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Message:: [QUOTE="KenRingold, post: 1276543, member: 30934"]Like the saying goes, buy the book before the coin. For you, I would recommend picking up a copy of the Red Book for starters. This will give you a good idea of what you want to look for. Then the Cherrypickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties Vol. 1, (cents and nickels), and if you plan to search dimes, quarters, & halves then pick up Vol. 2 as well. Also, you will want a copy of "Strike it Rich with Pocket Change" to help find those error coins. For grading your coins I suggest "The Official ANA Grading Standards for United States coins", and possibly a copy of "Photograde". With that said, you will also need at least a 10x loupe as well. And I know my USB Microscope sure comes in handy. 1939 was not a year for the war nickel (Dec. 7, 1941, ring a bell), and not all war nickels contained silver. If you plan on just mining for silver, you won't need all the books above, just alot of luck because you are jumping on that bandwagon wwwwwaaaaaayyyyyyyy too late. Hard to find silver anymore.[/QUOTE]