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u/HeartofDarkWizards · 1 pointr/coincollecting

Well as a noob collector, I might be able to help! Advice is more if you live in the US.

  1. Not sure what your asking per say, but if you have a particular type of coin/country/era that you're into, its always best to get those from your local coin shop/pawn shop. I started off going through my parent's change and then as a cashier got really lucky over the past couple years. Roll hunting is a great way to start, but you gotta be patient and get through lots of regular rolls to get to the good stuff. I started with wheat pennies and Canadian coins which lead to silvers and all the other good stuff. Filling up those books of Wheaties, Indian pennies and even older Nickels is a inexpensive way to begin. Once you've figured out which specific coins you want, then the shops are a good place to get the more expensive ones. Even flea markets are good, but only for the small stuff. If you know people that have caches that are interested in getting rid of them, even better.

    1a) if you live in an area where you have lots of land, its not a bad idea, otherwise its not needed unless that's your thing.

  2. Coin shops/Pawn shops, best way to go, making relationships with a trusted one goes a long way.

  3. Not too sure, keep more in with the price guides, [Red Book] (https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Book-United-States-Coins/dp/0794843891/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488225553&sr=8-1&keywords=coin+guides) or [Blue Book] (https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-United-States-Coins-2017/dp/079484393X/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_cp_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=079484393X&pd_rd_r=YZ75YMYGQ38N96AW5ED0&pd_rd_w=B1VpT&pd_rd_wg=gC1Hv&psc=1&refRID=YZ75YMYGQ38N96AW5ED0) these are great to have starting off for the sake of simplicity :P

  4. Coin holders as I've said before are great for displays and keeping everything organized, never buy the uber cheap ones. On the cheap end you can use durable plastic bags and washed out dry glass containers from honey or jams. Those containers for camera films are also a good way if you have those. Then for the nice ones get the plastic holders and then have larger container, wooden or whatnot, house all/most your collection. Magnify glass is another must, helps out with finding markings and errors.

    That's about it, may have gone overboard into detail lol, but hopefully you find something here useful. Happy hunting :)
u/foxsable · 7 pointsr/coincollecting

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!

u/Scottmk4 · 2 pointsr/coincollecting

Oh another suggestion:

Get the 50 states quarter book.

I got this one:

State Quarter Map - Us State Quarter Collection https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002C0KS12/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_.93JAb1Y3V1P0

Then you can hunt for quarters. They’re big enough to be easy to hold, and each one has a different picture so that you can tell them apart without being able to read words or 4 digit numbers.

It’s a great first collection, because you can find just about all of it in circulation, and if you want to finish it up it’s easy and cheap to find any missing ones on eBay.

I’ve got a 5 year old that was very proud to bring her finished collection for show and tell day.

u/thedangerman007 · 5 pointsr/coincollecting

Welcome to the hobby!

I'd start out by telling friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, etc. that you are collecting coins and to look out for unusual stuff for you.

While there is plenty of info online, the "bible" for US coin collectors is the "Red Book" that is updated every year with price info. I think it provides a lot of info for a little over $11.

https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Book-United-States-Coins/dp/0794847021/

For coin roll hunting I'd be on the lookout for silver and the new "W" mintmark quarter.

Keep an eye out for the return slots of Coinstar machines.

Maybe keep a log, spreadsheet, notebook of your collection?

Have fun!

u/remembertosmilebot · 1 pointr/coincollecting

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u/rondonsa · 1 pointr/coincollecting

Late response, but I use a large 3-ring binder and a bunch of 2X2 sheets like this. Individual coins are stored in archival-quality Mylar flips, and those flips go into the sheet slots. Much cheaper than buying a Dansco album.