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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2197847, member: 73555&quot;]The lengthy Introduction in any Krause World Coin Catalog is a good place to start reading; in my copy, it&#039;s pages 4 to 14.&nbsp; LOTS of key information there.</p><p><br /></p><p>If no one else mentions this fact, do NOT clean or polish your coins.&nbsp; No scouring powder, no pencil erasers, no Windex, no Brasso, no baking soda, no steel wool, no Glass Wax, NONE of that stuff.&nbsp; No one has talked about little holders and envelopes, either, but that&#039;s too detailed (and controversial) to get into here.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you store the coins in something you can write on, always write the KM, Y, or C number, that will help you locate the coin in the catalog again.&nbsp; Those are initials for the entry-level catalogs, being Krause-Mishler (obsolete now?), Yeoman, and Craig.&nbsp; For instance, Canadian dimes starting with Queen Elizabeth are (type) #KM-51, but varieties add KM 61, 67, 67a, 72, 72a, 73, 77.1, 77.2, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might want to pull out all the coins containing silver and keep them separate; a day will probably come when most will be worth more as bullion than as collectible numismatic coins; that&#039;s already the case for some series, such as well-circulated Canadian dimes, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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