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Value Guides

What your coins are actually worth — by year, mintmark, and grade.

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  • 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent obverse
    Value Guides

    1909-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.

    7 min read
  • Lincoln Wheat Cent obverse and reverse
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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.

    8 min read
  • Lincoln Wheat Cent obverse — the era of the most valuable pennies
    Value Guides

    The Most Valuable Pennies to Look For in Your Change

    Catalog values and authentication details — most valuable pennies.

    8 min read
  • Morgan Silver Dollar obverse — Liberty in Phrygian cap
    Value Guides

    Morgan 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.

    9 min read
  • Mercury Dime obverse — winged Liberty head designed by Adolph A. Weinman
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    1916-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.

    7 min read
  • Mercury Dime obverse and reverse
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    Mercury Dime Value Chart by Year (1916–1945)

    Catalog values and authentication details — mercury dime value chart.

    9 min read
  • 1909 Lincoln Wheat Cent obverse
    Value Guides

    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.

    6 min read
  • Washington Quarter obverse
    Value Guides

    Washington Quarter Value Chart by Year (1932–Today)

    Catalog values and authentication details — washington quarter value.

    9 min read
  • Washington Quarter obverse with mint mark visible
    Value Guides

    1932-D Washington Quarter: First-Year Key Date Value Guide

    Catalog values and authentication details — 1932 d washington quarter value.

    6 min read
  • Indian Head Cent obverse — Liberty in feathered headdress
    Value Guides

    1877 Indian Head Cent: The Series Key Date Worth Hundreds

    Catalog values and authentication details — 1877 indian head penny value.

    7 min read
  • Indian Head Cent obverse — the design used 1859-1909
    Value Guides

    Indian Head Penny Value Chart by Year (1859–1909)

    Catalog values and authentication details — indian head penny value chart.

    9 min read
  • Jefferson Nickel obverse — Thomas Jefferson portrait
    Value Guides

    Jefferson Nickel Key Dates and the Silver Wartime Issues

    Catalog values and authentication details — jefferson nickel value.

    7 min read
  • Walking Liberty Half Dollar obverse — Liberty striding toward sunrise
    Value Guides

    Walking Liberty Half Dollar Value Chart by Year (1916–1947)

    Catalog values, history, and authentication — walking liberty half dollar value.

    9 min read
  • Eisenhower Dollar obverse — President Eisenhower portrait
    Value Guides

    Eisenhower Dollar Value Guide: Which Years Are Actually Valuable

    Catalog values and authentication details — eisenhower dollar value.

    7 min read
  • Peace Dollar obverse
    Value Guides

    Peace Dollar Key Dates: Every Year Worth Looking For

    Catalog values, history, and authentication — peace dollar key dates.

    8 min read
  • 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter — first-year design with Liberty's exposed bust (Type 1)
    Value Guides

    1916 Standing Liberty Quarter: Value, History, and Authentication

    Catalog values, history, and authentication — 1916 standing liberty quarter value.

    7 min read
  • Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle obverse — Liberty striding forward with torch and olive branch
    Value Guides

    Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle: Value Guide and the 1933 Story

    Catalog values, history, and authentication — saint gaudens double eagle.

    9 min read
  • 1965 Washington quarter — first year of clad coinage
    Value Guides

    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.

    6 min read
  • 1976 Bicentennial Washington quarter with the drummer boy reverse
    Value Guides

    1976 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.

    7 min read
  • Buffalo nickel obverse and reverse
    Value Guides

    Buffalo 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.

    9 min read
  • Franklin half dollar obverse and Liberty Bell reverse
    Value Guides

    Franklin 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.

    8 min read
  • Morgan silver dollar obverse and eagle reverse
    Value Guides

    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.

    10 min read
  • Sacagawea golden dollar obverse
    Value Guides

    Sacagawea 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.

    7 min read
  • Susan B. Anthony dollar obverse
    Value Guides

    Susan 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.

    6 min read
  • Kennedy half dollar obverse
    Value Guides

    Which 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.

    6 min read
  • 1943 steel Lincoln cent — the silver-colored wartime penny
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    1943 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.

    7 min read