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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jubabeast, post: 1120535, member: 29274&quot;]I&#039;m a novice and I&#039;ve just started going through a couple of my piggy banks trying to catalog the coins I&#039;ve gathered over a few years. I&#039;ve run into several quarters that are either proofs (have the frosty images against brilliant backgrounds), or have been coated (light tone or gold clad), or are a special strike where the image and backgrounds are more pronounced and more brilliant than general circulation coins. I&#039;m assuming that these coins were once part of sets that someone broke up (probably stole) and put the coins into circulation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My questions are: how do I grade these coins? On some of them, it&#039;s quite hard to find any mark or wear while others have obvious dings and wear spots. Are circulated proofs worth more than other circulated coins with similar wear? I assume treated coines, third party toned and clad, are not worth anything special, but are they worth keeping at all or should I put them back into circulation?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hope the questions aren&#039;t too simple &#039;cause I&#039;m hoping to get these coins labeled and put away.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks kindly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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