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 journal and retired editor of Coin World, the hobby's premier news weekly. Drawing on more than 35 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.