- Pick up a current version of the "red book"
- Do not touch the coins with your fingers - buy cotton gloves and handle the coins on the rims until you have a better feel of value and condition.
- Do not clean any regardless of what good you think you might do!!!
- Sort the coins by type
- Once organized a little start asking specific questions
- Do not touch the coins with your fingers - buy cotton gloves and handle the coins on the rims until you have a better feel of value and condition.
- Do not clean any regardless of what good you think you might do!!!
- Have a digital camera ready so that you can include photos with your questions
- Take your time - it's not a race - your wife's father probably spent his life saving these coins - don't try to go through them all at once.
- Do not touch the coins with your fingers - buy cotton gloves and handle the coins on the rims until you have a better feel of value and condition.
- Do not clean any regardless of what good you think you might do!!!
- Don't just go sell them to a dealer without having an idea about what you are doing and have.
- Ask as many questions as you need to and there is no such thing as a stupid question!!!
- Do not touch the coins with your fingers - buy cotton gloves and handle the coins on the rims until you have a better feel of value and condition.
- Do not clean any regardless of what good you think you might do!!!
You get the idea -
Sorry for your wife's loss
pass on our sympathy and best wishes!
Darryl
