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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Steven B., post: 1951705, member: 71539&quot;]Hello- This is an introduction of sorts and an overall general question I have regarding a coin collection I inherited that has been sitting idly for years. First of all I stumbled across this site doing some coin research and found it to be an informative and helpful site with members who are civil and willing to help novices. I appreciate that and look forward to reading the help already provided. That said, I will get to my general question.</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin collection goes back many generations and it has sat in my basement for years with little attention. In my effort to downsize before an upcoming move I took out the boxes to start sorting. Some of the coins are of value due to age and scarcity, and I know some that might have metal content of worth. That I can readily research before I go to a dealer. My question is to what to do with the volumes of older coins (mostly circulated Lincoln pennies and Jefferson nickels) that have little or no value. I have literally one hundred pounds of older Lincoln pennies and Jefferson nickels that have nominal value. If something is a few cents over face value do I just put them in a coin sorter at the bank or is there something else I should do with them? I think the coin sorter is my current option because I don&#039;t really want to do the effort to try to get 2¢ for a coin that might be valued at 4¢. I&#039;m talking garden variety coins here, not those that have low mintage numbers or say the Jefferson nickels minted during the war years. Do I just cash them in at face value to get rid of them or is there something I am missing? I appreciate any responses and ideas for my search on this matter turned up nothing. Thanks for reading and I look forward to using this site as I weed through the collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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