What Should I Do With My Coins From The 60's And 70's?

You could also trade them in at the bank for more coins to search for silver or errors or other coins of interest.

Thanks for the help, I'm probably going to trade them in for more coins to look through. Also cwb is right, I do have another year before I have to do this all over again, so I'll just repeat this every year. What fun!

That's what I've been doing. It's fun to have a set -- however incomplete -- of coins that I found.

The only post-65 dimes or quarters, post-83 pennies or post-60 nickles I save are 2009's (due to the very few I tend to find in circulation) and any extremely good condition older ones.

I also save the first coin I find in circulation for each year and mark the 2x2 with the date I found it.

As others said, scan through the piles for the best coin for each date/mint mark and dump the rest.

This question comes up a few times a year from new collectors...and old. It's a good question for each of us to ask ourselves at some point. As with others, go through the hoard and keep what's worth keeping...or what you like. Consider the obvious: type, metal content, age. But consider the error and variety coins that might be there. Review error/varieties for each type, date, and mm. Make yourself a list and go through the hoard. I'd even suggest going through it two or three times if you aren't familiar with variety coin hunting. You'll find that you miss some nice coins on the first pass.

Depending on what you are after, you might want to build a nice roll for each date/mm/type. Even though most 60s and 70s mintages were large and the long term appreciation modest at best, you may want to have them just the same. Finding high state 1964 nickels is generally not a tall order, but finding one with full steps is. 1966 Jeffersons in high grade are also difficult to find in circulation. And many 70s Jeffersons likewise. So give it some thought and hatch a plan. Use the input from your fellow enthusiasts here to set your requirements. And perhaps make that a 2017 objective. Good luck on your endeavor.

I think it is up to you to decide what and how you want to collect. The first question is are you a collector or an investor? Up until recently when I added the 70s I kept all prior to 1970. Now I hold on to all prior to 1980 unless it has damage. I keep some 80s and 90s if the grade is high enough. I will keep post 2000 if it is MS. The point is you set your own standards of what you want to keep. If things get to much you can change your methods. No, you are not likely to mass a fortune doing that, but everyone here collects differently. So read the great advice you can get here and do your own thing. I hang on to a lot because I am still learning about varieties and may have some I have not recognized yet. After that I may sort out and spend anything below VF or some other grade.

I took a fair share of my recent coins to Coinstar earlier this year.

Cashed them in and went shopping