Coins have been used in China for well over two millennia, so there’s a huge range of specimens out there. We’re going to look at themost valuable old Chinese coinsoffered for sale in recent years. And we’ll find out just why they commanded premium prices. So if you’re ready, l...
Values depend on determining your coin's condition, collectors judge old silver half dollars carefully before deciding how much they are worth. Uncirculated: If your coin was put away long ago before any wear from circulation took place it is in "uncirculated" condition and at the top of 1918...
Minimum 1944 half dollar value is <!-- start: SSI zs-walk-h1.shtml --><!-- -->$11.02 <!-- --><!-- end: SSI zs-walk-h1.shtml --> each. Examine closely your old halves as small amounts of wear often changes how much your 1944 half dollar is worth.
These coins don’t contain particularly valuable and significant rarities, regardless of the minting year and mint mark struck on the obverse. As a result, complete sets with proofs and pieces from the regular strike are affordable and available for everyone, including collectors with a limited bud...
The gold coin is one of only three examples known to exist. The other two were found together in the river Tyne in the north of England by two Victorian schoolchildren. Today those coins reside in the British Museum in London. This coin is made of 23-carat gold and would have been cir...
This type of error is very rare, which also makes it valuable. The coin, graded MS64 by the PCGS, sold at auction for over $1,000. Striking Errors Occasionally, coins get stuck in the press and are struck multiple times. That was the case for one 1980 Lincoln penny minted in Denver...
The Mint was committed to spending between two and four million dollars a month on silver. That was enough to make a lot of coins – including the dollars minted in 1883. But not all of these were to survive. As the First World War continued, the British were facing problems in India....
The British farthing ( 14d) coin, from Old English fēorðing, from fēorða, a fourth, was a unit of currency of one quarter of a penny, equivalent to 1960 of a pound sterling, or 148 of a shilling. It was minted in copper and later in bronze, and replaced the earlier Englis...
Though nearly 100 Ides of March coins made in silver are known, this is only the third example known in gold. Of the other two, one is in the British Museum on loan from a private collector and the other is in the Deutsche Bundesbank collection. ...
Since 1971, the Kennedy half-dollar contained copper and nickel instead of silver. However, some silver planchets remained in the bins for raw planchets. Then, they got into the machine and struck coins with the new date. The exact number of these specimens is unknown. However, they are ...