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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tony L. Johnston, post: 2913803, member: 91176&quot;]My Dad was a coin collector starting when he was a little boy. Everyone who knew him brought any &quot;coins&quot; they found to him and he would find out about that coin for them. Some he was given and some he would buy for a fair price. Sadly he recently passed and I was amazed to find out he left his 60 plus years of collecting collection to me. I have been trying to inventory it (my Dad had a disorganized organization in that coins would be in bags and jars but he could go right to the COIN he wanted to show you) and am bewildered by some of the older coins. He has old German coins from his Grand-Dad that date back to the 1600s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have decided to hold on to the core of the collection (the ones he collected individually) and pass them to my Children when I depart. The only part I am looking to liquidate is proof sets, circulated sets, prestige sets and commemorative sets. These Dad enjoyed looking at; but they were more of an investment and often gifts from us kids when we did not know what else to get him. I do not know any thing about coin collecting, but the bug has bit me. </p><p><br /></p><p>My question is how do I get good money liquidating the &quot;gift/investment&quot; U.S. Mint sets. I then want to start adding to the collection and trying to complete some of the penny and nickel books he left me with the money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus the title of this thread; I realize that there may be a easy and obvious answer. I feel like a little boy who just had the training wheels taken off his bike; who realizes it may be an exciting ride but scraped knees are in the near future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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