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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fogemort, post: 3710317, member: 107035&quot;]I collected coins when I was a kid but stopped after college. I recently got the itch, so I dug out my collection. I have a decent amount of 20th century coins, especially Lincoln cents and Jefferson nickels. I&#039;m missing mostly key dates and a handful of older coins, as well as stuff from 1990 on. I decided to start with trying to complete the nickel collection, as that seems like a relatively easy way to dip my toes back in the water.</p><p><br /></p><p>My plan is to use bank rolls to complete the recent issues and buy the rest. I have a few questions, though.</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Most of my pre-1960 coins are in circulated condition. It&#039;s fairly inexpensive to buy the missing items in mint state (minus the key dates), so I&#039;m going to do that. I&#039;m not sure what to do about the existing items, though. Should I not worry about having some MS and some circulated coins? At least for now? Should I eventually start replacing the worn coins with MS copies?<br /> <br /> </li> <li>I have a jar full of doubles consisting of pre-1960, circulated items, and a handful of S mint marks from the late 60s. What do people do with their doubles? Do they keep them? Do they sell them? Are they even worth more than face value?<br /> <br /> </li> <li>What do people do with silver doubles? I have a handful of them and they are all worn, so I doubt if they are worth anything more than melt. Do people sell them? Or do they keep them?<br /> <br /> </li> <li>Do people look for varieties in the Jefferson set (other than the D over S stuff)? Or do they mostly just fill books/albums?<br /> </li> </ol><p>I have similar questions for the Lincoln cents, though I&#039;m hoping to do them after I complete the Jefferson set, as the key dates are much more expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for any help!</p><p><br /></p><p>- Kevin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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