A guide to coin collecting for beginners. Everything from buying tips to coin storage. This title will cover all the basics that beginning collectors need to know.

For more than 20 years, professional numismatist Tom Bilotta has worked closely with retirement-age hobbyists, and now shares his insight into retirees' wants and needs in this step-by-step guidebook. Bilotta coaches the long-time collector toward increased enjoyment of the hobby and helps plan for the future. He also assists the family member of a collector learn how to wisely manage an inherited coin collection.

This book is for anyone who's inherited a collection (or hoard) of old coins. How rare are they? What are they worth? Should you sell? Where do you even begin? Your guide on this journey is author Beth Deisher, an award-winning journalist and retired editor of Coin World, the hobbyÆs premier news weekly. Drawing on more than 30 Years of experience helping people understand and collect coins and paper currency, Deisher shows you how to identify what you own, how to create an inventory, how to pick out extra-valuable coins, how to value a large estate, "talking the talk" when you go to sell, the effect of the "fiscal cliff" and recent estate-and tax-related legislation, and other important and valuable lessons. Book jacket.

"In clear, practical terms, industry veterans James L. Halperin and Gregory J. Rohan provide you wih invaluable guidance on how to: document your collection, safeguard your collection, evaluate your collection, sell your collection, minimize taxes upon transfer, make the most effective charitable gift, help your heirs--and much more. Completely revised and updated to include the most recent federal tax law changes and new information on collectibles and charitable planning."--Back cover.