Innehållsförteckning för June 2020 från Coins

My friend gave me a box with some silver dollars in it: Morgan silver dollars and Hobo silver dollars. There is an 1881-CC, 1885-CC, and an 1886-O. This is the first time I have ever heard of these coins. Dale Bowman Hebron, Neb. My wife went out to lunch one day for work and when she got home she handed me a small amount of change. I noticed right away the luster on the coins and how clean they were for being around 60 years old. There were two 1964 cents, one 1964-D cent and one 1965 cent. They were all in mint state. There are coins out there that are hard to find. You just have to keep trying because it is worth it in the end. It is…

Here’s yet another book that recently tumbled from Q. David Bowers’ pen: A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents, 3rd Edition. I don’t know about you, but I started collecting Lincoln cents almost as soon as I became a coin collector, and that was more than 65 years ago! Of course, I don’t need to tell you that 65 years ago there was still lots of “good stuff ” in circulation. Sitting on my bed looking through the roll of pennies my father brought home every night, I found such winners as a 1909-S cent (but no VDB!) in Fine condition, a couple of G-VG 1914-Ds, and multiples of all the semi-key Lincolns (e.g., 1910-S, 1911-S, 1912-S, etc.). Okay, you can stop drooling over all the good stuff that was in…

Coins have been performing in a similar fashion to the spot price of gold and silver recently. Gold has made a significant run, with bullion, common yet collectible, and scarce to rare gold coins following. Silver still lags as a secondary investment when compared to gold, yet the value of scarce to rare silver coins has outperformed its bullion counterpart. More available yet collectible silver content coins, especially those of the late 19th and all 20th century issues, have not done as well. Minor denomination coins remain a mixed bag. Obsolete denomination coins are relatively stable, while many of the denominations that are still in use continue to be a mixed bag exhibiting no specific direction in which they are trending. Prices should always be a concern, since your collection…

IN MAY 1866 President Andrew Johnson signed into law an act creating the 5-cent piece, or “nickel” as it is called at the present time. It was created at a time when there was an ongoing shortage of coins and plays a prominent role in American numismatic history. Prior to the Civil War the 5-cent piece (the half dime) was made out of silver but war and inflation meant that such coins were widely hoarded. Its replacement by the copper-nickel version in the midst of these problems set off an enormous demand that took the Philadelphia Mint several years to fill. By 1869, however, coinage began to taper off and during the 1870s gradually slid downhill. In 1876 the Treasury stopped mintage because too many nickels were in daily use…

Careful consideration must be given to the condition of a coin before arriving at its value, since a minor difference in grading can mean a substantial difference in price. There are several factors to keep in mind when attributing varying grades of preservation. Determining the condition of a coin is both an exact science and a subjective judgment call. Complete agreement on the exact qualities that constitute a grade of condition does not always occur between two individuals. The following chart is a consensus based on the 10 most frequently encountered coins commanding premium values in circulated condition (illustrations not actual size). The descriptive grades can be applied to other issues. Qualities described are based on the standards developed and adopted by the American Numismatic Association. MS-65 (uncirculated)—MS stands for…