: 9453 0784 Call about a coin group or stamp album: +852 9453 0784
