The 1933 Gold Double Eagle coin, designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sold for $7.5 million in 2002, the highest price in the world ever paid for a coin. Find out why the 1933 double eagle is worth so much, and learn the bizarre story of how a lady who found 10 of these coins in her deceased father’s belongings ended up having them all seized by the U.S. Mint!
To clean coins is generally not recommended, but if you really feel you have to, this article tells you how to clean coins safely and with minimal damage.
It is fairly easy to find a coin dealer. But how do you find a reputable, honest coin dealer? We invest a lot of money in our coins, so we want to get the best prices we can. However, price isn’t everything. What if your coin turns out to be fake? Will the rare coin dealer be around in five years to issue a refund? Learn how to find honest and ethical rare and gold coin dealers.
This article contains my personal list of "do not buy" coin types. I am reluctant to tell anybody else what they should invest in, since nobody can predict where the market will go, but I am willing to share my own personal 30 years’ worth of experience in what I personally do not collect…and why.
What is a key date? Your Guide has the definition to this and other coin related terms in the glossary of numismatic terminology. Key date coin is defined on this page.
State Quarters generally must be in Mint State (MS) grades to be worth anything over face value. Serious State Quarter collectors
collect them by the original bank-wrapped (OBW) rolls of 40 coins. Values for Statehood Quarter OBWs are given in a separate State Quarter Rolls
value guide. Learn what the prices are for these beautiful U.S. Quarters, and find out how much your State Quarters are worth with this simple to use Statehood Quarter price guide.
U.S. pennies were made of mostly copper until the price of copper got so high that it cost more to mint the cents than they were actually worth. Find out when the U.S. switched to the copper-clad zinc penny, and how to tell if your penny is made of copper or zinc.
Mercury dime key dates are given on this page, along with a link to full pricing information with the real prices dealers will pay you for Mercury Dimes (not inflated retail coin values.)
Book review of the U.S. coins Red Book, "A Guide Book of United States Coins". The Red Book has long been the "Bible" of U.S. coin values. Since you can find out what your coin is worth online for free, does it make sense to buy the Red Book? Our review provides the answer.
The 1943 Copper Penny is a much sought-after error coin, because the pennies in 1943 should have been made of steel. However, novelty copper-plated 1943 pennies abound, plus there are so some other fake 1943 copper pennies. Learn to tell the genuine 1943 copper penny from the fake 1943 copper penny.