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Thank you for the correction. I was off by a year. You are correct the silver quarters go until 1964!

Yes sir, it definitely is. I went through one small tupperware style container last night and pulled out all of the silver (1964 and before) quarters that were not in individual containers. There were several bags of loose quarters. There are 466 of them. The silver quarter is worth about $6 each so that is almost $2800 worth right there. It was obvious by the condition of most of those coins that Pop bought them for the silver value and was not worried about the condition.

I also went through some Morgan silver dollars and was excited to find one I believe to be an 1895 proof. It is not in good shape but it looks like it is a rare coin. :)

So far there are two 1878 CC Morgan silver dollars I have found in the collection. I am still cleaning out the boxes and moving the coins into plastic totes to bring into the house. Pop had them stored in a locked room in his garage so there are bugs who made their homes in some of the boxes. My wife would not be happy if those critters got into the house!

Like you already have said, one step at a time. This should be a loving venture so try not to get overwhelmed and take it slowly. There are boxes marked "graded nickels" for example, that may be easy to catalog and evaluate.

I appreciate all of the advice! Yes, I am taking it slowly and not overwhelming myself.

I have them all in clean plastic containers, mostly sorted by denomination and in my basement. That was the first step and it is complete.

The next step was to find a reputable dealer. I found and talked to one so far. He seems honest but has only looked at two coins so far. I am going to talk to another coin dealer or two, show them the same two coins and see what they say they think the grades of the coins are. Hopefully, they will all say the same thing, but who knows. So, step two is partially complete.

Finally, I will pick the dealer I feel most comfortable with and start taking in the coins a box at a time to evaluate them.

Do you guys have any advice on how to choose a good coin dealer? What do I look for? What questions do I ask? Anything will help!

Here is the collection now:

Wow! Great work and good luck to you!

The good news is being where you are, there are coin dealers in the Denver area.

You are also about 75 minutes down the road from the American Numismatic Association HQ in the springs. There is at least one national dealer there. Downside is they're not going to touch SGS even with a full hazmat suit and extra gloves.

My recommendation - hit up the Denver Coin Club and throw yourself on their mercy. They'll know who to contact for an appraisal to sell.

http://denvercc.anaclubs.org/


Hallenbeck