TOPIC: Are current token values published anywhere?

I have quite a stock of true dungeon tokens which were given to me by a long time friend and long time true dungeon player. We went to gen con this year and I gave it a shot, but true dungeon just isn't for me (I'll stick to paper and dice During setup and in the game I/we had quite a few comments about rarity and value of some of the tokens I had. I was not aware how collectible some of these are.

I have no use for them, and since they are apparently quite valuable, I'd prefer to sell them and do something good with the money. It's a long story I'd rather not get into the details of, but suffice it to say that sadly, my friend soon won't need them any longer and wanted to do something nice for me. I'd like to return the favor if I could.

All that being said, and me knowing nothing about true dungeon other than two attempts at it this past weekend, and what I've read here on the forums today, I'd like to research what they may be worth and decide how to sell them.

I looked at the token website but it does not seem to have values. I tried google but that is very hit or miss, if a certain store even has a token, or if it's a reasonable price. I was into MTG years ago and sold my cards to a wholesaler, so I know the difference between book value, actual value, and wholesale value of collectable things. I just have no reference for these.

Is there such a resource, or do I need to start googling my butt off?

It's a pretty big bag, probably in the area of 500 or so tokens in all? It seems the black ones are worth anything from pennies up through a few dollars. Red seem to be rare and worth more? Or not? I saw some red ones online that were actually less than some black ones? It was the purple ones I got the comments about and I googled a few and those seem to be the most valuable. Then there are the GP/gold ones that seem to be worth more regardless of color.

Long story short - there are a lot, I am confused, and would love some help. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I sent you a private message. There will be plenty of people that would be willing to help you sort through it. Unfortunately, there is no official or unofficial price guide at this time.

One save way is have someone group your tokens in "lots" and you can then either let eBay run an auction for you or you can run an auction on the forums and save the fees.

Ed

You can sort them by rarity (color of the text, black, green, red, purple, blue) and post a list on the forums and you'd receive offers. You could group them into lots and post them on eBay. You can try to sell the whole collection to one person.

eBay is the quickest option but can be a lot of work and can lead to some unusually low prices (plus almost 15% in fees).

Selling individually on the forums can often times net the best prices but can take a long time (years possibly) unless you price them really low.

Selling the whole lot is the easiest option and you'll get cash now, but you may end up with less total cash in the long-run.

You could also consider a hybrid approach: try to sell some on the forums, and then after a month or two sell whatever is left as a big lot.

I'd be happy to make some offers on individual tokens or the whole set of them once you can itemize what you have.

Sorry to hear about you friend, good luck trying to help him out.

Thanks for all the replies (did not expect any so quickly).

It will take me a few days to get the time to catalog them all. The black/common tokens, are they worth cataloging at all? Or are they like magic cards, people buy them in bulk? Or people just don't buy them? Someone mentioned via PM I should just focus on the red/purple. Are any green worth bothering listing?

The less I need to sort through the faster I can get it done.

There are some very general values but specific values are based on the token and the situation.

Common = black
Uncommon = Green
Rare = Red
UltraRare = Purple


Those are the basic ones.
Keep in mind some tokens due to bad printing might be hard to distinguish.
But you can find the rarities using www.tokenDB.com

The URs (ultrarares) are going to be your money makers. The rest just depend.

Apart from that you've already been given some good information.

I would say, don't be too hasty, think your choices over.

The green weapons and armor are desired for their transmute into trade items that are very useful. Same with most of the commons, tho those trade items are not as sought after. The exception (IMO) are healing potions/scrolls-those are useful items to many players!

Please also note that if they are older tokens (Wooden ones) the common's could be worth more than common's today. I would list all the tokens and if you check the tokendb you can determine the year. A listing by year and by rarity will get you a closer to fare price especially if you have a few hard to find older tokens in there.

SurplusTokens wrote: The less I need to sort through the faster I can get it done.

The lazy way to do it would be lay them all flat on a table and take pictures, then list the lot up on eBay, or here as a forum auction. I guarantee people will review them. I would You may get better prices if you piecemeal them (especially if you have UR+ tokens) but you wouldn't do too badly.

If you wanted to post a list of the tokens you have (noting if any of them are wooden), I'm sure all of us forum members would be happy to point out to you which ones might sell best individually and which are worth less and best sold in lots.

Thanks for all the awesome help. I'll be sorting and posting a list soonish. No wooden tokens, I'd have noticed those.

I'll also be listing them here first. More targeted audience, and less stupid ebay fees. Will probably just post a massive list and let people make offers on any singles or batches they want. The ones that don't sell I'll succumb to ebay.

Are there any "black lotus", "moxes" or "time warps" I should keep an eye out for while sorting the list? (For non-MTG people, those are/were some of the most valuable/sought after MTG cards).

Last question before I shut down the PC for the night - is there any difference/meaning between the gold and silver tokens? I'm talking about the plastic token itself. It seems pretty random?

SurplusTokens wrote: Last question before I shut down the PC for the night - is there any difference/meaning between the gold and silver tokens? I'm talking about the plastic token itself. It seems pretty random?

It is kinda the equivalent of getting a foil card. Its something that looks different but is mechanically the same. Technical term for them is Platinum.