Inherited Approximately 120,000 Pennies That My Father

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Unfortunately if you don't like sorting through coins it might seem like it would take a lifetime.

If you can't face the prospect of doing it yourself, perhaps you could enlist a local coin club if you let someone have a piece of the action.

Definitely sort by year and mintmark, and get that book that was mentioned. Also look for minting errors like clips and die cracks.

When looking for varieties it is best to look at one year and mint mark at a time. For those years and mint marks that have no varieties they can simply be returned to the bank.

IMO, if you are not interested, committed, or needing to maximize the monetary value of the hoard, a worthwhile option is to blindly roll with the aid of a Nadex coin manager and be done with it. You would be surprised at how many rolls you can do while watching TV and who knows, something may catch your eye in the process. Then dump them at the bank in multiple lots and give someone else a chance to find what they are looking for.

Bottom line is you have to decide if your time and interest is worth $1200 or spending a lot of time to potentially finding some 'jewels'. Maybe start with a pile of a 200 hundred/4 rolls and see how that goes to get a feel. Cross check against Numismedia and see what the values are and go from there. It won't take you long to figure out if this is your thing or not.

Remember, you don't eat an elephant all at one time, you take small bites and many meals.