Newbie, And Pretty Dumb

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I get a bad feeling about this posting. Doesn't feel good and weird. It's too practiced of a pitch.

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Fixed that for ya Ddave....

Oh, Bertensgrad, let's be friends, shall we? I'm exactly what I said I am - someone who knows nothing about coins, and, unfortunately, really doesn't care too much. I do appreciate your saying I have a "practiced pitch" though. Maybe I could be a con-woman if I wanted, but unfortunately I'm very honest, and don't have a long enough attention span to make it work! That's exactly why I've come to your forum - because I don't know anything, want to get rid of this chore, but certainly DON'T want to take anything to the bank for general coin sorting that might be valuable. As I said, the gentleman I'm doing this for is in a nursing home, is a very good friend of the family, and if I can help him out, all the better.
I've got to say, after spending a total of about 15 hours sorting things, I'm getting it under control. Most of what I've got here I don't think has any real value, unless you've got a State Quarter collection and are missing a certain state, or are doing the presidential, national parks or territories commemoratives.
Earle42, thanks so much for the detailed information! All of the miscellaneous stuff has been put into a bag, and I'll go through that, maybe tomorrow, and look for the things you've talked about.
As for the "liberty dollars", I was wrong. They are walking Liberty half-dollars. None of them are in good shape, and all are in pre-packaged (by the company that sold them) collections of one sort or another.
Then there are five rolls of 20 each Kennedy half-dollars all dated 2011, or at least the roll I just broke open was. The paper roll says these are "Official Gallery Roll JOHN F Kennedy half DOLLAR(s). They came from the US Commemorative Gallery. I admit, I don't even know where to look, but I can't find an indication of where they were minted. Were they just put out by the Gallery?
And, what about coins that are gold-colored? Some of the State Quarters are, as well as all the presidential commemoratives. Not that I really care, and I know this is the epitome of stupid, but, are these even real money, or just commemorative coins? All of the ones in my possession are in hard-plastic holders.
Which brings me to 'colored' coins. I've got what looks to me like a walking Liberty half-dollar, and it's been, like, painted. It's dated 1999, and the back says it's ONE OZ FINE SILVER-ONE DOLLAR. Another is a Kennedy half-dollar, also 'painted', dated 1967. These two coins are in individual cases. I haven't gone through all the certificates of authenticity yet, so I don't know where they came from.
I guess the most important thing to me is the small box of rolled pennies and nickels with lists of what the rolls contain. I'm not going to open them until I have tiny zip-locks to put them in individually.
Parklane64, thanks for your mention of pictures. I know I would be much more creditable if I submitted some. And yes, I will need help. I'm 64 years old and pretty computer-illiterate. I'll probably contact a moderator to walk me through it.
Again, thank you all for your comments and encouragement. Don't know that I'll ever care enough to become a collector, but who knows?

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I'm sure with some pictures of the coins, the membership here can point you in the right direction and recommend where to sell.

I must admit, I cringe when you say most are from US Commemorative Gallery and the American Mint. These types of operations generally tend to have very high profit margins on their "products" and the collector will likely not realize anywhere near what they paid if they resell into the secondary market.

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Hey, I thank you all SO much! It's actually nice to know I'm not holding (except for possibly something in those penny & nickel rolls) anything that's of any value.
It's kind of like something I went through a couple years ago when Rex's (my gentleman's) son, Eric, died, and I was put in charge of emptying his apartment. Eric had worked for the Embassy in Romania for ten years, and when I went through his stuff, I found a lot of Romanian money, and one bill that had a face value of $1 million! Did some research on-line and found that particular bill had been devalued to $1.00 in 2005. I found it in Eric's luggage in 2013. I think I still have it around here somewhere.
Anyway, thanks to all of you, I'm not going to worry about anything I have here too much. When I get to those rolls of old pennies and nickels I'll post pictures, and you can tell me what you think.
You are an awesome group! Makes me kind of wish I had an interest in coins. Thanks again.