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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 13, 2016 D-3 HOME LIFE TO ADVERTISE: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: ads@pressdispatch.net Visit: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Deadline: 5 p.m. on Monday BOYD REALTY & DEVELOPMENT LLC 812-354-8893 602 E. Main, Petersburg Kay Helfen Addey Boyd Kathy Kixmiller Associate Broker Associate Broker Associate Broker 812-582-1145 812-354-5599 812-354-5508 Eddie Boyd, Principal Broker CHOOSE BOYD FOR PERSONAL SERVICE! FEATURE OF THE WEEK! WE ARE SELLING AND NEED LISTINGS • YOU ARE NOT JUST A NUMBER WITH BOYD. 23 acres with 2 bedr., 2 bath home, 2 ponds, several nice outbuildings and 32 x 32 unattached garage. MLS# 201531183 LET US SELL YOUR HOUSE 20+ Acres in Warrick County. $160,000 Call Addey. MLS #188997 45.5 acres in Madison Twp. farm ground, hunting area and wooded area. MLS#201552072 Country living, close to town. This 4 bedr. 3 bath home is ready to move into. Lots of space upstairs, with a large kitchen, includes all the appliances. Finished basement. This is a must see. MLS# 201612826 DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTION on this beautiful 4 bedr. brick ranch. This is a Bargain. Call us for details and private showing. MLS #201555606 1,800 sq. ft. double wide. 15 years old. Could be up to 5 bedrooms with 1-1/2 baths. Has newer carpet and flooring, and new roof. Must be moved. PRICED TO SELL AT $39,900. 3 bedr. 2 bath home on 5.5 acres just 2.5 miles from Boonville. Has a partially finished basement. Great location. MLS# 201602503 .85 Acre lot with pole barn in Winslow. Water and electric on property. Price Reduced to $10,000 MLS# 201534407 1969 mobile home on small lot. Priced to sell at $15,000. MLS #201601061 Vacant lot in Petersburg. On Hwy 57 and 4th Street. Priced to sell at $9,500. MLS #201601066 3 bedr., 2 bath brick ranch on corner lot in Oakland City. This home has a huge master bedr. with walk in shower, great back porch, fenced yard, and attached and unattached garage. MLS #201605650 PRICE REDUCED! PRICE REDUCED! PRICE REDUCED! PRICE REDUCED! Large older home with lots of possibilities. 2 story with basement and extra lot. Needs TLC but could be a very nice home with lots of space. $33,000. MLS #201547379 Wood shop and log cabin on 1.77 acres. The wood shop has all the tools such as saws, glass cutters, etc. and the cabin is from the 1800s. Has two bedrooms, family room, kitchen including table. It is a must see! MLS #201509663 Lots of space, this home offers large LR, huge kitchen and 2 large bedrooms. Also has many updates including newer furnace and replacement windows. Large 20 x 32 garage and 14 x 18 utility shed. A must see. MLS# 201608983 1000 sq. ft. building. Great potential for new buisiness. $45,000. MLS #201601064 3 Bedr., 3 bath brick ranch with lake and 2 acres. Lakeview Drive in Petersburg. Price Reduced to $115,000. MLS# 201556162 3 bedr., 2 bath ranch in Prides Creek Subdivision in Petersburg. Includes all appliances. Immediate possession. MLS #201557028 2 bedroom home with extra lot and basement. Newer kitchen, and some hardwood floors. Priced to sell at $37,000. MLS #201547378 NEW LISTING! NEW LISTING! SOLD! SOLD! SALE PENDING! Commercial building on Main Street Petersburg. Over 4,000 sq ft on main floor. Has 2 income producing apartments upstairs. Great investment. MLS #201601060 2 bedr. home in Plainville. Great Remodel project. New Price $27,000 MLS# 201509804 SOLD! Brick ranch on 2.29 acres. Over 1600 sq. ft. on main floor with full basement. Newly remodeled in 2014. New windows, new cabinets in kitchen, new flooring. Has a detached garage and a 32 x 24 pole barn. A lot of house at $179,000. MLS #201555709 2 bedr. home in move-in ready condition. New roof, siding and windows in 2007. New HVAC system in 2010. Neat house. Price Reduced to $64,900. MLS#201536828 Great investment property, ready to move into. Has 1 bedr. and 1 bath and 7 x 12 utility shed. $11,000. MLS# 201609010 NEW LISTING! SIAR PRICE REDUCED PRICE REDUCED IDEAS AND COIN COLLECTING ON THE CHEAP By Brian Paul Kaufman Press-Dispatch Staff Writer bkaufman@pressdispatch.net Looking for something to do with your son when it's too rainy for football and you've worn a hole in your "Facing the Giants" DVD? Try coin collecting. Make no mistake, my son Jordan and I aren't numis- matists by any measure, but we've both been able to create decent small col- lections while spending next to nothing. Best of all, it's good guy time togeth- er. Here are a few things we've learned along the way if you want to give it a try: BUY A RED BOOK Before anything else, you'll want to pick up a copy of The Official Red Book, A Guide Book of Unit- ed States Coins 2016. This handy volume provides all the details a beginner needs to rate coins, deter- mine their values and even has interesting facts about how they were minted. For example, many coins car- ry tiny initials called mint marks that indicate where they were struck. P is for Philadelphia, while D is for Denver and S is for San Francisco. The fewer the coins minted during a certain year at a certain location, and you might have one that's more valu- able. And if the mint mark is somehow damaged or in- correct, the coin is worth even more. Jordan is great at spotting these. He's my "eagle eye." TAKE A TRIP TO THE BANK Ready to really improve your chances? Depend- ing on how much time you want to spend, bring a few dollars to the bank and ask for penny rolls. At .50 cents a roll, you'll get 10 for five bucks – enough change to keep you care- fully looking for winners for an entire Sunday after- noon. You probably won't get rich with what you find, a rough average value is between 20 and 40 cents, but you never know. A 1909 S VDB Wheatie Lin- coln cent could be worth close to $1,000 even in av- erage condition. Hunting for wheaties is also good for beginners because you'll almost always find at least a few, which encour- ages you to keep trying. Oh, and be sure to ask the bank for extra paper wrap- pers. You'll need them. CHECK YOUR CHANGE Now that you're armed with some information about what to look for, the easiest place to start is your own pocket or pig- gybank. They're harder to find now, but you'll some- times get "Wheaties" in your change. These are Lincoln cents from 1909 to 1956 with "wheat ears" on the back instead of the fa- miliar Lincoln Monument. BRING THEM BACK A fter you've re-rolled your pennies, you'll want to take them back to the bank for another attempt. This time, however, you might want to try getting a roll or two of nickels, dimes, quarters or half dol- lars. Dimes, quarters and half dollars minted before 1965 were 90 percent sil- ver. From 1965 to 1970, Kennedy half dollars went from 90 percent silver to 40 percent — while silver was eliminated from dimes and quarters. Needless to say, these silver coins are more valuable even if they're in poor condition, since silver is now trading at over $15 an ounce. And you might be shocked at what you find: during one bank trip, we got three silver half dol- lars in just one roll, an all- time high for us. EXPERIMENT ONLINE This can get a little tricky, but there are col- lectors and companies who sell rolls, bags and even barrels of "rare" coins on- line. Many promise a cer- tain number of Indian heads, wheaties or other rarities per purchase. We bought three .50 cent rolls in an eBay auction and got three Indian head pen- nies and a few others that helped our collections. But after doing the math, we discovered we had slight- ly overpaid. The key: set an average price you want to spend per coin, add it up and stick to your guns. BE WILLING TO SHARE A fter Jordan shared some of his "wheatie dou- bles" with a friend his age, the two began discussing their finds at length on the phone. At some point, his friend's aunt learned of their shared interest and as it turns out, had put away a few coins her- self. The result: Jordan (and even dad) got a fan- tastic price on some Mer- cury dimes — a unique, sil- ver coin produced between 1916 to 1945. VISIT A COIN STORE Since we love small busi- nesses, we'd be remiss not to mention the real collec- tors among us. Even if you can't afford to buy coins to build your collection, you can purchase card- board and plastic holders, sheets and albums from a coin store that you'll need to protect and display your finds. And even if you aren't going to collect yourself, buying a birthday year "proof set" — coins struck specifically for col- lectors that haven't been circulated — might be just what a youngster needs to spark their interest and get them started on a fun, fam- ily hobby. Got your own hobby or craft ideas? We'd love to have you write about them. Send your sugges- tions to bkaufman@press- dispatch.net. "The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of Unit- ed States Coins 2016" is your starting point. This book will help you get a handle on how to rate coins and their value, as well as interesting facts. We've found it's indispensable. Rebecca Kaufman photo 1738 S. County Road 650 E., Winslow • Unfinished Pole Barn Home on 12.2 acres, White Oak. • Just 2 miles north of Pike County State Forest! • The home is 1,280 sq. ft. See more information and pictures on Zillow.com. Marte' Nelson-Daves Principal Broker/Owner PIKE COUNTY Live the Dream Call: 812-789-9510 Text: 812-766-0690 Email: martenelsondaves@live.com See our listings on Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo Real Estate and more! SCAN THE QR CODE with your smartphone to see all my listings