Receive Top Dollar. Fast Payment. The Lowest Fees.GreatCollections is the fastest growing coin and paper money auction house in the United States, providing trust, integrity and expertise in the sale of rare coins, paper money, bullion and other numismatic items. Some of the advantages of selling through GreatCollections include:

Sell your coins/paper money to the highest bidder at auction

Extensive marketing, including by e-mail, online and in traditional media

Discounted coin grading rates at PCGS, NGC and ANACS

Discounted paper money grading rates at PMG and PCGS Currency

No minimum consignment

The lowest seller's fees - 0% for coins/banknotes that realize over $1,000 or 5% for coins/banknotes $1,000 or under

Instant cash advances available

Fast professional service

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Certified and Raw Coins
Certified and Raw Paper Money

If you are consigning raw coins for the first time, please read this important information

Telephone:
  1.800.44.COINS (+1.949.679.4180)

E-mail:   

Address:
  17891 Cartwright Road,
  Irvine, California 92614

Why GreatCollections?

We recommend shipping coins/paper money through the United States Postal Service via Registered Insured Mail or Priority Insured Mail. This is the safest way to transport coins. If you have coins worth more than $25,000 to sell, please contact us for special instructions. We will contact you the day your coins/paper money arrive.

Yes, from the moment your coin(s)/banknote(s) arrive at GreatCollections, they are fully insured through our extensive policy with Lloyd's of London. A copy of our insurance certificate is available by request.

We charge nominal listings fees based on the minimum bid set of between $3 and $10 (detailed on our consignment form). In the unlikely event your coins are not sold after five auctions, then an additional listing fee is charged every 5th auction.

While our terms and conditions state that all consignors will be paid within 30 days, we routinely pay our consignors early (usually within 7-14 days). GreatCollections can also give you an instant cash advance of up to half of their value (for certified coins). For more information about cash advances, please call Ian Russell at 1.800.44.COINS (+1.949.679.4180) or e-mail .

Our sell-through rate is very high at GreatCollections. In the unlikely event your coins/banknotes do not sell, we will reoffer them in another auction. If they remain unsold, we will return them to you via insured mail (the cost is billed to your consignor account).

For any raw/uncertified coins consigned, GreatCollections will arrange for them to be professionally graded by PCGS, NGC or ANACS at discounted rates. We do not accept consignments of raw/uncertified coins to sell raw/uncertified in our auctions.

If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone at 1-800-442-6467 (1-949-679-4180), by e-mail at or by fax to 1-949-679-4178.

Ian Russell - President

Ian is president and co-founder of GreatCollections Coin & Paper Money Auctions. From a young age, Ian was interested in collectibles and started working on weekends for a stamp dealer in Sydney, Australia at age 14. From there he learned about auctions at Stanley Gibbons Australia, personally handling many important sales including the Purcell Collection of Kangaroo and Map Series, the Mackey Collection of Australian States/Pacific Islands and the Morrison Hill China Collection. Ian also put together the company's first paper money auction featuring one of the finest New Zealand bank note collections ever formed.

In 2000, Ian was responsible for KISS The Auction, the multi-million dollar memorabilia auction conducted in June 2000 by a partnership of two major auction houses: Greg Manning Auctions and Butterfields. The auction set many records and is still regarded today as one of the most successful music memorabilia auctions in history.

From 2000 until 2010, Ian Russell held various positions at Spectrum Group International including President of Teletrade, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of Bowers and Merena Auctions, LLC, two of the largest coin auction houses in North America.


Ian manages all day-to-day operations at GreatCollections and is always available to discuss the advantages of GreatCollections with prospective consignors and bidders. He personally manages and advises advanced collectors on acquisitions, as well as prepares valuations of numismatic property for collectors, dealers, estates, trusts, accountants and law firms.