Cash in Your Coins: Selling the Rare Coins You've Inherited

Cash in Your Coins: Selling the Rare Coins You've Inherited is the essential guide for anyone who's come into a collection--or a hoard--of old coins and doesn't know where to start. Did you just inherit a coin collection? How rare are they? What are they worth? Should you sell? Where do you even begin?

Award-winning journalist, longtime editor of Coin World and former director of the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation, Beth Deisher draws on more than 35 years of experience collecting coins, paper currency, tokens, and medals to help you navigate the often-overwhelming world of inherited numismatics. With clear, practical advice, she shows you how to identify what you own, organize and inventory a collection, spot especially valuable pieces, understand how coins are graded and priced, and communicate effectively with dealers and collectors. You'll also learn how estate and tax laws--including the effects of recent legislation--can impact your decisions. Whether you're settling an estate or simply curious about an inherited box of coins, this book is your trusted companion for making smart, informed decisions.

Includes: * Photographs and specifications of every U.S. coin type, including modern issues of the United States Mint * Declaring values, organizing tax-exempt charitable donations, figuring capital gains and losses, establishing trusts, and reporting transactions * How to create an inventory, manage an independent appraisal, find a trustworthy coin dealer, communicate with potential buyers, and fairly divide a numismatic estate * A special in-depth illustrated chapter on increasingly deceptive counterfeit coins * Bibliography for further research * and much more! *

"I wrote Cash In Your Coins to inform and protect the millions of Americans who already collect coins, and those who will someday inherit their collections," says Deisher. If you're an active collector, Cash In Your Coins is a book that belongs in your safe or bank box, readily accessible when your collection goes to the next generation.