Proof Perfect...Almost

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Several months back I got my highest graded proof coin from gyocomgd. They were graded by PCGS and all are PR69DCAM which means Proof-69-Deep-Cameo. Proof 70 is the only higher grade and deep cameo is a grade given to coins that exhibit a more cameo look with a frosted bust or head and a mirror like background.

Now how do I judge value for these. The Red Book only goes up to Proof-65 and doesn't mention Deep Cameo.
If I go to eBay and these have sold as low as $2.00 and as high as $29.95. So whatever the book price is I'll go 5 times the value that seems right because the market for these "slabbed" coins goes up and down wildly.

Here's the stats for these four coins...
Type: 10 Cents
Year: 1977-S
Mintage: 3,251,152
Metal: 91.67% Copper, 8.33% Nickel
Value: PR69DCAM $14.00

Type: 10 Cents
Year: 1982-S
Mintage: 3,857,479
Metal: 91.67% Copper, 8.33% Nickel
Value: PR69DCAM $16.00

Type: 5 Cents
Year: 1989-S
Mintage: 3,220,194
Metal: 75% copper 25% nickel
Value: PR69DCAM $32.00

Type: 5 Cents
Year: 1980-S
Mintage: 3,554,806
Metal: 75% copper 25% nickel
Value: PR69DCAM $12.00

These value are just my average prices I saw at one moment in time if you can buy them for less then I quoted or sell it or more then listed, good luck.

Values update for 2012.

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New Coins Approved

WASHINGTON - New golden dollar coins featuring all 37 of the nation's dead presidents are being made by the U.S. Mint for 2007.

President Bush signed into law on Thursday.

The government hopes the coins and an accompanying $10 real gold piece for collectors that features former first ladies will boost the mints profit. They also hope the dollar pieces will make the Sacagawea dollars a popular coin.

The obverse of the new dollar coins will depict former presidents, but not those who are living or have been dead for less than two years; the backs of the coins will show the Statue of Liberty.

Four coins a year will be issued, beginning in 2007, in the presidents' order of service. The treasury secretary will have authority over the designs.

Also a gold bullion coin program bearing images of former first ladies and emblems of their causes on $10 coins. Companion coins for those presidents who had no spouse will show images of liberty and themes of the presidents' tenures. The coins will be 99.99 percent pure gold.

From AP and news sources.

Update: The design above was never actually used.

True Values, Not Really Pt. IV

More frequently asked question about coins and money.

Why is gold worth more than copper?

• It is because gold is less abundant then copper, there is about a hundred times more copper than gold buried in Earth.

How much wheat pennies worth?
Wheat pennies are commonly found so I'll repeat what I said before,

• Wheat pennies in low grades go $0.03-$0.10 in general.
• Scarce dates: 1910-S, 1911-S, 1912-S, 1913-S, 1914-S, 1915-S, 1922-D, 1922-D, 1924-D
• Rare dates: 1909-S, 1909-S V.D.B., 1914-D, 1922, 1931-S

Give me the values of the following pennies...

1. 1908 = $2.00 in G-4(good condition)
2. 1913 = $0.85 in G-4(good condition)
3. 1921 = $0.20 in G-4(good condition)
4. 1942 = $0.15 in G-4(good condition)
5. "1943 silver penny" = it is zinc not silver = $0.30 in F-12(fine condition)
6. 1944 = So common check here.
7. 1944 S = So common check here.
8. 1945 = $0.10 in VF-20(very fine condition)
9. 1947 = $0.10 in VF-20(very fine condition)
10. 1947 D = $0.10 in VF-20(very fine condition)
11. 1953 D = $0.10 in VF-20(very fine condition)
12. 1955 D = $0.10 in VF-20(very fine condition)
13. 1958 = $0.10 in VF-20(very fine condition)

What is the rarest wheat penny?
Non-error it's a tie.

• 1909S VDB is rare at $750.00 for a G-4
• 1922 no D is rare at $600.00 for a G-4

What is the average value of your Lincoln Memorial penny?

• In near perfect condition only about $0.25 - $0.50, but only if looking newly minted.

What is the value of a buffalo nickel?

• With a date the average is $1.00 in G-4.
• Without a date visible about $0.50.

Tell me about these Canadian coins...

• 1947 Canadian penny = $0.10 in VG-8, any variety.
• 1966 Canadian penny = $0.10 in MS-60.
• 1944 Canadian nickel = $0.10 in VG-8.

What is the value of Cayman Islands 250 gold coin?

• All of those coins have a value of at least $975.00.

What is the value of a Jamaican dollar?

• They average $1.00 or more for UNC/uncirculated condition.

Error prices please?

• Error "new buffalo" nickel = there are several and have a $5.00 premium depending on grade.
• Error copper state quarter = happens if the "Nickel metal" peels off and has a $50.00 premium depending on grade.
• Value of a 1946 silver penny= I doubt it's real but if so $200+.
• Value of a 1976 silver penny = I doubt it's real but if so $100+.

Who is the man name on the U.S. dime?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt the thirty-second President of the United States (1933-1945).

10 Dollar Star Note

Do you have currency and want to know its value? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.

I did not start collecting notes/paper currency until even after I had some two dollar bills. I used the two dollar bills to buy stuff and years later when I started collecting again I vowed to find more two dollar bills.

Eventually I found the two dollar bills from many years and expanded my notes to old dollars and also star notes.

Star notes are replacement bills used by the government when regular issues are defective. They are rarer then regular notes.

I got this 10 dollar from my change. It is near perfect.

Notice the star at the end of the serial number.

Here's the stats for this $10 bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $10 Star Note / Richmond
Serial Number Span: BE-* BE03 840 000*
Year: 1999
Printings: 675,200
Value: CU(crisp uncirculated) $60.00

Finding star notes is not difficult but most people just pass them on and not all of the worth so much.

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