Coin Collector & Funny Money!

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1916 - 1947 Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollar Value (United States)

MINTAGE AND COLLECTIBLE VALUE (USD)

The "Year" column lists the year and mint mark on the coin -- D is for Denver, S is for San Francisco, and P is for Philadelphia. A coin without a mint mark means it was also minted in Philadelphia. The "Mintage" column is the number of coins struck and released by the U.S. Mint. The "Numismatic Value Range" column represents what people typically pay for that type of coin (usually a very wide price range depending on the condition).

 
 Year	       Mintage     Numismatic Value Range 
 1916         608,000         $47.00 - $1900.00 
 1916 D     1,014,400         $47.00 - $2000.00 
 1916 S       508,000        $110.00 - $4000.00 
 1921         246,000        $175.00 - $6000.00 
 1921 D       208,000        $275.00 - $5000.00 
 1921 S       548,000         $40.00 - $14000.00 
 1938 D       491,600        $140.00 - $1700.00

http://www.coinflation.com/coins/1916-1947-Silver-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar-Value.html

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Thank you to this iHubber for these links:

Posted by: 100lbStriper
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:15:13 PM

Thought you might like that, anyway here's some links......

http://www.coininfo.com/coin_dealers/

http://www.silvercoinguide.com/

http://www.coinflation.com/

[Stock]

Best I can tell, I should break out the Denver mint coins from the rest as far as sorting goes, because the Denver coins in the 1930s and 1940s are common, and will basically be good for lot sales, not as individual coins.

If I'm going to sort them, I would like to know which ones to specifically look for (years and mint source), and put the common stuff in one pile.

There are a few gold coins, but not many. Those I'll handle individually.

[Stock]

Here's the first 6 of them

[Stock]

If you are still around, I have a few coins I'd like to ask about.

I am a big coin collector and have a program that gives the price of coins depending on their grade

[02opida]

The first US Mint coin production figures of the year are available. Continuing the situation from last year, production was limited compared to the levels seen just a few years ago.

The US Mint produced a total of 218.41 million coins across the Philadelphia and Denver facilities. Production took place for just three denominations- cents, half dollars, and dollar coins.

The table below displays the breakdown of coins produced by the Mint during the month of January 2010.



January 2010
Lincoln Cent - Denver 50.00 M
Lincoln Cent - Phil. 65.23 M
Jefferson Nickel - Denver 0
Jefferson Nickel - Phil. 0
Roosevelt Dime - Denver 0
Roosevelt Dime - Phil. 0
Quarters - Denver 0
Quarters - Phil. 0
Kennedy Half - Denver 1.70 M
Kennedy Half - Phil. 1.80 M
Native Am Dollar - Denver 14.00 M
Native Am Dollar - Phil. 11.20 M
Pres Dollar - Denver 36.96 M
Pres Dollar - Phil. 37.52 M



Total 218.41 M

During the month, there were 50 million cents produced at Denver and 65.23 million produced at Philadelphia for a total of 115.23 million. Last year, the US Mint had produced a total of 2.35 billion cents. It's still a bit early to draw comparisons, but if the current pace of production remains constant, the total number of pennies produced might be about 1 billion less than the prior year. However, this won't give the 2010 Lincoln Cent a lower mintage than last year's issues, since 2009 Lincoln Cent production was split across four different designs.

There were no nickels or dimes produced in January 2010. The last time the US Mint produced dimes was April 2009, and the last time they produced nickels was July 2009. Again, it is still very early, but is it possible that there will be no 2010 nickels or dimes struck for circulation? Even if production does take place, it will likely be a repeat of last year when low mintages and limited distribution create instant high premiums any coins that surface.

No quarters have been produced so far this year. The US Mint has not yet announced the final design selections for the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters. This is expected to take place this month, with the release date for the first quarter expected in April.

The US Mint produced 1.7 million half dollars at the Philadelphia Mint and 1.8 million at the Denver Mint. For all of 2009, the total production was 1.9 million at each facility.

The US Mint produced a total of 25.2 million of the 2010 Native American Dollars across both facilities. Presidential Dollar production totaled 74.48 million across both facilities. The level of dollar coin production was surprising, as it suggests that the US Mint has not yet significantly curtailed production as they have done with other denominations.

For all of 2009, the Mint had produced a total of 423.64 million dollar coins, representing about 12% of total coin production. For January 2010, dollar coins represented a whopping 45.6% of total coin production. This heavy proportion of dollar coins will almost certainly shift within the next 11 months, but it represents another trend to watch in coming coin production figure reports.

[02opida]

you just can't seem to get any of the new penny's or neckel's or dimes in change anymore > be it a D or a p > gotta by em > same for the new Quarters in 2010

[MrBankRoll]

Chile mint boss pays the price of coin spelling howler

Instead of C-H-I-L-E, the coins had C-H-I-I-E stamped on them.

The coins have since become collectors' items and the mint says it has no plans to take them out of circulation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8511910.stm

[jgbuz]

Prices depend on the grade of the coins some of the grades are

AU= almost un-circulated

BU= brilliant un-circulated

UN= un-circulated

but most of the sights are paid subscriptions, I usually go to Ebay
and see what coins of my grade are selling for. This is a good sight to see what coins are selling for


http://www.collectorscorner.com/

[AugustaFriends]

Is there a website to check prices of quarters - the state quarters?

[02opida]

America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act became law today with President Bush’s signature. The bill authorizes a new series of 56 quarter designs at a rate of five per year beginning in 2010.

The law mandates that each quarter will be "emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States."

The Treasury Secretary will select the final list for respective quarter designs within 270 days and after consulting with the Secretary of the Interior and the governor or other chief executive of each State. The quarter series will last for at least 11 years, but an optional provision provides the Treasury Secretary the authority to extend the series past 2030.

[02opida]

more new coins to come again in 2010

[jgbuz]

I am the new moderator of this board looking for ideas and help
their is only 7 board marks so if someone is out their and wants to chat please do

[Rawnoc]

How much is the Del Monte bill worth?

Any idea if Indian head pennies have any value worth talking about?

[jgbuz]

I just think its cool that someone from the old west may have handled one of the 100 + year old coins


#4

[jgbuz]

My collection is big on Morgan silver dollars, especially CC or Carson City mintage

[jgbuz]

I have to post 4 messages to become moderator this is number 2

[jgbuz]

just found this board I am a big coin collector and have a program that gives the price of coins depending on their grade, I know its been awhile since you posted that, but if your still interested let me know

[MrBankRoll]

Anybody got a ballpark/general/average value of old US coins? Without searching the value of each and every coin, I have an opportunity to pick up a small bag of coins from the late 1800's to around 1950. The seller and I both neither know what would be fair for a quick transaction. 5 times face value? 10 times? 20 times?

[MrBankRoll]

A penny (or two) for your thoughts.......



December 10, 2007, 3:06 pm
Making Cents, for Children, at Rockefeller Center
By Sewell Chan

One million dollars — give or take a few cents — landed at Rockefeller Center today.

Silda Wall Spitzer, the wife of Gov. Eliot Spitzer, joined more than 300 elementary and middle school students from New York to unveil the “Penny Harvest Field,” an exhibition featuring an estimated 100 million pennies, most of them collected by children, between Oct. 22 and Thanksgiving.

The pennies have been placed on a pedestrian walkway between 50th and 51st Streets, and Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas. The Harvest Field, as was explained in a Times article by Vincent M. Mallozzi last week, was designed by the architect James S. Polshek and sponsored by Tishman Speyer, the company that controls Rockefeller Center. It will be open free to the public every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Dec. 31.
The exhibit is the culmination of the 17th annual Penny Harvest, a national, yearlong education program by Common Cents, a nonprofit group that encourages civic engagement among young people.

Early next year, most of the pennies will be returned to the students — who, with the help of their teachers, will decide which charities to give the money, too. Last year, 448,768 Penny Harvest students in New York City collected $643,840.83 in pennies from their neighbors and relatives, and that money went to make 1,361 grants and support 315 neighborhood service projects. Common Cents anticipates similar levels of giving this year.

[MrBankRoll]

Coin Collection Sells for $30 Million
By REBECCA SANTANA,AP
Posted: 2007-11-18 09:42:02

TRENTON, N.J. (Nov. 18) - An anonymous buyer has paid more than $30 million for a collection of rare U.S. prototype coins, some from the 1700s, that never went into circulation, according to the dealer that brokered the deal.

The collection consists of about 1,000 coins that collectors refer to as pattern coins - trial designs that never went into production because the U.S. Mint chose other designs.

"This collection is an incredible collection. ... These were some of the first coins ever, ever struck by the United States government," said Laura Sperber, a partner in Legend Numismatics of Lincroft, N.J., which brokered the deal.

The seller wanted to remain anonymous, and the buyer, concerned about security, agreed to be identified only as "Mr. Simpson, a Western states collector," Sperber said.

"Both the buyer and the seller are very competitive people. And they're very successful in their careers, and they both love the romance and collectability of coins," Sperber said.

The coins span the period from 1792 to 1942. Highlights include test designs for the first pennies made in 1792 and six coins from 1872 that are often referred to as "Amazonian" patterns because the female figure portraying liberty is much stronger and regal looking than earlier versions.

It took the seller about 10 years to assemble the collection, Sperber said.

Gathering such a large collection of pattern coins is difficult because so few were created in the first place. And they were usually supposed to stay in the possession of the Mint - after all, these were the rejects.

"To accumulate as many patterns as there are in this collection, that's incredible," said Douglas A. Mudd, Curator of the American Numismatic Association Money Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The coins could have made their way into private hands as gifts, or as trades with collectors for other coins that the Mint wanted to acquire, Sperber said.

Independent, third-party experts have verified the collection, Sperber said.

Many of the coins bear depictions of a woman representing liberty and not the profile of a former president, as displayed on coins currently circulating.

Until 1909, when Abraham Lincoln's face was placed on the penny, presidents weren't allowed on coins. At the time the first coins were minted in 1792, putting the nation's leader on a coin seemed too similar to the practice of kings being displayed on European coins. That wasn't considered the best example for a country less than a decade removed from the Revolutionary War.

"To put an individual on coinage was considered very unrepublican because the people have the power in a republic," Mudd said.

Sperber would not say how much her company earned for brokering the deal but said she hopes the magnitude of the sale will get more people interested in collecting coins.

"They're historical. They're beautiful works of art," Sperber said. "They're just plain neat."

The world's most valuable coin is a 1933 Saint-Gaudens gold Double Eagle that sold at auction in 2002 for $7.59 million.

[DAVE_007]

I had a bunch of Canadian dollars I needed to exchange, so I went to the
currency exchange window at the local bank.

Short line.

Just one lady in front of me. . an Asian lady who was trying to exchange yen for
dollars and she was a little irritated . . .
She asked the teller, "Why it change?? Yesterday, I get two hunat dolla fo yen.

Today I get hunat eighty?? Why it change?"

The teller shrugged his shoulders and said, "Fluctuations".

The Asian lady says, "Fluc you white people, too!"

[100lbStriper]

try this link, about half way down you should be able to see some helpful information.

http://find-your-local-coin-shop.com/

[DAVE_007]

yes..i bet bank tellers look for them everyday..
and pocket any they come across..
at least I know I would..lol..

[MrBankRoll]

Personally, I think it was done on purpose to create interest.

With technology today and the rigorous inspection process.... Had to be! lol!

Still would be nice to come across one... or a 100 of 'em. :~)

[DAVE_007]

Interesting article..thanks for posting..
am still looking for a 'godless' and
double-struck dollars..lol..
and so is my Dad..

[BrianHall17]

Does anyone know the best place to take silver coins, troy ounce coins, and convert them to cash? Will a bank take them, or do you have to take them to an exchange?

[MrBankRoll]

Mint Releases More 'Godless' Dollars
AP
Posted: 2007-06-20 10:24:43

PHILADELPHIA (June 19) - It looks like the U.S. Mint has struck again - or not struck again, depending on how you look at it. New dollar coins featuring John Adams are missing edge inscriptions including "In God We Trust," according to the Professional Coin Grading Service, a rare coin authentication company based in Newport Beach, Calif.

The company said people have found hundreds of Adams dollar coins without the edge lettering, repeating a previous mistake. In March, an unknown number of George Washington dollar coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint without "In God We Trust," "E Pluribus Unum," and the year and mint mark inscribed on the edge.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Mint said the agency is looking into the reports.

After the Washington "godless dollars" were discovered, the Mint pledged to more closely monitor the striking process.

But a Detroit collector received smooth-edged Adams dollars in sealed containers from the Philadelphia Mint. There also are reports of the opposite problem - Adams coins with edge lettering that has been double-struck, said Ron Guth, president of the Professional Coin Grading Service.

"It's too early to put a final price tag on the collector value of Adams presidential dollar errors because no one knows how many others will turn up," Guth said in a news release.

The Adams dollars, officially released into circulation May 17, are the second in a series of presidential coins slated to run until 2016.

[DAVE_007]

some links on money..

http://www.wheresgeorge.com/cool_links.php

[99Dan]

Hi Dave,

Your picture of wooden nickles brought back memories. I had to go dig out my little bag of wooden nickles that I saved over the years. I only have 18 of them but fun to look back at and see where each one came from.

There is also a Wooden Nickle Museum online.
http://www.wooden-nickel.net/

[DAVE_007]

my dad showed me his latest acquisition..
a set of nickles..made of some SILVER..during WW2..

they needed nickel more for the war effort than silver..

didn't know that..learn something new everyday!

[DAVE_007]

this was an eye catcher..a big wood carving
of a $100 bill..

[DAVE_007]

"Don't take no wooden nickles"..yup..they still make them..
they had a collection of them for sale from the '40's & 50's
at the coin show the other day..

I think an old time advertising gimmick thing..

anyway's here's some fresh of the press they were giving out..

alright, I like where they have meetings..
the top 2 all-you-can-eat
buffet places around here..LOL..

[MrBankRoll]

U.S. Half Dime From 1792 Fetches $1.3 Million

COLUMBUS, Ohio (April 28) - It cost a lot more than a nickel to buy this half dime.

A 1792 half dime, believed to be one of the first coins minted by the United States, was sold at auction for more than $1.3 million Thursday night at the Central States Numismatic Society convention, officials said.

The winning bidder was a private collector who wants to remain anonymous, said James Halperin, co-chairman of Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, which was selling the coin.

The bidding began at $750,000 and advanced to $1.15 million. With a 15 percent buyer's premium added on, the coin sold for $1,322,500.

The coin, mottled blue, gray and gold with time but still considered to be in excellent condition, was thought to have been struck on silver provided by George Washington, officials said.

It depicts a female Liberty figure with flowing hair on the front and an eagle on the back.

The Professional Coin Grading Service designated it a "specimen strike," meaning it likely was made as a presentation piece. The auction catalog description speculates the coin was "perhaps a special gift to a friend of the U.S. or even to George Washington himself."

Two worn 1792 half dimes, or "disme" as it was originally spelled, also were sold at the convention for $14,950 and $69,000, respectively.


04/28/06 06:54 EDT

[MrBankRoll]

A Penny for Your Thoughts, and 1.4 Cents for the Penny

By FLOYD NORRIS, The New York Times

(April 22) - What happens if a penny is worth more than 1 cent?

That is an issue the United States Mint could soon face if the price of metals keeps rising. Already it costs the mint well more than a cent to make a penny.

Last year, the U.S. Mint made 7.7 billion pennies -- more than the number of all the other coins it produced.

This week the cost of the metals in a penny rose above 0.8 cents, more than twice the value of last fall. Because the government spends at least another six-tenths of a cent — above and beyond the cost of the metal — to make each penny, it will lose nearly half a cent on each new one it mints.

The real problem could come if metals prices rise so high that it would be economical to melt down pennies for the metals they contain.

Appearances aside, pennies no longer contain much copper. In the middle of 1982, after copper prices rose to record levels, the mint starting making pennies that consist mostly of zinc, with just a thin copper coating.

But these days, zinc is newly popular. Rising industrial demand and speculation have sent the price rocketing. Since the end of 2003, zinc prices have tripled. Gold, by contrast, is up only about 50 percent.

"What is really new in the commodity world is the extent to which hard commodities have been converted to financial assets through exchange-traded funds and hedge funds," said Ed Yardeni, the chief investment strategist of Oak Associates.

"In the late 90's," Mr. Yardeni added, "my hedge fund friends were all experts in technology. Now all they talk about is zinc, lead and oil. There is a lot of money that has poured into these areas."

That may mean that a bubble is brewing, but Mr. Yardeni thinks the run is not yet over.

Asked if the mint had a backup plan for what it will do if zinc prices rise far enough that it could pay to melt down pennies, a spokesman said that such issues were for Congress to decide. Perhaps the mint could go back to making steel pennies, as it did during World War II when copper was needed for the war effort.

Pennies, meanwhile, are in high demand. Last year, the mint made 7.7 billion of them — more than the number of all the other coins it produced. In the first three months of this year, the pace of penny production rose to an annual rate of 9 billion — the highest since 2001.

Why so many? Perhaps there is now some hoarding in expectation that metal prices will keep rising, but mostly it is an issue of sales taxes, which in most states are added to the retail price and assure that the total price of many items will require pennies to be given in change if a customer pays with dollar bills. That helps explain why the idea of eliminating the penny has gone nowhere.

So retailers demand pennies from their banks, the banks demand them from the Federal Reserve, and the Fed orders them from the mint. Many of the people who get the pennies in change throw them into a jar, where they may sit for years, requiring the mint to make more and more of them.

And, at these prices, lose money on every one.

[MrBankRoll]

Three Valuable Pennies Enter Circulation

By JESSICA GOLDEN, ABCNews.com

(April 14) - You may want to pay extra close attention to your loose change -- some small coins now in circulation could be worth big bucks.

The three valuable coins are:
· A 1914-D Lincoln cent valued at $300
· A 1908-S Indian Head cent valued at $200
· A 1909-S VDB Lincoln Head cent valued at $1,000

National Coin Week starts April 16, and one coin expert hopes to spread the wealth. Scott A. Travers, coin aficionado and former vice president of the American Numismatic Association, is deliberately putting three valuable and highly coveted coins into circulation.

His method is unusual, but Travers hopes his idea will gain attention and inspire people to start their own coin collections.

Outside the Nasdaq offices in New York City, Travers dispersed the first of three coins -- all pennies -- at a food vending stand: a 1914-D Lincoln cent valued at $300.

On Tuesday Travers will spend two more pennies -- a 1908-S Indian Head cent and a 1909-S VDB Lincoln Head cent valued respectively at $200 and $1,000 apiece.

So how do you know if you've got the lucky penny worth $1,000? Travers says, "On the front of the coin is the year 1909, and under the year is the mint mark "S," meaning it was minted in San Francisco. On the reverse of the coin are the designer's initials -- V.D.B. (Victor David Brenner)."

Finding a Fake

Coin collecting is seen as a great American hobby, one that is growing in interest and numbers. According to U.S. Mint statistics, more than 150 million Americans collect the state quarters in circulation, and a half a million people subscribe to popular coin publications.

Past coin drops, in 1997 and 2002, succeeded in sparking interest in coin collecting, but Travers doesn't know if anyone "cashed in" by finding the coins. Travers has met many people who believe they've discovered his coins, and though they may have found valuable coins, they weren't his.

Travers said that for the most part, people only notice coins when they look different, such as mint errors or coins that are older.

Travers said he expected thousands of e-mails as curious people examine their pocket change. Consumers can get more information about how to authenticate their coins at ngccoin.com or pcgs.com.

One concern Travers has with this coin drop is that fake copies of his coins will emerge following the publicity surrounding the treasure hunt.

Counterfeit coins were a major concern in the early 1970s, and have continued to be a problem through the years. This led to the creation of the Hobby Protection Act, in 1973, making the production of fake coins not clearly marked as such illegal.

In his book "The Coin Collector's Survival Manual," Travers offers his 2 cents on distinguishing the real deal from the counterfeits.

Happy hunting!


April 14, 2006

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

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[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

You mean:

Spending,

your time here.

Not:

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LOL

Have fun,
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[MrBankRoll]

Yeah, I keep thinking I'll go thru 'em some cold dark winter day...... But I usually end up wasting my spare time on here. lol!

Been throwing my pocket change in one of those big water cooler bottles for about 15-20 years. It's about 3/4's full, mostly silver and about 150lbs. Cleaned out a couple coffee cans of pennies a while back. I figure half of it is quarters.

I was thinking of seperating 'em by dates. It'll be easier to find rare coins.... If there are any......

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

You should go thru them and roll them up by state.

That should keep you out of trouble for awhile.

LOL

Have fun,
Phil

[MrBankRoll]

I've got about 75lbs of quarters I need to go through someday. lol!

I think they said most of the flawed quarters showed up in the Tuscon and San Antonio area.

[WANG]

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

Who knows?

They seem to be scarce.

Phil

[WANG]

AHHH....maybe its still worth more?
.50 cents?..lol

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

I have about $75 worth of state quarters but only had one Wisconsin.

No extra leaves on mine either.

Phil

[WANG]

My daughter found 2004 Wisconsin quarter!!!!!!

but, no extra leaf

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

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[coloradotransplant]

This is legal tender:

[WANG]

Thats interesting...
gonna look for 2004 Wisconsin Coins !! ha

[coloradotransplant]

Here's a nice auction, if you're into collectng:

http://cgi.ebay.com/HISTORIC-BARREL-OF-OLD-COINS-WHEAT-CENTS-FROM-GARAGE_W0QQitemZ8376137222QQcatego...