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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zekeguzz, post: 777775, member: 15455&quot;]Welcome Lisa.&nbsp; Take your time with sorting all the coins out. My guess would be you have some real nice keepers in your stash.&nbsp; I reccomend for you to get a nice&nbsp; magnifying glass. Just Google &#039; magnifying glass&#039; and look around. There are many different kinds and they&#039;re found everywhere. Next use good lighting. </p><p>Once you&#039;ve had enough of sorting or had enough sorted I reccomend buying &quot; A&nbsp; Guide Book of United States Coins&quot;.&nbsp; It is a beginners book and it is easy to read, has good pictures, and will give you an idea of the value of each U.S. coin that you have. We call it &quot; The Red Book&quot;. You may find the historic stories in the beginning very interesting.</p><p>One more thing. When you pick up a coin try to hold it by the rims between your thumb and forefinger to prevent finger prints from getting on them. That almost ruins them and degrades them badly. I wear cheap white cotton gloves and boy do they get dirty fast. </p><p>Oh, one easy, easy check. When you look at ANY U.S. coin face side(obverse) to you, flip it over 180 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise and the tails side(reverse) should be facing you like the obverse side did.</p><p>If the reverse is tilted to any great extent set the coin aside for further investigation later.</p><p>I sincerely hope I didn&#039;t scare you off of checking through your stash. It is just that we CTer&#039;s love to hear what your finds may be.&nbsp; We absolulutely crave for pictures or scans, so please , if can send post us some.</p><p>Thanks a lot. zeke:hail:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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