Worth It

i have a whole collection of US dollar coins & 50 cent coins . im wondering where i can exchange it for cash . im not sure if CoinStar or whatever its called excepts these coins .

p.s. theyre the very large coins , bigger than quarters & such .

If you’re talking about the older dollar coins, as you say the big ones and not the new Susan B. Anthony coins, they’re probably worth more than face value. Some can be worth quite a bit. Check with a coin shop or on-line. The link below is one site that you can check.

The History of the Jefferson Nickel. Learn about how this US Coin has transformed over the years and ways you can collect coins by visiting USACoinShop.com

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I am interested in uncirculated presidential dollars, the new nickels, and other new coins that are being released. I want to collect these in albums and I am not interested in buying mint sets and breaking them up. I also do not want to pay much more than face value, if possible.

Since 2005 the mint sets have not been made up of just uncirculated coins but coins with a special satin finish. To get the uncirculated coins made for general circulation you need to go to local banks and see what they have. In the end you may need to go to several banks to get all you want at face value. Remember if you live in the east your chances of getting coin rolls of Denver mint coins is slim to none and if you live in the west, getting Philly mint coins is the same. You can also check to see if a Federal Reserve bank is near you there re 12 through out the country in large cities such as Boston or San Francisco. Some do offer new coins direct to the average person. Hope this helps.

I would like to know where I could get the book value of all US coins for the last 10 years. Preferrably if I could get their values per month for every single month for the last 10 years.

Hi.. I am a coin dealer in the Midwest and here’s the CORRECT answer. This information is actually available; however, it is going to cost you a few bucks to get it. There is a coin industry publication called the Coin Dealer Newsletter (Greysheet) that comes out weekly, with a monthly summary and quarterly summaries on less-traded issues, plus you can obtain charts and graphs. They have back issues and summaries available going back a number of years…but again, they do charge for them. Check it out at www. greysheet.com .
Bear in mind that these values are WHOLESALE prices, which reflect dealer to dealer pricing and are not RETAIL (what you might expect to pay from a dealer). The best RETAIL book would be the "Guide Book Of United States Coins" (commonly called the "REDBOOK". This comes out annually however, and the book is printed ahead of schedule…for example, the 2007 version is already available so you would use it for 2006 pricing, the ‘06 version for ‘05 pricing, and so on. You can buy the newest copy at your local coin store….a library might have older copies.

Hope this info helped you out.

This video was recorded on Sunday May 18, 2008. This is a video of me talking about and displaying United States gold coins. In the video you will see high grade specimens of gold coins from the $1 Gold Dollar to the $20 Double Eagle. The camera was not very steady in the video and I am sorry about that. It is still a very good video on U.S. gold type coinage and I hope you enjoy it.

These coins are normally housed in a Dansco album. I took them out this one time to show you all.

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I been collecting us coin for about 7 years now. The coin is a john adams five dollar coin on the back it read republic of liberia with the eagle.

Liberia over the years has let private mints use it’s name for a fee of course so that they can promote and sell coins that are so-called legal tender. That way it can be called a coin not a medal. In the hobby they are called non circulating legal tender coins. They are supposed to be legal tender in Liberia, that may be iffy though. Your coin is dated 2000 and is KM# 665 and it is made out of copper/nickel, the diameter is 31.5 mm. It catalogs for $12 in mint state. It does however sell for less. It is part of a U.S. presidents series but has nothing to do with the U.S. mint or the United States except that a private mint here may have struck it and the selling party’s maybe Americans trying to get a fast profit. Hope this answers your question

redoing my coin collection videos with my new higher quality camera.

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I have a lot of old morgan dollars, peace dollars, dimes, quarters etc. I would like to have a few silver rings made from the silver content. Is it illegal to melt old US coins?
these are junk coins that I bought in a lot for really cheap. I am a coin collector and have exaples in mint state condition.

no – research the history of Morgan dollars and you will see almost all of them were melted down.

I’m wanting to know if anybody could answer me this…..
The space between the contact screw and the contact spring is often measured (as a guide line) by using some US coins (variants for Liner and Mag).
Can any body tell me what the UK equivalent would be?
Thanks for your answers

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Just find a U.S. dime somewhere. A coin shop should have ‘em, cheap. That’s the right width for a lining. A U.S. nickel’s width is right for the shading. Wish I could tell you in foriegn coinage, but I don’t know. You don’t press the needle group all the way into the skin, when working. The needles should penetrate about 1/32" for lining, a little more, up to 2/32" for shading. You get a feel for it after a while. Sometimes you’ll go less than that, just skimming the surface. Depends on the shading technique you’re doing. And, of course, you have to bear down on some peoples skin, more than others. Everybody’s skin is different. The nickel and dime trick is simply a rule of thumb. You just eyeball it. Take care.

redoing my coin collection videos with my new higher quality camera.

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