came into some of my coins thru the passing of family member. nothing great but have a lot of fair wheaties. what is the best way to get them all organized. in books or just roll them together by date and mint mark.
Howdy squirmunch - Welcome to the Forum !! There really is no "best" way - it's entirely up to you and what suits your needs or desires. If the coins are are well circulated placing them into rolls or coin tubes by date & mint is one way to go. If you wish to start your own collection you might want to search for the nicesrt examples of each and place them in albums or individual coin holders and place the duplicates in tubes or rolls. It all depends on what you want to do.
What GDJMSP said. Pick the best ones and place into 2x2's (dirt cheap) and the rest of the same year and mint mark into a tube or roll (again, dirt cheap). If you do plan to sell, do some research before selling so you don't get ripped off. It happens quite a lot which is sad.
The first thing you should do is get a torch and solder or weld them into a sculpture. Then sell it at a coin show. That should go over really big there. :hail: If your in school go to the chem lab, borrow some H2SO4 and put all the coins in a beaker with that stuff. This will solve your problems as to what to do with the coins. :hail: Enough of that. I suggest you go to a coin show, coin shop or use the internet to find albums such as Dansco or Whitman. Invest a little and buy the better albums, not the folders with push in slots. Then get a copy of the Red Book and study it. Put the best coins in the albums. Possibly start a second album if supplies warrant that with the best coins in album 1. Then as already noted get some things called 2x2's. Some sell 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 sizes also. If the coins are in poor shape, don't even bother putting them in the albums or folders or even rolls. Just get a jar and put them in there for the future. That means they may be worth something much, much later. Primarily get informed. You may have rare coins worth a lot. Keep us informed.
thanks to all who replied to my question. will have some more questions later on after i go thru the rest of the ammo boxes. i have seen buffalo nickles with and with out dates. any worth to the ones with no date on them.
Some Buffalo Nickels are so expensive that some people bring back the dates with some kind of acid treatment. Example the 1916 Double Die is worth virtually thousands of dollars so be carefull of any coins. Remember that the really big thing with coins is the condition. Some coins will jump up in value by virtually thousands of dollars from one grade to the next. If you have old coins learn to handle with goves or just pick up by the edges.
