READ ALSO:Making a mint of these US coins The most valuable one-cent coins The website Coin Trackers made a report of the most valuable pennies ever minted in the United States.The database of this specialized site is made up almost entirely of coins from 1880 to 2023- coins that are m...
Normally, our coins have a small letter located just above the year on the heads side up. In the case of coins at the Philadelphia the letter is a "p", which of course stands for "Philadelphia". On that pressing of the dimes, for whatever reason, the "p" wasn't there. By the ti...
The ten dollar gold coin was last minted in 1933 due to the US Government recalling all US gold coins as part of a change in currency policy. After that, ten dollar gold coins became rare and valuable, with some pieces worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars! Di...
It was minted in the Umayyad Caliphate and is made of solid gold. It’s a thing of considerable beauty – but even so, similar dinar coins have sold for a few hundred dollars. When this one came to auction in 2021, the price equalled the record achieved for an Islamic coin. So what...
The Gold Eagle was the largest denomination in the US coinage system from 1795 to 1933 (until gold coins were banned from circulation). The denominations in use at that time were the mill, the cent (10 mills), the dime (10 cents), the dollar (10 dimes), and the Eagle (10 dollars)...
That brings us to the end of our look at some of the mostvaluable old Chinese coinsever sold. We hope you’ve enjoyed learning more about them. These coins are full of fascinating insights into the world in which they were made. So perhaps it’s not surprising that collectors are prepare...
It seems many collectors today are reflexively intrigued by any coin with a “CC” mintmark. It designated that the piece was minted at the Carson City Mint in Nevada. All coins bearing the “CC” mintmark are considered scarce by collectors today. ...
The coins caused a stir when they appeared in circulation and helped fuel a surge in coin collecting during the 1950s and early ‘60s. Many coin collectors still consider it to be the "Holy Grail" error coin. The 1955 doubled die penny shows heavy doubling in the inscriptions on the ...
The 1909 S VDB Lincoln penny is one of the rarest and most sought after US coins. Even worn and damaged 1909-S VDB pennies have a high value! See how much Read More The 1922 Plain Penny Controversy: Why Is The 1922 Plain Cent Needed To Complete A Lincoln Penny Collection? Why is the...
it an ideal option to serve as a medium of exchange. Unlike many other metals, gold doesn’t corrode or otherwise deteriorate in quality. In addition, gold is rare enough that not everyone can make a gold coin, but there is a sufficient supply to ensure a healthy circulation of coins. ...