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Hello from The States, Minnesota!Hope to get some help with my Grandfather and Dads collection and if I should get them graded. I have played around with coins, but completely new to the details. I understand the city locations where they are stamped, looking on the edge of some coins quickly to fine the silver ones, but need the experts!

Hi,

I'm from Wales (between Cardiff and Pontypridd) in the UK, and I work (in a business that brings me here) in Bristol, England, also in the UK.

Thank you for hosting this forum.

Hell everyone. My name is Juss. I collect coins and paper currency. I have been a collector for years. Glad to be here in the coin community with you.

Hello all,

Thanks for the great site! I hope to learn a lot here in the coming months and years. I've already poked around and learned some fascinating things.

The site is huge and a lot to look through, so first I'm going to navigate around before I innundate anyone with questions. I'm not only new to the site, but new to collecting as well. I have very limited knowledge, and I know that bothers some people when dumb questions are asked, so I'll try and avoid a bunch of that.

I am from California but now live in Oregon, also lived in Missouri in between there and here for a while.

My grandfather was the captain of the Bay Area bridges in California (with the exception of the Golden Gate which had its own management system) back in the 70s through the 90s. A lot of change went through his hands as well as frequent trips to the bank for all sorts of transactions I suppose. He left a little collection, which is how I became interested in coins. He used to give my younger self Ike dollars, which fascinated me with their size. When you're 6 or 7, it just makes one feel rich :)

For work, I am the manager of a QC team for a real estate appraisal management company - we look over values of houses all the days long. It's a bit slow right now, so I'm looking to get my first round of coins in for grading, which I've never done.

On that note, thanks again for the site and information.

I think I'll navigate over to the pennies and see if anyone can outdo my ugliest penny ever ;)

I just noticed when I went to upload that photos of screens are not allowed? I guess I'll see if I can figure out why, as that might hinder me. I have a microscope with a screen that I zoom in on, but I can't transfer from for coins.