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: Welcome to the hobby! I can suggest a couple of things for starters. 

: First, whatever you do, please don't try to clean any of your coins beyond using a brush to dust them off or maybe dabbing with a bit of distilled water to loosen surface crud.  Anything more powerful that you might have at home runs a good risk of damaging the coins' surfaces and hosing any potential numismatic value.

: You might want to make a first pass at estimating the coins' values yourself.  You can use a book such as Photograde to get an idea of what coins in each condition look like.  Then check the price guides linked off this site's home page for an idea of their retail values.  Admittedly this is just my opinion but Numismedia seems to be one of the more realistic sites.

: Realize of course that in doing this you're (a) seeing prices that a dealer might sell for and (b) only getting ballpark numbers.  It still might help you to filter out some of the more common coins without having a (probably) paid appraiser tell you those are only worth a bit a above face.

: I'm going to pass on evaluating specific grading services and turn that over to someone like Coulport or Michael who have more current experience in that area.

: : hi, 

: : i am a new collector with some old coins.  i have morgan dollars peace dollars, eisenhowers, wheats, etc.  what should i do with them as far as care, and cleaning them.  what kind of grading service should i use.  

: : thanks



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