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My wife inherited her dad's coin collection. There are hundreds and hundreds of coins and I have no idea what to do with them. They are not organized at all. I know the first thing I need to probably do is go through them and inventory them but I don't know where to begin as it seems like this could take months to do. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there any software that you would suggest to help with this task? Thank you. |
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Welcome to the Community!
On the left side of this page under "General" topics search "Appraising a Coin Collection".
That link should help steer you in the right direction.
Good luck!
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To the Forum. |
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To CCF , inheriting a coin collection can be quite challenging when you know nothing about coins . If they are U.S. coins then buy ''THE Red Book'' it will give you a lot of information that you are going to need . You have a lot to learn about the hobby, so read and reread that book . Don't forget to ask us any question you may have and it will be answered .  |
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to CCF. Coin World sells a book,ledger of US coins...that would help you log what you have. Red Book has useful info,but do not use the values in it...way too high. You might need a good 10x or 14x jewlers loupe and a good light source.Maybe an asortment of 2x2 holders. John1  Edited by John1
09/04/2018 8:21 pm
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Also, if you follow the link inherited that has excellent information. |
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One other thing:
No matter how tempting it may be .... under no circumstances try to make the coins look better by cleaning them! Do not use, or do, ANYTHING to try and improve their appearance. Cleaning, now called "conservation", is best left to professionals who know what to do, how to do it and when to do it.....even then, they screw up and ruin coins, too!
There have been many collections ruined by well-intentioned heirs. Don't be another statistic!
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For organizing my collection, I use Numista https://en.numista.com. The search function is very easy to use. And after it's all done, you can export the list into a spreadsheet. The only thing Numista doesn't do is give a price on the coins. But it's a good place to start. |
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Cleaning, now called "conservation" IMHO,They are two different things. Both should only be done by someone who knows what they are doing. By cleaning a coin wrong,you can loss at least half if it's potential value. As a general rule... never clean a coin. John1 |
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to CCF |
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By cleaning a coin wrong,you can loss at least half if it's potential value. As a general rule...never clean a coin. Truer words have never been spoken !  |
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All is true with the above, but if you don't want to do the work and research them all. Post five pictures of 5 different coins a day (both sides) and let us give you the evaluation. Your posts will go up and so will ours. If you have kids, get them to help.
If you seek outside help from a local coin dealer, go to 2 or 3 LCD's so you get a proper evaluation.
In the end, what do you guys plan on doing with the collection, sell or keep....
In both scenarios take your time and do it right.
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Take some pictures and post them.
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