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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barkoff, post: 1408317, member: 37187&quot;]Gentleman down at the local coin shop advised that with the price of gold today, unless your gold coins are of a rare variety, it isn&#039;t worth having them graded even if they are in good shape.&nbsp; The collection I inherited has about 25 gold coins ranging from the&nbsp; late 1800&#039;s to early 1900&#039;s, most are in really great shape, bought in&nbsp; the 70&#039;s, and cared for over the years.&nbsp; Some have been given ratings,&nbsp; some have not.&nbsp; Some that have not look as good (to me) as those that&nbsp; have.&nbsp; I have noticed looking through the Red Book that with some of these the prices are quite a bit higher on the coins that have been given an MS rating.. Opinions, was the guy at the shop full of it?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Second question.&nbsp; Wouldn&#039;t UN-circculated coins that have been cared for be equal in quality to those with MS ratings?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Three.&nbsp; Who can recommend a good book with the basics of coin collecting, how to care for them, how to go about having one graded ect.&nbsp; A good book that can hold my attention.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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