I Am New To Coin Collecting And Need Some Pointers

your first coin is a "draped bust 10 cent coin. in VF20 pushing $1900 in value, SF 40 approaching $ 2850. quite a valuable coin. c really don't know enough to help you grade the coin, however it should grade quite high.

i stand corrected. I am INCORRECT.

The coin looks grey, which means it's not silver, which after circulation should be white.

Also, the quality of the strike is a bit weak.

It has the grainy look of a counterfeit--probably best to check out a real one (a silver dollar on Coin Facts) and see the many differences--

http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dol...arieties.htm

Thank you for the reply regarding the Roman coins. In your estimation do they look authentic?

Ancient coins are typically tricky for even an expert to judge simply from a photo, so I'm not going to offer an opinion on any but the most obvious fakes.

Pic #1: As has been said, a fae early American coin. It looks like a typical quality "Chinese fake".

Pic #2: Seleucid Kingdom, king Demetrios I (ruled 162-150 BC). The size isn't given, but I assume it's a tetradrachm. There's an example of the coin in the Wikipedia page for this king; here's another example of the same coin. Sadly, the date is missing from yours, so it can't be dated more precisely. If genuine, it's probably in the $100 to $200 range.

Pic #3: Some of these look fine and genuine, others look fake. I'm very worried about the large silver one (Row 1 No. 2). It's decadrachm-sized, and decadrachms are normally very rare and expensive; the detail on it looks too "fuzzy" and I suspect it's a cast fake. There are others I'm really not happy with the "look", notably Row 1 No. 3 and Row 2 No. 1. The small silver one (Row 2 No. 3) is a Roman silver denarius of emperor Trajan, and looks OK. The rings and loops might affect the value, if the jeweller that attached them has actually harmed the coins in adding the ring. Row 2 No. 4 is an Athenian "owl" tetradrachm (see comments on Pic #4 below). I'd need to see the other sides to give accurate IDs of the rest.

Pic #4: Many if not all of these tiny little coins appear to be "owls" of Athens, or imitations of same. By "imitations" I don't necessarily mean modern fakes; the Athenian "owl" was a popular trade coin, and the design was widely copied in ancient times by countries that traded with Athens, notably Egypt and southern Arabia. The coins of the Himyarite kingdom in Yemen particularly fit the description of some of these.

Pic #5: See echizento's answer.

Pic #6: This is a set of tetradrachms from the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. An expert in the series might be able to date them for you.