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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 616811, member: 13650&quot;]Don&#039;t bother cleaning them. Some of the shiny ones may actually be uncirculated or somebody may have cleaned them already. A collector would rather buy an original, uncleaned, black barber dime than a shiny one. Trust me. It takes less effort to do nothing as well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whatever ones are heavily worn or beat up, I would view them as mainly just bullion coins, worth the silver content in them. Each dime will have 0.07 troy oz. of silver in it, give or take a bit usually based on wear. All of these I would buy tubes for from somewhere like wizard coin supply as in the link posted above. A true roll of dimes is $5, or 50 dimes per roll. It sounds like you may need to buy a lot of tubes! Once you have the average ones sorted out and stashed in tubes, they&#039;ll be a lot easier to handle and count.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Any key dates or stand out condition coins should be set aside and looked into further. They may need a nice 2x2 like an intercept shield type or maybe even sent in for grading. Hard to tell without seeing pics. </p><p>Barber dimes usually have a decent premium over spot, especially depending on condition. Worn out Mercs get pretty common. Just look for the 1942 2 stamped over 1 variety and the 1916-D. Both very rare so it&#039;s unlikely there&#039;s one in there but you have to check.&nbsp; &nbsp; Oh yeah, toned coins are really hot right now so if you have any that have toned some neat colors set them aside as well.&nbsp; They&#039;re usually worth very large premiums these days depending on eye appeal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sounds like quite a stash he gave you. Lucky guy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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