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The information on this site does not modify any insurance policy terms in any way. Finding a treasure hidden in an old dresser drawer or the attic is the stuff of dreams. Many of the coins in the list below are not likely to be hiding in your attic, since they are tremendously rare, but not all of them are super expensive either.
Still it can be difficult to spot a fake, even for the pros. More valuable coins offer the potential for higher profits for scammers, of course, but such coins are also very rare.
The Scottish Commonwealth Games coin comes moved down to third place as it was second place in the scarcity index in May. The London handover coin commemorates the UK capital handing over the Olympic flame to Rio, which held the games in It has been in circulation since , and there are currently 1,, of them in people's purses, banks and tills across the country.
It attracted 12 bids. Its value was boosted by a minting error. It's a little lower down the scarcity index currently, but it's still popular with collectors.
Some fraudsters have been caught trying to shave the leg off a normal nickel. This was applied to coinage by simply not printing nearly as many coins. The rarity is part of the value, but the quality is more important. All of the coins went into circulation and none were saved in perfect condition as uncirculated coins. Therefore, if you find one of good quality, it will be worth a collector's price.
A material like nickel was being used for tank armor and creating strong portable bridges. The government decided to use silver for all of its nickels, giving them a value of more than face value even at the time of minting. The interesting thing here is that the steel is worth far less than the original material. It is the rarity that gives this coin its higher value. This is a great example of how collecting coins can help us tell the stories of our American history. This made the words look slightly blurry and may have affected the collar.
In this case, it is not considered a rare coin, as there were probably more than , of them minted. That makes this coin one of the likeliest values for you to discover in your pocket change. A doubled die occurs when you strike the same coin twice. If the coin doesn't line up exactly the same each time, there will be a slight blurriness or extra shadow on the letters around the outside.
In the case of the penny, the error occurred in about 50 of the coins. This is where the condition of the coin matters. A few years back a man found one that was in a roll of unused pennies. For a Penny! In , they switched the image to John F Kennedy after he was tragically assassinated.
Because the Ben Franklin half-dollar is not uncommon, a good quality coin is worth more. Highly collectible and full of potential for learning and celebrating our history, these coins were sure to have investment value.
For whatever reason, the mint has made an unusually large amount of errors in printing these coins. Some have had upside-down lettering, missing lettering, blurry lettering. Others had a change in their design, but the original elements are still visible. These coins are often collected and in mint condition. The artwork on this coin makes it beautiful and has caused so many investors to desire it in their collections.
It depicts lady liberty seated in a flowing gown holding the flag and shield of liberty. She is crowned with 13 stars for the original colonies. Since it is not all that rare, the condition is very important to its value. The only issue is that in when they were being sold, the economy was in a total crash, and nobody seemed to be interested in buying gold coins from the government.
In , all gold was recalled in the entire country and it became illegal to own gold. By this time, it is likely that most of the original coins were still sitting in the vaults at the Treasury department.
That put them high on the list to be melted down. Still, a few of the coins have survived and they are one of the greatest rarities in all of coin collecting. In the official records of the US Mint, there were no liberty nickels produced in However, a few years later, a coin collector found 5 examples of this coin. It was later said that the man, Samuel Brown, had worked at the mint and had struck them himself. Other experts have suggested that they may have been struck at the end of as a practice run for the following year.
Either way, they are about as rare as it gets, and the price at auction reflects that. It is rare.
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