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1. Cherrypickers' Guide To Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins: Half Cents Through Nickel Five-cent Pieces: 1
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Used Book in Good Condition
2. Lincoln Cents Folder #1, 1909-1940
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Coins NOT Included!A great gift idea for any coin collecor!
3. Cent-Dime 2x2 Coin Mount Cube: 100 Count
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4. A Guide Book of United States Coins 2017: The Official Red Book, Spiralbound Edition
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5. Handbook of United States Coins 2017: The Official Blue Book, Paperbook Edition
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6. A Guide Book of United States Coins 2020
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7. TOOGOO 100 Gram Chrome Scale Calibration Weight
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100 Gram Scale Calibration WeightChrome Check the accuracy of your triple beam or digital scale with this 100 gram chrome plated calibration weight.OIML Class M1 Accuracy of 10mg (.010g) The weight measures 1 1/2 inches high by 1 inch wideIt is brand new and unused.
8. AWS Series Digital Pocket Weight Scale 100g x 0.01g, (Black), AWS-100-Black
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Portable Scale: This digital food scale measures 3" x 5" x 0.8", so it's the perfect size for measuring on the go. Use it to measure nuts, herbs, medications, spices, or jewelry.Durable & Compact: This mini kitchen scale is perfect for travel and can fit in your bag. Plus, it easily converts between...
9. Metal Pirate Coins -100 Gold and Silver Spanish Doubloon Replicas - Fantasy Metal Coin Pirate Treasure - Gold, Silver, Antique and Rustic Style Finishes by Beverly Oaks
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MODELED AFTER REAL WORLD TREASURE. The pirate coins are inspired by hand-struck Spanish 2 Escudo Doubloons minted between 1651 to 1773. While most of the fleets carrying the original precious merchandise made it to their destination, many were lost and sea, leaving the glistening treasures to be dis...
10. State Quarter Map - Us State Quarter Collection
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State Quarter Map Quarter CollectionUnique DesignMap has slots for all U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia.Color CodedEducational
11. BCW Pro 20-Pocket Pages, Pocket Size: 2" x2", 20 Pages - Coin Collecting Supplies
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20 (twenty) - BCW Pro 20-pocket coin storage page - coin collecting suppliesHolds 20 - 2 x 2 cards, pigs or photo Slides, no PVCBCW 3 inch album (single)Coin albums & portfolios sold separately
Well as a noob collector, I might be able to help! Advice is more if you live in the US.
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.
That's about it, may have gone overboard into detail lol, but hopefully you find something here useful. Happy hunting :)
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!
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.
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!
I bought this one and it works great.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0012LOQUQ/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1
A calibration weight may not be a bad idea either
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000EG6T0A/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Cherry Pickers Guide
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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.
Try the Cherry Pickers Guide
Not sure, but I think it is this: https://smile.amazon.com/Pirate-Coins-Silver-Doubloon-Replicas/dp/B001D7Y9BU