Reddit reviews Lincoln Cents Folder #1, 1909-1940

Okay.. First, I'd sort your collection by American and foreign. It appears you have more American coins than foreign in the first place.

Next, Sort by time period. First, sort any silver colored coins that are 1964 or earlier into one group and post 1964 into another. If you have any half dollars that are 65-69 you can also put them into this group.

Separate the nickels. For the nickels with a buffalo on them, separate out the ones that you can see the date on, like at all. Any ones that seem to have no date put aside (they aren't worth too much). You also have a Victory nickel with a V on the back, that's cool too. edit: Nickels from 1942-1945 have silver in them too. They are called war nickels.

Take the pennies. Separate the "wheat pennies" (with the two grains of wheat on the back) and anything that has a date older then that. Anything more modern than the wheat pennies you could search for errors, but... mostly not worth much. 1943 pennies were steel, so they should stick to a magnet. They are worth a small premium (and are cool imo).

Then it's time to hit google. Find out what each category is worth (if you are interested) or what is cool.

You might want to Get some whitman books to display various parts of your collection. If helps if you want to get one from every year or whatever. You could also get Flips to put them in. These might be available if you have a coin shop in town. But I wouldn't sell anything until you have a pretty good idea what they are worth in case your local store is shady. Hopefully not.

You can do the same thing with foreign coins, but it might take some digging to even find out what they are, and a lot aren't worth much. Some might be silver though, so valuable regardless.

Finally, if it is cool to you, keep it! Get a flip for it or put them in a bowl or whatever. That Kennedy bicentennial in the upper right generally isn't worth much, but a lot of people save them because they are pretty cool. Have fun!