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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob Evancho, post: 5175893, member: 84595&quot;]Hello Todd.&nbsp; That is a nice type collection.&nbsp; I have only been collecting coins for 65 years and have learned a lot from older collectors and here on Coin Talk.&nbsp; I also have About $4,000 in reference books primarily on die varieties or characteristics of our US coins.&nbsp; Reference books are important to determine common or rare die varieties.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; I would like to caution you about the albums and especially the album pages your coins may be in.&nbsp; If not done properly, the plastic slides could scratch your coins.&nbsp; When the plastic slides are cut into size, the Cutter starts from the top of a pile of plastic and slices through the pile.&nbsp; On it&#039;s downward cut it creates a rough microscopic edge on the lower cut.&nbsp; Most collectors don&#039;t realize this edge, when slid across a coin in the album page could scratch the coin.&nbsp; I have done talks on this subject at our coin club meetings.&nbsp; I suggest the coins remain in the album until you are very familiar how to prevent slide scratches.&nbsp; With the slide in place, push the coin slightly from the top until it is below the surface of the album page being careful not to push it too far and out the bottom.&nbsp; Do this for all the coins in that slide row.&nbsp; Then gently push the coin up from the back side with the back side slide in place.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Always try to wear very soft 100% white cotton gloves. As someone mentioned, always try to grasp a coin by it&#039;s edge. We collectors like to see the obverse (front) and reverse of the coin in photographs.&nbsp; Good quality pictures help everyone to determine the variety of the coin.&nbsp; Don&#039;t rush to sell those coins.&nbsp; Looking them over and enlarging the pictures leads me to believe they are more and even much more valuable than the price you were quoted.&nbsp; Try to follow the advice of the knowledgeable&nbsp; collectors and dealers on Coin Talk.&nbsp; Enjoy coin collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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