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You can’t go wrong with current circulation mintages. If nothing else you will always be looking at your change.  

On 8/13/2022 at 8:37 PM, VKurtB said:

The rolls are a major key.

Absolutely.  It’s like trying to find a good bagel outside Brooklyn.  There is one place local to me that does a fairly good job of cheesesteaks, and the owner is from Philly.  It’s still not the real thing. 

Another Sally Ride (D) as change today.  Would really like to find some Philly mints. 

I’ve never been to either, and I’m not a wiz fan either.  I’m partial to Dalessandro's when I do get back there.  

Nope.  I wouldn’t grade a modern penny unless it was very high MS.  There are graded modern MS70s out there. 

Nice acquisition and great price.  

Did I read this correctly , that they are marketing these as the AT find but are not providing any attribution?  I could have read this wrong. Other than the novelty, how will this be “valued” in a few years?  It not the Titanic or another famous wreck. 

Since @VKurtBis from Philly I’d expect less Ds. 
 

where I’m located I would expect less 1939-p, as we mostly get Ds here in general.   I need a cheesesteak field trip for P coins (I’m a Philly native)

On 8/13/2022 at 1:28 PM, CoinJockey73 said:

vente grande half calf mochachino draped bust boba tea latte, extra extra stevia

I was in Seattle not long ago and someone rattled off something like this.  Everyone in line rolled their eyes.

Nice star note find.  

Large date.  They are fairly easy to tell apart. 

@Zebo  There is zero connection between what my company does and coin collecting.  I suspect it was a hobby and they just had brought it to work and forgotten about.  

I think I need to do both buy a 85 coin and start collecting red books.  I saw there a a few with an impressive set of early red books. 

Any thoughts on a cool 1985 coin?  This might be the start of a type set. 

I was doing some final prep for a new employee this morning and just making sure their cube was ready.  I noticed a small red book in the corner of a drawer.  I was surprised to find a mint condition 1985 red book just sitting there.  Due to turnover we don’t know who used to sit there.  It was just odd and kind of fun to find something like that.  It has a new home in my home office bookcase. 

Safe travels. I don’t miss the drive from Philly west along the turnpike towards the Midwest when I was in college.   It was scenic but long.  Still better than driving through western Kansas.  

On 8/11/2022 at 4:01 PM, Zebo said:

It depends on what you want to collect. Defining your interests or wishes a bit better on a site like this one will be well worth your effort. There are so many good books out there ready to expand your horizons. 

My mental model was for folks here to suggest books for the person new to collecting.  Granted many nowadays will just google “coin collecting “ and go from there.  

With the demise of brick and mortar book stores it’s become hard to preview books to see if they are worth buying.  Coin books are even more challenging to find and I’ve found my LCSs only carry the red book and a handful of other books.

As a newer collector I bought a few books to get started.  I found a number of web sites, some with useful well written info, and many that look like my first attempt at creating a web site in 1993.  I’ve added the coin world grading book and Rogers book is on order as that topic is fascinating to me.  Plus my son and I joined ANA, and I’ve been reading past issues of the Numismatist. My local library is thin on coin books, but does have access to coin worlds magazine online.

What are good books for the beginner, intermediate and beyond collector? 

On 8/8/2022 at 11:32 PM, AdamWL said:

But it seems like a lot of members who joined in the last year or two have had unexplained tech problems and/or bans like the OP's.

I tried to create an account on ct, but something kept causing a repeated error even trying on different devices.  No reply from “admin”.  Their loss. 

@Forget69  it sounds like you are already off to a good start by separating the denominations. Now just look at them and you’ll see some look better than others with either less damage or color. Look at the red book, or an online site, to rough grade them.  If you made it this far, welcome to the hobby.  You likely have some great finds.    

Thanks everyone, it sounds like the process flow is that easy   

@Oldhoopster  I like the two bowl method.  Im planning to buy standard hardware store grade acetone, and I will do the drying test.  I’m curious, where do you get the lab quality acetone?
 

I’m interested in the best tips and tricks to using acetone to conserve coins before adding them to the collection.  What does your flow look like?
 

quick background.  I’m fairly new to collecting and I’m becoming very interested with my sons growing interest.  He is still in the “fill the penny / nickel book” phase and loving it. Some of the coins we find in rolls are fairly nice. I’d like to converse the nicer ones (AU+) before putting them in 2x2s while he gets the others for his book.  Basically, I want to get any finger oils off the coins before storing. That said, I have been reading everything I can on the hobby as I’m interested in starting a few sets myself.