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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kiera Wolf, post: 60691, member: 3645&quot;]Hello, I&#039;m not quite sure this topic should go here so mods feel free to move it if not. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m kind of new to numismatics, I collected coins by the simple fact that I liked them, found them interesting, or because some old relative gave them to me. I don&#039;t own anything special, at least that I know of, I&#039;m just collecting the US State Quarters and here in Mexico I&#039;m collecting the states $100 pesos coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, a couple of weeks ago my greatgrandmother passed away leaving us to the task of cleaning up her house. To say the least her house is like a museum, there are things that are still in they original box and seem barely used. I was given the task of looking trough her coins, which were just wrapped up on tissue papers and stored in a wooden box; more than half of them were rusted, invaded by verdigrisi and things like that. My grandparents wanted to sell them, therefore I started to do a little more reaserch on numismatics yet I told them we wouldn&#039;t get to much for them if any at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then&nbsp; I thought &quot;What makes a coin/bill worth in numismatics?&quot;, how can I tell if the coin I&#039;m holding right now will be worth lets say, ten times its actual value? How can I say, the $1 silver pesos I found are worth something? Take apart the fact that they may be ugly, rusty or wathever...is there anything that makes a 1860 coin more special than a 1995 coin apart from the fact that the older one may no longer be manufactured? And maybe more important, is there a way I can tell if the bunch of coins I&#039;m holding are worth something (appart from the sentimental value) or are just a big pile of rusting metal?</p><p><br /></p><p>Any comments about that would be highly appreciated, Kiera[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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