How Do You Inspect Your Coins?

Never found it...... thanks though. I'll search it out.

Some collect one coin from every country alive and dead.
Some take it a step further and collect every single type of every country

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#3. Do you classify them per date, condition, piles, all the above, etc.

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I think we all start off with years/mint marks/BU or circulated/error coins/varieties if the addiction starts.

Each collector determines what he will center on. Whether he wants to fill holes in a book with circulated coins or collect the best he can find/afford.

Some may start with the three three fold coin books.
Some may just put them into a jar.
Some wish to keep there collection in the best condition buy using a more expensive way to store them.
Some like to keep the coins in tubes for roll storage.
Some prefer to keep them in the original paper.
Some like to use 2 X 2's to store coins in and put them into 3 ring binders with plastic pages to keep the coins in place. Other like the flips made "WITHOUT PVC" to keep there coins safe and easy to remove to examine or image.
Some like coinsafe plastic holders to store the coins to keep them from the elements.
Some like to have coins graded by a 3rd party grader and slabbed in a plastic coffin to protect the coins from damage/finger prints/elements around us.
Each collector must decide what works for him and what he likes the best. always harder to switch later, but it can be done.

CG. As too initial examination prior to grading;

I find it useful when rummaging thru stock coins to Look at the coin with 2x power at first. With my eyesight that is now necessary anyways. I give both sides a cursory glance and let my eyes be lazy. I do not look too close at first. I want to see the overall look of the coin.

I then look for signs of damage by starting at the middle of the coin and I mentally cut it into a pie looking at a section at a time. IE; from center to between 12:00 and 2:00 , then center to 2:00 to 4:00 ect. all the way around both sides of the coin. This way I do not overlook anything. I then look at the rim and sides of the coin. Then I cock the coin and look at different angles all around the coin for signs of hairlines, cleaning, whizzing, ect. and to determine the coin's overall luster. Normally after all of that I focus on the strike details. Lastly, I consider the date, mintmark, and design to determine variety, die marriages, ect.

Seems to work fairly well.
... Gusp