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Message:: [QUOTE="RIchard Abanes, post: 6224571, member: 117841"]My father in law was not a collector. But he seemed to understand that all these coins would one day be of some value. So he collected throughout the yearrs and just put them in shoe boxes, jars, wrappers, jewelry boxes. LoL. NOt stored very well, but here they still are. I think I must have about 200 mercury dimes. And a bag full of foreign coins going back into the 1800s, but many in the 1900s. So, I have a LOT to do.... books, so far, I have started to read and am continuing to do so are: • The Red Book•Assorted Red Book series books by Bowers. I got about 15 out of the series (I couldn't afford all, so I just bought the ones that related to the kind of coins I found I had in my possesssion)•World's Greatest Mint Errors (Byers)•Grading Coins by Photographs• I have another book not coming out in its new edition until May, so it's on purchase from Amazon...  "Strike It Rich with Pocket Change" (Potter) All of these took as much funds had I had to spare.... (LoL. It'll probably take me another 10 years to make back through selling what I have already spent on books). Oh, and I bought supplies.... a microscope, a magnifying glass, and flips to store them in after I grade/identify. All very exciting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]