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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 38309, member: 669&quot;]Welcome to the forum bluegrass.&nbsp; My first suggestion would be for you to look at the previous threads on the same subject, of which there have been many.&nbsp; Read the &quot;sticky&quot; post that is at the top of this forum, then look at &quot;Collection&quot;, for starters.</p><p><br /></p><p>The grade &quot;very good&quot; is a very low grade, and I&#039;m sure you are not using the term in its technical sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can obtain <i>A Guide Book to United States Coins</i> by Yoeman, (aka The Red Book) inexpensively at any online or brick &amp; mortar bookstore or coin dealer, and you can very probably consult one free at your local public library.&nbsp; It will give you some basic information on grading (which greatly affects value), as well as identifying major varieties which you may find in your inheritance that have exceptional values.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t rely too heavily on the actual prices listed, as they were the publisher&#039;s best estimate of retail prices you would expect to pay a dealer, as of the closing date of the book for publication, some months before it hit the streets last year.&nbsp; The coin market has been changing rapidly in recent years.&nbsp; What the listings <i>will</i> tell you is which of your coins are the most valuable, and which ones probably merit close examination by a knowledgeable person.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your aim is to liquidate the collection, the review I am suggesting will help you decide whether it may be valuable enough to interest a major dealer, or whether it should be shopped to local dealers.&nbsp; If that is the course you take, be sure to get several opinions; and realize that if you want a detailed piece-by-piece pricing, that is what is known as an &quot;appraisal&quot;, and you will have to pay for the appraiser&#039;s services.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your aim is to preserve and perhaps enlarge the collection, then hang around this forum for a while and soak up the knowledge which is regularly dispensed; perhaps join the American Numismatic Association and gain access to its extensive library; and take other steps to educate yourself <i>before</i> you make any purchases yourself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever long-term course you decide on, feel free to post pictures of some that you believe to be the most interesting, or valuable, and get the input of forum members.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, welcome to the forum, and perhaps to the hobby as well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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