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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;andrgo, post: 156880, member: 6181&quot;]Here&#039;s what I use for <b>tools</b>:</p><p>- 30x jeweler&#039;s loupe for magnification ($6 on eBay I think.)</p><p>- Lamp.</p><p>- Couch.</p><p>- <b>Coins </b>(duh <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>- jar (for putting the &#039;just face value&#039; ones in.)</p><p>- Red Book.</p><p>- <a href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=17341" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=17341" rel="nofollow">My coin collection tray</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my <b>searching and sorting methods</b>:</p><p>- Pour the coins out of the bank coin rolls (I&#039;m a roll-searcher) into my hand.</p><p>- Check the date and mint of the coin.</p><p>- See if it&#039;s a key-date in the Red Book (most of which I actually have memorized.)</p><p>- If I find something that&#039;s key date, I use my loupe to double-check for things like double-dies, double-ears, wide-AMs.</p><p>- If it&#039;s a key-date or otherwise worth more than face value, I keep it and put it aside. If not, it gets put in the coresponding coin jar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personal stuff:</p><p>- If I see a coin that looks very good, shiney, yet uncleaned no matter what the year I keep it aside and bag it up later.</p><p>- I keep all coins that are 1969 and earlier (even though generally they aren&#039;t worth anything more than something from the 70&#039;s, I just feel that the 1960&#039;s was long enough ago that the coins are reaching that 50-year milestone and I might as well start pulling them from circulation before everyone else does.)</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I&#039;ve only been collecting for a month or so, so I&#039;m a newbie. But I hope that my amateur advice helps you out! Good luck! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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