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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carmella, post: 51287, member: 3073&quot;]Hi all, I am a complete novice to all this but think I have found a facinating new hobby.&nbsp; I have&nbsp; read some here today (handle with cotton gloves! Thanks).</p><p><br /></p><p>I have inherited some coins!&nbsp; Lots of silver $&#039;s, halves and penny and dimes.&nbsp; I am now hooked.&nbsp; Some of these coins are encased in plastic that says &quot;proof&quot; on the outside.&nbsp; I have orederd a book, United States Coins, from Amazon today, but I am too impatient to wait.&nbsp; Some of the coins are dated late 1800&#039;s through 1990&#039;s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One coin that has me intrigued is a silver dollar (i think).&nbsp; It has an indian head on one side, buffalo on the other.&nbsp; No where does it indicate a value.&nbsp; On the front under the indian it says &quot;one troy ounce&quot;&nbsp; And Liberty near the forehead.&nbsp; back only says &quot;999 fine silver&quot; below the buffalo and accross the top again &quot;One troy ounce&quot;.&nbsp; Is it a token???&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t look old, but it has my curosity raised because of the no date.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the other coins has me intigued too.&nbsp; It is proof coin in plastic.&nbsp; It says on the plastic &quot; Carson Ciity&quot; and &quot;Uncirculated silver dollar&quot;.&nbsp; It&#039;s dated 1882.&nbsp; It&#039;s really a beautiful coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While I am not interested in selling any of these, I am curious about them.&nbsp; Some of the coins came in platic cases but most of them are loose.&nbsp; Should I find cases of some sort for these too??</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks so much for any info.&nbsp; Now that I am hooked, where would be a good place to start my own collecting??&nbsp; Buying proof sets???&nbsp; Any book recomdations??</p><p><br /></p><p>Carmella[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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