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[betaUser]

hi...heard about this website via a youtuber which spoke well about it. Always a good thing to learn something useful at any age.
As a new member, i would like to know what would be useful instead of just browsing the waste land that has become the web.

[Dutch-Tigger]

hi...heard about this website via a youtuber which spoke well about it. Always a good thing to learn something useful at any age.
As a new member, i would like to know what would be useful instead of just browsing the waste land that has become the web.

First Welcome Aboard, and if its Errors, and Varieties you want to know about, there are so many it would be a lot to list so how about starting at this site, just use simple search terms like "Doubled Die" or Machine doubling. etc etc and brows their list and click on what sounds interesting. https://www.error-ref.com/
The other useful resources are these two. http://www.varietyvista.com/index.htm
https://doubleddie.com/1542214.html
Its hard to know where you need to go unless you tell us what your area of collecting is so, first tell, then ask away

[MintErrors]

Welcome aboard.
Since you didn't really point out any particular coin type or if it's varieties or errors you enjoy, you can go to the main forum page. At the bottom is a section for Numismatic (coin) related websites.
Let us know a little what you collect. We might becable to offer a few more websites.

[betaUser]

I have 4 coins that I inherent. $1 lady liberty, 2 jfk half dollars, and lady liberty 1906. That being said, what should my next step be?
thanks.

[MintErrors]

It depends on your intentions. Do you intend to keep them and potentially pass them down or would you rather liquidate them and use the revenue else where?

Determine if the coins are in plastic holders that are from either ANACS, NGC or PCGS. That should be pretty easy to tell. If so, it provides grade information.

if these coins are raw, in a basic cardboard holer with see through film or plastic, it will be up to you to determine if you want to have them put into a slab (plastic holder).

If the coins are raw, it really depends on the grade of each of the coins. That has a lot to do with value of coins. You have to look pretty closely at the details of the coin to determine if they have been circulated or not. Determining a ball park value of the coins can aidi your decision whether or not you want to slab them. Sending in coins to ANACS is probably the cheapest of the three third party grading services. WARNING: third party grading fees can be hefty. Research the pricing before hand.

Should you not want to slab them, that is fine too. You may want to buy a small pack of museum quality plastic flips. Make sure they are the right size. Buy a size that the largest coin will fit, and the other sizes will also. What you want to getvfor plstic flips are archival safe, no PVC. A local coin dealer might have some, and might sell one for each coin.

You can take them to a local coin show or a coin shop. Tell them you inherited them and for insurance purposes, what they should be insured for. That way they probably will give a slightly more honest answer on their value.

If you are looking to sell them, you might receive about 50 to 65% of their worth from dealers or pawn shops. Putting them up on an auction house might bring in potential buyers but, they may charge fees for selling them on their website.