mrmikeinga

Hello everyone.

I have separated thousands of coins into their respective groups (quarters, dimes, etc.) and I have to think there must be a rare coin in there somewhere.  Afterall, I have been saving all my loose change for the last 20 plus years.

My questions are:

• Are specific dates I need to be aware of as I go through my coins?  i.e. all quarters before 1976, etc.
• Letters under the date?
• Other imperfections?

Or, if there is site someone can link that would be great. I will be going through these by hand and my young son will be helping me and I certainly do not want to miss any coins that might be worth more than face value.

Thank you. 

Thank you everone who responded. I've been traveling and haven't been able to get on this site until today but I wanted thank you for the ideas. I was trying to avoid a lot work but looks like I can't avoid all of it. I know what I'll be doing this holiday.

Hello

I have a 5 gallon water jug that is about 95% full of coins that I have been putting in there for the last 12-15 years, probably longer. I want to get the coins counted to see how much money there is but I also want to be able to look for any rare/valuable or silver coins that would be worth more than face value. I would think that during these years of throwing coins in a jug I must have stumbled upon one or two rare/valuable coins.

So my questions are (1) is there a place that can count my coins but also sort our any silver coins and find rare/valuable coins? I am not a coin collector so I do not know what’s available. (2) Would I be better off buying a coin counter/sorter providing they are not too expensive (under $200)? (3) Is there any coin counter/sorter that can determine if a coin is silver and if a coin is before a certain date? (4) Or, would I have to go through all my coins by hand and visually see which ones might be rare or valuable? (5) Is there a list available that I can reference as far as what coins would be worth more than their face value as I went through the coins visually?

Thanks you.

Mike