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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 4753, member: 669&quot;]<b>Starting out</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;1.&nbsp; Run, don&#039;t walk, to the nearest coin store or reasonably large book store and buy the 2004 edition of the Red Book - A Guide Book of United States Coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;2.&nbsp; Read pages 5-14.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;3.&nbsp; Re-read pages 5-14. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;4.&nbsp; Read pages 5-14 again. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;5.&nbsp; Read the Red Book section on a single denomination and list the rare, unusual or “different” date/mint mark combinations with higher than normal values. Pay particular attention to the information on grading that denomination. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;6.&nbsp; Read pages 5-14. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;7.&nbsp; Pull all coins of your chosen denomination from the jar, sort them by date and mint mark, grade and inventory them (Excel or Access worksheets work great). <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;8.&nbsp; Re-read pages 5-14. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;9.&nbsp; Look up the values and add them to your inventory. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>10.&nbsp; Pick another denomination and repeat steps 4-9.&nbsp; Keep doing this until you are finished.&nbsp; (You can skip step 9 until you have finished the other steps for the entire project.) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is an old adage among coin collectors - buy the book before the coin.&nbsp; It is a wonderful guide to successful collecting!</p><p><br /></p><p>As you go through each step:&nbsp; ENJOY!</p><p><br /></p><p>(You probably won&#039;t find much, if any silver&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .&nbsp; The mint stopped issuing silver coins for circulation after 1964, and by the mid-late &#039;80s when you started your hoard they had virtually disappeared from circulation. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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