Those state quarters have so many in circulation. They'd have to be in absolute perfect mint condition to be worth more than they're supposed to be. But I know how valuable some coins can be. My dad had a collection for a while.
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Lolz...a few years back I read in a book that someone was able to sell a 1955 Double Die struck penny for about 1.5k. I didn't know that it was so pricey because it was double die-struck; I thought it was pricy because of how old it was. I was running around the library thinking that I was gonna become rich because I had a 1950 penny. lolz...
My collection grew a bit. I have quite a few wheat pennies, an indian penny, a buffalo nickel, a nickel that predates the buffalo nickel(forgot the name of it lolz), a mercury head dime, and two pre-1965 quarters. Then I have recent coins, like the Eisenhower dollar coin, and a crap ton of Sacagawea dollar coins and Susan B Anthony coins.
A small collection but a collection nonetheless. :D
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Be on the lookout for a 1972 double die struck penny as well. They sell for about a third to half the value of the 1955. There's also a "wide rim" variety of the 1979 Philadelphia mint SBA dollar that's worth a whole lot more than the normal one. eBay has an excellent guide to tell the difference here: 1979P SBA differences. Last time I checked a "wide rim" SBA in uncirculated condition sells for $20-$25 while the other one goes for around $2.
The pre-buffalo nickel was known as either the "V" nickel (for the big Roman numeral five on the reverse) or just a Liberty head nickel.
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Lolz...the worth of every coin is more than double their actual price. But they won't give you the silver content for the coin.
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Actually they will pay out according to weight if the silver (or gold) coin is common or in poor condition. I sell old, culled silver coins this way all of the time and they pay me spot prices per ounce. They just won't usually buy the 1965-67 40% silver coins or the 1942-45 35% silver Jefferson nickels for their silver content because of the clad mix. In 2012 an American penny costs 2.41 cents to make and the five-cent nickel costs 11.2 cents but the other coins were still barely worth more than their cost to make. 1982 was the last year that all copper pennies were made in the U.S. because it was costing more than a cent to produce them so they went to a zinc core with copper coating. Now zinc is worth a little bit so once again our penny costs more to make than it's worth. This year Canada quit making their pennies. I'm assuming that the U.S. isn't too far behind.
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Most pretty coins like this 2008 D Arizona State Quarter and many other coins with pretty pictures on them are usually worth 2x their face value or more.
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Thoughts?
PS: I only brought this up because I was drafted by my grandfather to sell his coin collection... I never knew a penny could be worth 13 other none special pennys....
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