My first Collecting supply list

Well, I would have been able to put my first clipped planchet, and my first die crack it them. Flips will be fine.

 

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I googled what you said and is why I mentioned my (somewhat similar) Eschenbach. Even though not familiar with the one you're looking at, I will say this type of glass can be very handy and should offer enough magnification for variety searching. If you do order it, hopefully it'll be everything you want and need.

 

Thank you!

 

On the Red Book, should I get 2017, or 2018?

 

Welcome Leahred1967

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Best Wishes for your coin collecting

 

I would just like to point out that Air-tites have most of these properties. Granted, you do have to use the correct size as they aren't flexible, but they're fairly easy to open (I use a precision screwdriver to pry them open), and also tend to stay sealed unless you deliberately try to open them. They are expensive if you're going to store 1000 coins in them, but if you're going to store 50 coins, it could work.

I use a 4x that I got at a show and don't remember the brand, as well as a 10x B&L and a 20x B&L. There are times when I wish I had a 7x, but these serve me pretty well.

Get the newest one available.

 

Get the most current one to start. After that, unless you're OCD, you don't really need to get a new one every year because you shouldn't use it for coin values, anyway. I usually update mine about every 5 years just to cover new additions like proof sets, mint sets, commemoratives, etc. I'm currently using a 2013.

Chris

 

I would use Airtites exclusively if I could rationalize paying half a buck to hold a coin worth a dollar.

I keep fingernails in stock, and can open them easily enough without tools.

 

I should have been more clear. The reason I said the cherry picker guides wasnt so much for the varieties but for the info they contain in the back on how to differentiate between true die doubling and machine doubling as well as the minting process. Really it is faster to grab the book than to sift through webpages and forums with people asking the same questions. And really she would only need one volume, as both contain the same appendicies.

 

Thank you! Ill check it out!

 

Do you have to get paper envelopes for the flips?

 

Nope. The storage box is good enough.

 

I have MS Word templates for 2x2 & 2.5x2.5 Flips for making the inserts. Then they can go in the storage boxes, or plastic looseleaf binder pages.

 

Leah has made it clear that she has a limited budget. Maybe later.

Chris

 

That's cool!

 

1 State Quarter map (Because if I'm going through them anyway, I might as well throw one together)

Don't forget that there are also park quarters. Maps for those also.

 

I'm in no way as knowledgeable as most of the people on this site. I still consider myself a newbie because every day I'm learning something new from this site as well as my own research but I use a 5x/10x/15x loop, the one with 3 lens also I've been trying out a zoom microscope with Led, it's not bad with my eyesite and it's small and cheap, most have better but I'm trying it out. I'd also like to know if any one has a better idea for a magnifier.

 

Look into one of the online journals - I happen to like RedNotebook, but there are others (If you have a Microsoft office license, there's OneNote for example).

That way all you have to do is cut & paste your posts and the book gives it some organization. You can also add links to the original photos in a cloud folder, etc.

 

Leahred..
I haven't read all the other posts but I wouldn't recommend the Red Book on purchasing coins.. Red Book is a retail guide based on last years sales and trends.. I recommend getting a current monthly supplement and a weekly grey sheet from (link below).. One of each should last you a couple of months while you are starting out.. I am a dealer and I only get a couple of each during the year unless spot prices of silver drop or spike..

https://www.greysheet.com/publications/greysheetdetail

The reason I say this is that silver and gold, within a lot of coins you will be collecting fluctuate, and the trends are current and not several months to over a year old.. This greysheet is a dealer price guide and is what most dealers use to buy and sell to other dealers and from coins that come to their shop or show table.

Go to local shows and auctions.. some online auctions are good, ebay is not..

Ebay is a good place to buy supplies, if you dig and have patience you can pick up a good share of the supplies on your list for a fraction of the price, mostly from collectors who bought too much or just didn't get into it like they wanted.. I would also buy the supplies once you have the coins you have in your possession, this will save you overbuying, buying in bulk does you no good if you have it sitting on a shelf or box collecting dust...

 

I strongly agree with Evans8, I am probably just as new to this as you, made a big bunch of mistakes and sure wish some individual would have told me to look, research, study and think a bit before I got these few miles behind me .... of course you have already been doing the thinking .... you asked ... I was far to confident thinking what could there be to this .... so didn't ask. Pretty dumb of me. Don't want to say how many rolls of penny, quarter, and Jefferson five centers I searched, wrapped, un-wrapped and did it all over again (several times)...Now I think I am to cautious and don't want to cull anything, including the common; so now I have baggies of "culls" scattered all over and a box full of wrappers soon to collect dust. Yes, I would say I am officially addicted. BUT it is so very fascinating and reading the posts of this wonderful group is amazing, they are so very learned and so wonderfully helpful. Good luck