What should I look for?

Stacey

As stated, I am new to coins. In addition to the others I have the following Any advice welcomed.)

Lincolns - 1917-current (Not sure yet about all I have)
Rose Dimes - 1946 - current (same)
jefferson 5 - 1939 and up
uncirculated wheat pennies, nickles, quarters
6 mercury dimes (1941-s,1941,1942-s,1942,1944,1945)
barber dimes (1903,1906)
1968,1968d mint set
1982s proof set
1936d,1936 buf. nickles
gem proof set (1964 penny, nickle, 1963 silver dime, 1978s qua.)
1991 walking silver dollar
serveral kennedy halves but only one1978 that states gem proof
uncir steel war pennies 1943)(4)s,d,p 7 total
more.... I guess I need to know what I am looking for thanks.,

Mojoe

Hi Stacey- I'm a new member too but have been collecting for a few years. My advice would be to specialize in a series that you like. It could be Jefferson nickels or any coin that you find attractive, depending on your budget. I like the walking liberty halves & franklin half dollars- they are collected by date and mintmark and are always in demand by other collectors. Good luck and welcome to the hobby!

KlectorKid

Do u want to sell them? or do u want advice on collecting more?

KlectorKid

If u r looking to see which r worth money, 1991 walking silver dollar, uncir steel war pennies could be depends on what grade, i would buy a blue book, and a red book. the blue book deals with grading and the red book willl give u prices/info/pictures of errors like DDO's.

nwcs

I think the best area to get into is lincolns. They're cheap (mostly) and you can find a lot of varieties that are worth some money in circulation. That is, most people don't know what to look for (including me) and so there are things to be found. You might be interested in finding one of the big books of lincoln cents and looking through what you have and get the occassional roll of cents from the bank.

Stacey

Thank you to all. I will finish going through them and I'll be back. Stacey-----

Agflyer

Stacey,
Mojoe and Nwcs have some good advice in that you might want to specialize in a series or, my personal favorite, a type set. Take your favorite (nicest looking?) coin from each series and sell the others. There are lots of neat coins that are attainable from the 20th century. There has also been some discussion on this forum as to the difference between a "collector" and an "accumulator". It might be easier for you to figure out now where you fit in? Just my two cents.
Rick II

cladking

Most collectors try to complete a set of something. It can be anything and can be in any grade.
Most of the easier to complete sets are collected in the higher grades and the tougher sets are
more likely to be attacked in the lower grades. You get to define what makes a et yourself;
whether or not you include the varieties or proofs or errors etc. Good luck. Take it slow at first
so your mistakes will be minor. Learn as much as you can and try to sell stuff as you go along so
that you know your true "costs". Good luck, it's a blast.