I purchased the red book when my wife first showed me the coins, however, a book is only as good as the person who can understand its content. As a newbie, your experienced eyes will give me far more insight, than the book can. I have done tons of "research" since, but as I have seen and read, the value of coins is based on everything you all have mentioned, but it also seems like right place right time kind of thing. Additionally, based on the "research", for a coin to have any legitimacy, it needs to be graded, which is how I ended up on this website.
We are not looking to sell, but we are looking to organize, because these have to be split between 3 siblings. That being said, we do not want spend money on coins that in the end will not be worth the more than what it will cost to grade.
Again, thank you for you input today, and any you may provide in the future.