Know what you found.

Short guides for reading a coin, judging its condition, and protecting it before you decide what to do next.

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Identify a Coin

Read the date, denomination, inscriptions, mint mark, metal, size, and design without guessing from one clue.

Learn what P, D, S, W, O, and CC mean, and why a missing mark does not automatically mean an error.

A practical introduction to wear, strike, luster, marks, eye appeal, and the 1–70 grading scale.

Cleaning can leave hairlines, remove original surfaces, and lower collector demand. Handle the edges instead.

Recognize the classic silver dollar, locate its mint mark, and record the details that matter before researching it.

Learn the basic planchet, die, and striking error families and why post-mint damage is far more common.