James Boat

QA - thanks so much for the thoughtful response! Unfortunately, by the time I was of age, my dad and grandfather had already stopped collecting and had moved on to other hobbies. Unfortunately, I opted to collect baseball cards (bummer!). I will certainly take it slow - I'm in no rush. And will certainly research and post online. It's a bit difficult to read the grade descriptions in Red Book and apply them, but hopefully with some study, I'll be able to better ballpark. And having read JKK's sticky rules/guidelines, I've realized I've committed a number of no-nos...will be better with future posts!

I have a few stacks of these - should I be taking them out and reviewing against Redbook assuming they're all VF-20?

Thank you for the advice. Will continue to look for local resources here. In one tube of coins, I found this. Any thoughts? How should I be handling these coins? Ok to just touch the edges, or should I be wearing gloves?

Bunch of these too and more.

Few more -

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A few more pictures of front pages

Not too far...as the crow flies anyway!

JKK - thank you for getting back to me such a nice response. I live in a small and pretty remote community in the mountains, so not sure if they have a coin club...but will certainly check. Dollarfan - there are a lot missing in those books, but here are a few pictures.

Hi - I inherited a literal suitcase full of coins when my dad passed away 8 years ago. My dad and grandfather collected for a short period of time as a nice father-son activity. The overwhelming majority of the coins are US...Buffalo nickels, Indian head pennies, etc. Some of the coins are in books, others in plastic containers, some in little envelopes, some in rolls from the bank, etc. I bought the Red Book guide off of Amazon, but aside from getting a little insight on a random coin I look up, it's simply too much. Ultimately, I'd like to value them and sell them (maybe keep a small few to give to my kids). I'm sure many of these coins aren't worth much...with the exception of some proofs, they appear to have been in circulation (at least to my untrained eye). Does anyone have a recommendation on how best to value and then sell these coins? Is it best to load them back in a suitcase and take them into an NGC affiliated coin shop (in Colorado)? Any guidance is appreciated. James