Kory B

1899-o morgan: g-4... It will not let me put the back side on.  It's way less then 4mb

Ok I received the grading book and loupe and I did a grade on my coins. Not sure if the pictures will be very good. My grades are:

1892-o morgan vf-30.  

It's hard to pick which grade when one part of the coin is vf-30 and another part is vf-20.. who ever had this coin carved their initials in the cheek.  I'm sure that lowers the grade

FKK,

Are proof sets worth hanging on to?  I have a couple from the 70's and 80's.  They have quarter, dime, nickel and a penny from that year.  Do you get your really old coins from conventions or auctions?  Thanks for helping a newbie start in the coin world!

I wanted to have them graded so I could sell them for a fair price, but the more I thought about it, I thought you know what it's really neat to have some coins that are well over 100 years old.  Now I want to grade them to see what condition they are in.  But I've already ordered one of the books FKK suggested and when I get the book I'll post the coins on here and see how close I am with graded them.  What I have so far for coins is:

1879  s morgan silver dollar
1888 o morgan silver dollar

1892 s morgan silver dollar

1921 s morgan silver dollar
1915 s barber half dollar

What coin grading book would you suggest?  

I'm new to coin collecting.  I've only bought a few morgan silver dollars and a barber half dollar.  I'm thinking about having them graded but I'm confused with the process and pricing.  There is many options of price.  Do I need to have a membership that I pay for in order to have coins graded?  And sending them to get graded, do I just use USPS?  Should I have insurance on the coins when I send them?  Has anyone had issues sending them USPS.  

Thanks