Hi John

Unfortunately my insurance company (and most, it seems, in the UK) actually want a written valuation, and my valuation based on a complete inventory and TCR, Black's AC guide etc. are not acceptable to them. For coin collections, that is what they want, but there is no-one here who can put a value on my collection other than me, and they won't accept that. I think is partly because they've never had anyone with a chip collection before! And remember that this was the insurance broker who deals with many insurance companies, not just one.

I hope to find one of the US insurance companies who will give me a quote for my collection even though it's overseas.

Thanks for everyone's help & advice. Jason