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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 34035, member: 669&quot;]Welcome to the forum Snail.&nbsp; Perhaps between the great start your father left you, and the information you will get from the friendly folks here, we&#039;ll make a collector out of you too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />Hopefully their grade is higher than &quot;good&quot;, since the technical meaning of that term is roughly equivalent to &quot;it&#039;s identifiable, but barely&quot;.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure you are using it in a different sense, but without looking at them there is really no way to tell what any specific coin would grade at.</p><p><br /></p><p>Depending on the mint mark (or absence of one), the condition, and in the case of the 1917s, whether or not Lady Liberty has suffered the same &quot;wardrobe malfunction&quot; that Janet Jackson did at last year&#039;s Super Bowl, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the retail value range in collectible grades is from about $15 to several thousand dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>A very good starting place for you would be to get the latest edition of the <i>Guide Book of United States Coins</i> aka the <i>Red Book</i>, available at most public libraries, coin stores and book stores.&nbsp; <b>Do not</b> rely on the prices you will find there.&nbsp; They are retail prices as of several months before the book was printed, and especially in the higher grades coin prices have been riding an escalator the past few years.&nbsp; What the Red Book will do for you is provide a great deal of general information on U.S. coins, including specific things to look for in various series; and a rough basis for seeing which ones are rare enough to be potentially valuable, and which ones are common.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, of course, you can ask questions and post pictures here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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