New circulating commemorative:
“65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945″
(information and image by Gijs Vlothuizen)
LINK: National Bank of Kazakhstan
SPECIFICATIONS
Weight: 11.37 g
Diameter: 31.00 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Edge: grooved with 10 sectors of corrugation
Mintage: 50,000
Photo of artist rendering of Abigail Adams gold coin Reverse in the First Spouse series
Third plate of three showing the "Doubting Thomas" Newell specimen of the double edge lettering dollar
The Andrew Jackson Presidential Dollar honors the seventh president of the United States. Jackson was a quick-tempered and hot-blooded man who fought thirteen duels during his life. The Jackson Dollar depicts the portrait of this fiery man; this article tells a little about his remarkable life.
By Susan Headley, About.com Guide
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Question: How Much Is My Penny Worth?
These links will take you straight to the value guides. If you need additional information, see below.
Answer: To find out how much your U.S. penny is worth, we first need to determine its type. The U.S. has made two major types of pennies, the Large Cent and the Small Cent. The Large Cents are dated 1857 and earlier, and are much bigger and heavier than our current penny type, the Small Cent. If you have Large Cents in your collection that you need information or values for, I recommend that you find an honest coin dealer to help you evaluate them, as Large Cents have many different varieties for most dates, and shouldn’t be priced using an online price guide if you want maximum money for them.
If your penny is the Small Cent type, it will be about the same size as the ones we use today although it might be a tiny bit heavier. To find your penny type, you can look it up here:
If your small-sized penny is dated 1857 or 1858, it is a Flying Eagle Cent. A Flying Eagle Cent in pretty worn-out condition is worth about $15 to $25 if you sold it to a coin dealer. (Note: All of my coin prices are realistic amounts that a dealer will pay you. They’re not retail or “catalog” values like you find virtually everywhere else. Most people looking for coin prices want to know how much they can sell their coins for today.)
If your Flying Eagle Cent is dated 1856, you need to take it to a dealer to get an appraisal. This penny is very rare, with a mintage of only 2,000 specimens, and forgeries and alterations of this date are far more common than the genuine 1856. The 1856 Flying Eagle Cent is considered to be a pattern coin (rather than a circulation issue) by many experts.
Indian Head pennies are dated from 1859 through 1909, and have a depiction of Lady Liberty wearing an Indian-style feathered headdress, hence the misnomer “Indian Head” Penny. In general, all Indian Head Pennies are worth at least $1 each, even in very worn condition, as long as they’re not badly damaged. For a full chart of Indian Head Penny prices, see:
Wheat Pennies are dated from 1909 to 1958, and have a portrait of Lincoln on one side, and a wreath-like design of wheat heads on the other. Sometimes called “Lincoln Cents” (without mentioning the Memorial as described below,) they are made of almost pure copper (95%) except for one year, the 1943 penny, which is made of zinc-plated steel. All Wheat Pennies are worth at least 3 times face value, but of course many are worth substantially more, especially the key date Wheat Pennies.
Lincoln Memorial Pennies are dated 1959 to current, and have a portrait of Lincoln on one side with the Lincoln Memorial building on the other. They were made of 95% copper until 1982. During 1982 the composition was changed to 97.5% zinc, with a thin copper plating, so that you have pennies dated 1982 made of both metal types. From 1983 until today, all U.S. pennies are made of mostly zinc. Most Lincoln Memorial Pennies are only worth face value unless they have their original copper luster from the Mint.
In 2009, the U.S. Mint will issue a special commemorative set of 4 pennies to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Cent design. At this time, Lincoln Cents are expected to enjoy a surge in popularity, which will hopefully mean higher values for these incredibly popular pennies. More Coins Q&A
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Sales of the 2010 bullion silver American Eagle passed the 10-million mark this week. To put it in perspective, last year saw 28,766,500 sold – and it is only April.
The Boy Scout commemorative silver dollar has not yet sold out. That is good news if you still want to buy one. The rate of sales stayed almost identical to last week, so it is likely that a sellout might have occurred by the time you read this. The Mint sold 22,261 this week and has 37,347 to go before it hits the ceiling of 350,000. So far 211,333 proofs and 101,320 uncirculated Boy Scout dollars have been sold.
Collectors snapped up another 31,953 two-roll sets of the 2010 Union Shield cent. That brings the running tally to 77,436. This should easily surpass the 100,000 mark, but where between that point and 300,000 will it run out of gas as the final two issues of last year have done? But, sales of those last two 2009 cent roll sets still creep forward.
Click here for total U.S. Mint mintage figures.
New circulating commemorative:
“Série Tesouros Numismáticos - O Justo de D. João II“
LINK: Casa da Moeda
SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNi
Diameter: 26.50 mm
Weight: 8.00 g
Artist: José Viriato
The Monroe Presidential Dollars struck at the Philadelphia Mint include a normally rare error type: coins struck on the wrong coin blanks. Learn how to tell if your Monroe Dollar has this "wrong planchet" error.
J&T Coins LLC with be at booth 502 at the Central States Numismatic Society coin show in Milwaukee, WI April 29th-May 1st, 2010. The show is located at the Midwest Express Center in downtown Milwaukee. Stop by and see us.