Appraising Your Coin Collection by Kevin Flynn, free online downloadable/viewable

kevinj · July 9, 2015 11:54AM

I just finished a book called
Appraising Your Coin Collection

I was using this for a class I was teaching at a local college to 50+ year olds.

Basic concept of the book was to understand what your coins are worth, especially if you inherit or given them.

The second half of the book goes into most of the series, listing the rare dates and die varieties.

You can view this book at
http://www.coinzip.com/appraising-your-coin-collection.php

Thanks to Alan at CoinZip for help putting this together online and making it available to collectors.

Nice thing about a virtual book also is that it can be updated.
If you have suggestions, please email me.

Thanks
Kevin
kevinjflynn88@yahoo.com

TopographicOceans · July 9, 2015 12:05PM

Thanks for posting, but I wasn't able to download (or see) anything at this link

Rampage · July 9, 2015 12:13PM

<< Thanks for posting, but I wasn't able to download (or see) anything at this link >>

Thanks Kevin. The link worked just fine for me and the book downloaded without problems. Nice job!

Rampage · July 9, 2015 12:14PM

TopographicOceans, Try again. Maybe your browser needs to be updated or something. As I mentioned already, the link works fine. I am using IE and Chrome. Both work fine.

kevinj · July 9, 2015 12:14PM

<< Thanks for posting, but I wasn't able to download (or see) anything at this link >>

I went to your link, the book came up, scrolled to the last page, hovered my mouse near the book right, the symbols came up, was able to download.

Kevin

jessewvu · July 9, 2015 12:16PM

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<< Thanks for posting, but I wasn't able to download (or see) anything at this link >>

I went to your link, the book came up, scrolled to the last page, hovered my mouse near the book right, the symbols came up, was able to download.
Kevin >>

The link does not work. I bet if you logged out, it would not work for you either.

I guess you must have to have an account.

edited: It looks like if you force the scroll down you will see a loading icon spinning... It might just take a while.

TahoeDale · July 9, 2015 12:23PM

Kevin,

I just scanned the first several pages, and soon realized that too much information is included in each section.

I suggest a short summary at the beginning of the topic.

And if this treatise is mainly for the party that has inherited a coin collection, without previous contact with the hobby, it is just too much info, overwhelming the novice.
That person needs a trusted friend/dealer to advise them from the beginning.

dale

Rampage · July 9, 2015 12:25PM

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<< Thanks for posting, but I wasn't able to download (or see) anything at this link >>

I went to your link, the book came up, scrolled to the last page, hovered my mouse near the book right, the symbols came up, was able to download.
Kevin >>

The link does not work. I bet if you logged out, it would not work for you either.

I guess you must have to have an account.

edited: It looks like if you force the scroll down you will see a loading icon spinning... It might just take a while. >>

I do not have a coin zip account and it works just fine. Maybe there are intermittent glitches. The book is nearly 34 mb, so if you have a slow connection, it might take a few minutes. Again, no problems on my end.

kevinj · July 9, 2015 12:29PM

Hi Dale,

Thanks for your feedback,
I used this for my class I teach for the past two years to 50+ year olds, almost all of them never collected or knew anything about coins.
Would email them a draft before I started the class to each of the members, they were all able to pick up and understand from it before we started on the first day of class.

Will gladly adapt it if necessary.

There was stuff I learned from writing this that I was not aware, such as the tax laws on gains from coins.

Thanks
Kevin

TopographicOceans · July 9, 2015 1:17PM

I got it now and downloaded it in 8 seconds.
I had to get a stick to poke it with.

Thanks. Lots to read

oih82w8 · July 9, 2015 1:56PM

Awesome read so far Kevin! Thank you!

WaterSport · July 9, 2015 2:16PM

I have done a few appraisals. This would be a good resource to share in the future. Kevin - you da man!

WS

CoinZip · July 14, 2015 5:03AM

Cameonut · July 14, 2015 6:06AM

Kevin,
Thanks so much for posting this. Over the years, I have been asked to look at a number of collections - you know the story. A friend comes up and says "I know you know something about coins and I just got this or that - would you look at it for me?"

Generally, I give an assessment of what it there - most of the time I have no interest in the coins themselves. But now I can give them the book and let them read for themselves before asking me to do the appraisal.....

Kudbegud · July 14, 2015 6:45AM

Thanks for sharing your hard work so generously. Much appreciated.

kevinj · July 14, 2015 8:40AM

The class I taught was an open interactive class environment, age from 50 through 95
in the beginning most wanted to sell and wanted to know what they would be worth, by the end, I convinced many to expand their collection, and also share with their grandchildren, a way to connect with them.
They asked a lot of great questions, which pushed me to seek answers for those I did not know and include in the book.
Many enjoyed the history perspective of each of the coins, what they represented, and had a new connection and respect for the coins.

We had bring your coins to class day and I would teach them what to look for and why, and of course, if we found a cool valuable die variety, that is something they greatly enjoyed. Thrill of Treasure Hunting and knowing the increased value of one of your treasures.

Another aspect about inherited coins is sometimes the collecting habits reflect the personality of those who collected, were they perfectionist, clean, hoarders, detailed, did they understand.
When collecting from a relative, this may help you to remember them, and pass down part of their heritage so to speak.

One of the main objectives of the book is to show people that if they intend to sell, it is important that they understand the value, either by learning this themselves, or having it appraised, this way they do not sell something valuable for very cheap.
The importance of where and how to sell your coins to maximize your gains is also stressed.

I even learned a great deal more about the tax liabilities, and what criteria the IRS uses to determine whether you are a collector collecting as a hobby or someone doing so as a business or investment, which makes a big difference on reporting gains.

I thought this might be a useful tool to others to help determine value, what to understand, and perhaps become collectors themselves, or perhaps teach classes themselves.

Thanks for your feedback.

Kevin

CoinZip · July 29, 2015 11:22PM

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Appraising Your Coin Collection by Kevin Flynn, free online downloadable/viewable

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