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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;andrew289, post: 289167, member: 6463&quot;]Psycho, (love the name by the way)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I had forgotten about the ammo boxes, so thanks for the reminder. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would reccomend sorting by type. All the wheat cents in a pile, all the indian heads in a pile, all the mercury dimes in a pile. After that go through and make a list of all the dates and mint marks and take a couple pictures. Post your pics here so that everyone can be jealous of your finds.</p><p><br /></p><p>All U.S. coins pre-1965 have collecting value. If its a cent, it&#039;s most likely a wheatie and made of copper. If it&#039;s a dime, quarter, half or dollar; they are silver and worth keeping in any condition. I don&#039;t have any interest in world coins so you might try posting your finds in the world coin forum for advice on what to keep and what to ditch. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why don&#039;t you want to store all of the coins? You&#039;ve held on to them this long haven&#039;t you. Ammo boxes make great bookends and door stops. Unless you really can&#039;t stand the sight of them, why not let them hang around?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If these coins have been sitting in an ammo box for years, chances are they will be circulated, just don&#039;t touch any of them on the surface, try to handle them by the edges. Cotton gloves are a little extreme, in my opinion, but what the heck, everyone likes to play doctor or mad scientist once in a while.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yeah, don&#039;t clean them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Cool, 2x2 and tubes are great for storage.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You also mentioned currency. Your local coin store, if there is one, will have currency sleeves. Sturdy plastic envelopes to put your bills in. Depending on how many you have, You might want to get an album. They have pages with sleeves that are usually 3 bills per page. Take pics of those and post them on the paper money forum for comments and grading guesses.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Best of luck and I&#039;m waiting to see your pics so that I can drool with the others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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