Need Help!!! Sorting Through Forty Years Of Amassing.

A flat cinch stapler will eliminate the need to flatten normal staples using a pair of needle nose pliers or similar.

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I'm loving those pictures of coins you have. I inherited a good amount of silver from my grandfather as well, not quite that amount though. I had a blast going through everything to see what was in there. I hope to amass a bin of walkers similar to what you have there in the picture.

Have fun!



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You've gotten lots of good advice here, take it to heart. I'd not touch the nickels or pennies until the silver is done.

Unless you need the money, I'd hang on to half or all of the silver, wait for the market to improve. You can take a couple of pounds of it in to your local coin shop now, but you can gain $1000 or more for every 100 ounces, by simply waiting and watching the market.

Do separate the foreign from the US, first off. Then as stated by others, start separating the types, years, mints, etc.

I suggested possibly using tubes because of the likelihood you will end up with many multiples of the same type, year & mm in worn condition. Say you have dozens of a common Walking Liberty half such as 1945-D and they are all in circulated condition, putting them in tubes would be way easier than stapling every single one in its own 2x2 when that's not necessary.

I would individually holder the better high-AU to MS examples, especially for the more valuable dates/mm's. When you get the RedBook, it will be easy to see which dates/mm's are more sought after for each coin type.

As a side note, don't take the prices listed in the RedBook as what you'll get when selling. Those are essentially full retail prices as if you were buying that coin from a coin shop and should only be used as a general guide and for comparison.

Also, if you come across some that you're not sure of grade on, you can always post them here for opinions but, check out PCGS Photograde. You can use the web version or they also have an app that is simple to use.

I was just trying to project how long it would take......

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Just in case, the "send them to me" is probably the most ubiquitous joke here. We would all love to be in your shoes right now as far as the coins.

It's great to hear you have a RedBook on the way. It's definitely a comprehensive resource in a small package. I certainly look forward to your progress, pics, and questions. I'll try to help in any way I can but, I'm a pretty new collector myself compared to many here.

It's somewhat of a shame that the decision to sell is being made outside of your control. Just make it clear to the others involved that this is not a quick sort-and-sell project. The more time and care that is taken, the better the results will be. Maybe even show this topic and responses to the other involved parties.

Can you get an clearer pics? Those are too blurry to really determine anything.