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Buffalo nickel value: what an Indian Head nickel is worth
A worn one is worth a few dollars, and millions lost their date entirely. Eight issues guide from $17.50 to $275 even worn, and the three-legger gets faked.
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What individual coins are worth, which dates carry a premium, and where to look on the coin to find out.
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Wheat penny value: the common ones and the key dates
Most wheat pennies guide at five cents. Six issues run from $85 to $1,200 even worn, and the 1909-S VDB is the one people fake.
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1943 steel penny value, and the 1943 copper penny
Over a billion steel cents were struck, so a worn one guides at five cents. The 1943 penny worth six figures is copper, and a magnet finds it in a second.
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The Shield Nickel, and why apps keep getting it wrong
The first US five-cent piece in nickel ran from 1866 to 1883, carries no date most identifiers can find, and is routinely mistaken for the three-cent piece that shares its look.
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Morgan Dollar values, and the four things that set them
A common Morgan Dollar is worth its silver plus a premium, roughly $69 to $101. Date, mint mark, strike and surface decide whether yours is common.
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Bicentennial quarter value: what a 1776-1976 quarter is worth
You found a 1776-1976 quarter and want the figure. 1.67 billion were struck, so a worn one is 25 cents. The silver ones came in collector sets.
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State quarter value and the quarter errors that really sell
You have a folder of state quarters and want to know what they are worth. Almost all are 25 cents; two Wisconsin varieties and one mule are not.
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Kennedy half dollar value: which years are silver
You have a Kennedy half and want to know if there is silver in it. 1964 is 90%, 1965 to 1970 are 40%, 1971 on is none, and here are the figures.
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Mercury dime value: what a Winged Liberty dime is worth
A common Mercury dime is worth a little over its silver. The 1916-D runs to thousands, and NGC ranks it second on its most-counterfeited list.
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Peace dollar value, and how it differs from a Morgan
A common Peace dollar is worth about $67 to $90, mostly silver. The 1928 and the high-relief 1921 are the two dates that carry real premiums.
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Old British coins explained: pounds, shillings and pence
Twelve pence to a shilling, twenty shillings to a pound, and a florin is two shillings. What the pre-decimal coins were, and which of them are silver.
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