Coin guides, one question at a time
Practical guides to old coins and banknotes: what they are, what the metal in them is worth, and how to tell a common piece from a scarce one.
1944 wheat penny with no mint mark: what it's worth
No mint mark means Philadelphia, which struck 1.4 billion of them, so a worn one is worth cents. The 1944 cent that sells for six figures is grey.
1946 nickel with no mint mark: worth five cents, with one exception
Your 1946 nickel has nothing beside Monticello. That is the normal Philadelphia coin, worth five cents worn, and here is the one 1946 that is not.
1965 quarter no mint mark: why every one is blank, and the silver exception
Every 1965 coin lacks a mint mark, by law, and a worn quarter is worth 25 cents. The one that sells for thousands is on a silver blank, and a scale finds it.
1967 quarter no mint mark: what it's worth, and the glassy one from a set
A 1967 quarter has no mint mark because the law banned them, and a worn one is worth 25 cents. The set coin, the single real error, and the price slide.
1974 half dollar value, no mint mark: fifty cents, unless it never circulated
Your 1974 Kennedy half has no letter under the neck. That means Philadelphia, it means no silver, and a worn one is worth fifty cents.
1977 penny no mint mark: what it's worth
A 1977 cent with no letter under the date is one of nearly four and a half billion. What it's worth, and which 1970s cents are worth pulling out instead.
1977 quarter no mint mark: what it's worth, and which errors are real
Nothing beside Washington's head on a 1977 quarter, and a video promising thousands. What the blank means, and the 1977 errors with real sales behind them.
1978 quarter no mint mark: what it's worth, and why the variety list is empty
A blank where the mint mark goes on a 1978 quarter means Philadelphia, and a worn one is worth 25 cents. The mintages, the grade prices, the one sale.
1982 penny no mint mark: copper or zinc, large or small date
Two metals and two date sizes in one year. How to weigh a 1982 cent, which combinations exist without a mint mark, and where the expensive one really is.
Nickel with no mint mark: where the letter should be, and what yours is worth
Your nickel has no letter beside Monticello or under the date. What that means, what a worn one is worth, and the four wartime years Philadelphia marked them.
Penny with no mint mark: what it means, year by year
Your cent has no letter under the date. That is the normal Philadelphia coin, not a rare error. What each year is made of, and what a worn one is worth.
Quarter with no mint mark: what the blank space means, 1932 to 1979
Every Philadelphia quarter dated 1979 or earlier is blank, and for three years in the sixties no quarter had a mint mark at all. What each date is worth.
Stop reading. Go and look in the drawer.
Point Buck at whatever is in there. It takes about three seconds.