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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 159018, member: 669&quot;]Hi Peter, and&nbsp; <img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> to CoinTalk.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your coins are all US, your starting place is with two fairly inexpensive books, a jeweler&#039;s loupe, and lots of coffee/tea/beer/whatever.</p><p><br /></p><p>The boods are A Guide Book of United States Coins 2007, also known as the Redbook, available at just about any bookseller, coin store or hobby shop; and Photograde, also widely available.&nbsp; Try Amazon, Barnes &amp; Noble, etc., for on-line sellers.&nbsp; If any of the coins are uncirculated, or nearly so, and they are not in individual holders of some type, you should also invest in a pair of cheap white cotton gloves to hold them with.&nbsp; Even wearing gloves, touch <u>only</u> the edges.&nbsp; (If you think any of the coins are dirty or tarnished LEAVE THEM ALONE!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Pay attention to the Redbook prices solely as a guide to which ones are worth face value (or bullion value if they are silver or gold), those worth a little more, and if you are vey lucky, those worth a lot more.&nbsp; Do not rely on those prices as actual values, since the values fluctuate almost daily; but the Redbook is reasonably accurate on relative price ranges.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there are world coins (anything other than US or US controlled Phillipines) you want to visit your local public library to consult the Standard Catalog of World Coins for attribution and some idea of price range.&nbsp; The SCWC&#039;s price accuracy varies significantly from country to country, as well as sharing the Redbook&#039;s condition of listing last year&#039;s prices, not the current ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you run accross any that you can&#039;t attribute, feel free to post pictures here, and in almost (if not in all) instances there will be one or more members with the expertise to assisst you.</p><p><br /></p><p>At least for the US coins, there are pricelists that are published with enough frequency to be fairly accurate, which you can obtain <u>after</u> you know what you have.</p><p><br /></p><p>After you have sorted, listed and attributed the coins, you can think about whether you want to carry on your late Dad&#039;s collecting, or to sell all or most of the material.&nbsp; If the decision is to sell, you can take them to a dealer, who will offer you a price discounted from retail value; take them to a major coin auctioneer if they are valuable enough to justify that approach, and consign them for sale; try to sell them yourself on EBay, which can be very problematic for someone who doesn&#039;t thoroughly know his coins; or get a copy of one of the many coin collecting periodicals, and respond to some of the ads about purchasing collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck, and ENJOY! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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