New From Nj, I Just Inherited My Brother's Coin Collection.....

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Ross Son Valued Member United States 173 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 3:24 pm Hello everyone, I am new to coin collecting and Coin Community. My brother gave me his coin collection about 2 weeks ago and as I started going through the coins, I began gaining major interest in this hobby. I have been searching for values for all of the coins I got and learned about the existence of mint errors, mint marks versus no marks, double dies, key dates, semi-key dates, grading scale,..... and I feel like I have gained a lot of knowledge, with tons yet to go obviously, but mainly text book. Need the experience now. Any advice on how to sort the coins easier and faster would be greatly appreciated! I find myself spending a lot of time. I am mainly collecting coins that has some value or potentially future value. When sorting through coins, first I usually put aside the following when going through a coin roll. Pennies - everything that is 1989 and older, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009 and 2015. The 90's are for Close and Wide "AM" and the 2000's for double dies. Nickel - 1979 and older, 2005 D with Bison and 2014 P Design creep. Dimes - 1989 and older, 1996 W (if I ever find one), 2015 and 2016 due to recent discoveries of errors. Maybe my grandchildren will thank me one day. BTW, dimes are a bit boring, which is an irony considering my name is Roosevelt! Quarters - 1979 and older, 1999 Delaware spitting horse, 2004 D Wisconsin with extra leaf and 2005 Minnesota extra tree. Half Dollars - 1979 and older. Dollar - all of them. It is at least a dollar each right? Then I sort them out and look for specific errors or if the values based on year and condition by using the NGC price guide. I even had to create my own cheat sheet with specific coins to hunt for. For now I am using my iphone to take a picture when examining the coin since looking through a magnifying loop is hurting my eyes. But I have ordered a Celestron 5 mp Infiniteview with LCD display and can't wait to use it. It will definitely make coin hunting easier. Btw, attached are my 2 favorite coins. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 3:45 pm to CCF. Nice Morgans. Don't forget about varieties and VAMS too. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Ross Son Valued Member United States 173 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 3:55 pm Thanks John! Just to confirm, the varieties that you mean are FH, FT, and FBL right? If so, does it mean when searching for coins to keep, that I should only collect those that have the varieties intact? Report this Post to the Staff
Ross Son Valued Member United States 173 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 4:00 pm Forgot to mention that I also look for overdates, repunched mintmarks, and other errors such as weak struck, lamination, missing parts, broadstruck,.... Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 4:19 pm Varieties like DDO DDR Trail Dies Wavy Steps etc John1 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 5:14 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 8:56 pm We look forward to hearing about more of your hunting. Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 9:18 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
jack jeckel Pillar of the Community United States 5201 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 10:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Debrajc Pillar of the Community United States 4211 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 11:04 pm Ross! You might pick up a " Red Book" on Amazon or at a coin shop. Highly recommended to help you with the collection. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 12/07/2016 02:08 am to CCF! I sincerely hope, and by the looks of it this is the case, that your acquired collection has been treated better than mine. Does it include any world coins? In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Ross Son Valued Member United States 173 Posts	Posted 12/07/2016 3:43 pm @spruet001. Not really. Just US coins for now. Report this Post to the Staff
Ross Son Valued Member United States 173 Posts	Posted 12/09/2016 3:33 pm @ spruet001. I take that back, I found some canadian, korean and brazilian coins as well. Also, I found this nickel hidden in one of the coin rolls that I still going through and was wondering if it was manually cut or maybe a mint error? first time noticing something like this. I am still learning so any help would be great. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 12/11/2016 01:31 am I definitely got a lot of Canadian coins, but so far no Korean or Brazilian. It's just been fun for me to research Asian coins because I have NO idea what it says and they often don't use Arabic numerals (and some of them can be quite valuable). I don't have enough expertise to label that Jefferson. I suggest posting it in the Modern Variety & Error section. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 12/11/2016 01:34 am Oh, and nice pics! I'm still experimenting with that (and probably will be for a while). In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Ross Son Valued Member United States 173 Posts	Posted 12/12/2016 6:37 pm Thanks Spruett001. Yes. I will post in modern variety and error Section. I finally figured out where to post my questions under the correct thread. Report this Post to the Staff
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