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Message:: [QUOTE="wildruler, post: 2177308, member: 74354"]I agree with making sure everything is well cataloged. I'm only 28 and just started collecting in February of this year. I spend most of my money on silver coins, but I also have a lot of foreign coins. I'm more active on Reddit than here but there is a sub-reddit called coins and there seems to be about 5 posts per day that go a little like this, "Just inherited grandfathers coin collection. Any idea what these are and if they are worth anything." The only two questions you see from people are what are they and how much can I sell them for. I don't want to die knowing my collection that I spent most of my life building got hocked off and the information about those coins came from a quick post on Reddit. If there's somebody in the family you know for sure that is interested in the hobby I'd leave them to that individual. Otherwise if it was me, I'd probably sell the coins myself and leave a safe full of cash for my family to fight over. At least you know they'd get the full value for the coins instead of a shop ripping off your family. As strange as it sounds coming from a coin collector but I don't like the thought of capitalism. I've seen first hand shop owners taking advantage of women because they think women are stupid. I can only imagine how a coin shop would treat an elderly woman. But these are just my personal opinions.[/QUOTE]