Value Guides
What your coins are actually worth — by year, mintmark, and grade.
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Value Guides1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent: Value, History, and How to Spot a Real One
Only 484,000 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cents were ever struck. Here is the full grade-by-grade value chart, the history behind the controversial designer initials, and the four checks that separate a real one from a counterfeit.
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Wheat Penny Value Chart by Year (1909–1958)
Year-by-year value ranges for every Lincoln Wheat Cent date and mintmark, plus the key dates worth thousands and the common ones to skip.
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The Most Valuable Pennies to Look For in Your Change
Catalog values and authentication details — most valuable pennies.
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Value GuidesMorgan Dollar Key Dates: Every Year Worth Looking For
The Morgan Dollar series spans 28 years and dozens of mintmark combinations — but only about a dozen dates command real collector premiums. Here is every key date with current catalog values and what makes each one scarce.
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Value Guides1916-D Mercury Dime: Value, History, and How to Spot a Real One
Only 264,000 1916-D Mercury Dimes were ever struck, making it the lowest-mintage Mercury and the key date of the entire series. Full grade-by-grade catalog values, history, and authentication tips.
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Mercury Dime Value Chart by Year (1916–1945)
Catalog values and authentication details — mercury dime value chart.
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1909 V.D.B. Lincoln Cent (No S): Worth, History, and How to Tell It Apart
Catalog values and authentication details — 1909 vdb penny value.
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Value GuidesWashington Quarter Value Chart by Year (1932–Today)
Catalog values and authentication details — washington quarter value.
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1932-D Washington Quarter: First-Year Key Date Value Guide
Catalog values and authentication details — 1932 d washington quarter value.
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Value Guides1877 Indian Head Cent: The Series Key Date Worth Hundreds
Catalog values and authentication details — 1877 indian head penny value.
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Indian Head Penny Value Chart by Year (1859–1909)
Catalog values and authentication details — indian head penny value chart.
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Value GuidesJefferson Nickel Key Dates and the Silver Wartime Issues
Catalog values and authentication details — jefferson nickel value.
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Value GuidesWalking Liberty Half Dollar Value Chart by Year (1916–1947)
Catalog values, history, and authentication — walking liberty half dollar value.
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Value GuidesEisenhower Dollar Value Guide: Which Years Are Actually Valuable
Catalog values and authentication details — eisenhower dollar value.
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Value GuidesPeace Dollar Key Dates: Every Year Worth Looking For
Catalog values, history, and authentication — peace dollar key dates.
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Value Guides1916 Standing Liberty Quarter: Value, History, and Authentication
Catalog values, history, and authentication — 1916 standing liberty quarter value.
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Value GuidesSaint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle: Value Guide and the 1933 Story
Catalog values, history, and authentication — saint gaudens double eagle.
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1965 Quarter Value: No Mintmark, No Silver — Unless You Have the Error
Every 1965 quarter is missing its mintmark on purpose, and almost all are worth exactly 25 cents. The exceptions: gem uncirculated survivors and the genuine silver transitional error a kitchen scale can catch.
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Value Guides1976 Bicentennial Quarter Value: Which Drummer Boy Quarters Are Worth Money
Over 1.6 billion were minted, so most are worth 25 cents — but the 40% silver San Francisco issues and gem-grade survivors carry real premiums. How to tell them apart in ten seconds.
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Value GuidesBuffalo Nickel Value Chart: Key Dates, Semi-Keys, and the No-Date Question
The hardest classic series to value at a glance — key-date chart with grade columns, the 1913 Type 1 vs Type 2 split, what no-date Buffalos are worth, and the ten-second horn grading check.
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Value GuidesFranklin Half Dollar Value Chart: Silver Floors, Condition Keys, and Full Bell Lines
Every Franklin is 90% silver, so the floor is melt — the money is in mint state, the 1949-D condition key, and one detail on the Liberty Bell that multiplies value.
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Morgan Silver Dollar Value Chart: The $50 Floor and the Mintmarks Above It
Every Morgan starts around $50 — nearly an ounce of silver in the most collected classic US coin. The chart of key dates, why every CC is a keeper, and how bank-vault hoards scrambled the rarity math.
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Value GuidesSacagawea Dollar Value: From Pocket Change to the Cheerios Dollar
It's not gold and it's usually worth exactly $1 — except the 2000-P varieties worth thousands, including the one the Mint gave away in cereal boxes.
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Value GuidesSusan B. Anthony Dollar Value: The $1 Coins Worth More Than a Dollar
Almost every SBA is worth exactly one dollar — except the 1979-P Wide Rim, anything dated 1981, and the Type 2 proof mintmarks. The five-second checks for each.
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Value GuidesWhich Kennedy Half Dollars Are Silver? The 1964–1970 Years Worth Keeping
90% silver, 40% silver, or plain clad — three Kennedys that look identical in hand, sorted entirely by date. Values for every silver year, the 1970-D sleeper, and the Accented Hair proof variety.
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Value Guides1943 Steel Penny Value: What Your Wartime Cent Is Really Worth
The silvery 1943 penny looks like a jackpot but usually isn’t — honest values by grade for all three mints, the reprocessed-cent trap, and the five-second test for the bronze error that actually is worth six figures.
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