1967 Nickel

This was the last of no mint mark series from 1965-1967. The mint officials thought that hoarders were keeping to many coins so they decided to stop putting mint marks on coins. A slight backlash and the 3 year experiment yielded very little differences so the mint marks came back by 1968.

It's 50 years old and still has no extra value because the metal market is pretty stable so feel free to spend them. I only pulled this out because i showcase coins that turn 50 or older.

Here's the stats for this coin...
Type/Country: 5 Cents / United States
Year: 1967
Metal: 75% copper 25% nickel
Mintage: 107,325,800
Value: $0.05

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2015-So Chile 10 Pesos

There are two mint marks for this coin, if minted in Chile it has an S with an o siting on top. If minted at the Royal Dutch Mintit has the caduceus symbol, which is the snakes wrapping around a pole with wings on top. Known in medical communites, ☤.

Trying a little iPhone photography on this post, but I cannot get it right, I would need a steady hand or a tripod which I do not have.

There also seems to be varieties in the font of LIBERTADOR B O'HIGGINS, where a larger font also indicates it is from the Chilean mint. The value is the same in either case and the mintage remains a mystery but seem to pretty common in change, although a lower amount of Royal dutch Minted coins appears.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Pesos / Chile
Year: 2015
Mintage: Not yet known.
Metal: Nickel-Brass
Value: $0.10 in Very-Fine

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1997 Bermuda 25 Cents

Two years since I last found a Bermudan coin. I think they stopped making circulating version after 2009 but they do not seem popular in general.

This is from the 1986 to 1998 series, after this one the updated the queen's portrait. It is copper-nickel and has an exchange value equal to US currency. It is common although it has a low mintage but there is no huge market for these as the the banks still have plenty on hand. So I don't suspect that the value will go up even if the Bermudan government announces they discounted the twenty-five cent coin.

Here's the stats from top left...
Type/Country: 25 Cent / Bermuda
Year: 1997
Mintage: 1,200,000
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: $0.30 in VF

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2015-D Homestead Quarter

The Denver version of the Homestead quarter. Took a while to find one especially since a change of jobs means no more easy coin finds.

Bag damage on the front where Washington's wig meets his neck. Bag damage refers to the time after a coin is minted and it gets dumped into carts, crates, and bags to get shipped. This damage is unwanted but for circulating coins does not affect value even on rare pieces.

Damage made outside the mint of by accident does lower value. Bag damage is part of the process but ideally you want a circulating coin to not have any for maximum value and appeal.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 25 Cents - Homestead / United States
Year: 2015 D
Mintage: 248,600,000
Metal: 91.67% Copper 8.33% Nickel
Value: $0.25 in F-12

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2017-P Shield Cent

A Philadelphia mint mark on a cent! What?

Surprise the United States Mint added the P on the cent for the first time ever to honor the 225th Anniversary, April, 2 1792-2017, of the mint and to honor the staff at Philadelphia Mint.

So who suggested this small but huge change? 
It was the mint employees themselves, that must be the coolest suggestion box in our government. The follow through was done by the mints officials without any laws. Why? Because a minor change like mint marks does not need any federal approval. Designs, compositions, and inscriptions do need approval so everything that is not under those rules is up to the mint officials.

More surprises are expected some will be by law but some may just pop up so keep up that change hunting. (Of course they have no extra value but it is a cool collectors item.)

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Cent  / United States
Year: 2017-P
Mintage: Not Yet Known
Metal: 97.5% Zinc, 2.5% Copper
Value: $0.01 in EF-40

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1990 Japan 10 Yen

This is a very dark coin that I got as a penny. On closer look it was actually a 10 yen coin from Japan. Not rare but seldom seen in my change I believe because the distance from here to Japan makes travel something only the wealthier population enjoys.

The design of this coin has gone unchanged since 1951. The biggest change from previous issues is the date. This one is Year 2 which is a Heisei era coin under the emperor Akihito. The previous was Emperor Hirohito whose coinage bears the Shōwa era symbols. Upon the emperor's death it will change again starting from year 1 and counting up until death.

Here are the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Yen / Japan
Year: 1990 (Year 2)
Mintage: 754,753,000
Metal: Bronze
Value: $0.15 in Extra-Fine

Exchange rate is also about $0.09.

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1988 Canada Dollar

There are a lot of things we learned from our Canadian neighbors. How to make a golden dollar is what we will focus on here, maybe hockey another day.

It has been 30 years of the golden Canadian dollar, previously they used a 100% nickel dollar but that was getting expensive. Switching to a Aureate-Bronze Plated Nickel saved some money but also made the coin more distinguishable in the circulating coins.

United States of America having issues with dollar coins tried again in 2000 with somewhat of a success. Making the coin golden made it better to accept among consumers and businesses. Unfortunately we still prefer dollar bills since they are lighter and traditional.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar / Canada
Year: 1988
Mintage: 138,893,539
Metal: Aureate-Bronze Plated Nickel: 91.5% Nickel, 8.5% Bronze
Value: $1.00 in Very-Fine (although exchange rate as of January 30, 2017 has it $0.74)

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1967 Washington Quarter

50th anniversary of the 1967 quarter. Yet after this much time still no extra value, especially since it has been circulated.

This is a clad quarter meaning it has a copper core and a reverse and and obverse layer of copper-nickel mix. From a manufacturing point of view coins should last long enough to survive heavy circulation yet can be made relatively cheaply. Seeing how this 1967 coin has been around for fifty years it was designed correctly.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 25 Cents / United States
Year: 1967
Mintage: 1,524,031,848
Metal: 91.67% Copper 8.33% Nickel
Value: $0.25 in F-12

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2002 Dominican Republic 1 Peso

Although the Dominican Republic is close by and a tourist destination I do not find the coins in my change as often as I use to. The exchange value is low and using them in meters or vending machines is not possible anymore.

At least in New York City people use to get Dominican quarters and use them to feed parking meters. Since the exchange value was low $10 dollars of was like $100 in Dominican quarters, after dealers fees, and would sometimes work in vending machines. Thanks to new coin reading technology, more expensive meters and vending machines, and easier credit/debit card usage this made large Dominican coin scams harder to use.


This one looks like a U.S. dollar coin so it may have passed as one somewhere. I got it as a quarter.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 25 Centavos / Dominican Republic
Year: 2002
Mintage: 80,000,000
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: $0.50 in Very-Fine

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2013-D Great Basin Quarter

Took a while to get the Denver version of this common America the Beautiful quarter but that is because I am on the far east coast.

More of the Denver version of this coin was minted mainly because there was more demand for it. The western portion of America has a largely population mostly because of California. The largely population uses more coins so when bank on the west side of the country run low on any type of coin they order more from the the closest Federal Reserve which in this case it is the Denver mint.

I may have skipped some steps on how local banks get new money from mints but it basically is there.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 25 Cents - Great Basin / United States
Year: 2013-P
Mintage: 141,400,000
Metal: 91.67% Copper 8.33% Nickel
Value: $0.25 in F-12

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2015 China 1 Jiao

This does have machine doubling but that never adds value so this is still a low value coin.

Nice coin has some permanent fingerprint which happens on nearly all coins. The oils, acids, and just normal chemistry on are hands will "rust" all types of metal even certain precious metals. In higher grades this would lower value but for circulating or rare coins it wouldn't matter much.   

Here's the stats for both coins...
Type/Country: 1 Jiao / People's Republic of China
Year: 2015
Mintage: Not yet known.
Metal: Stainless Steel
Value: $0.10 in XF

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2011-D Gettysburg Quarter

It took six years to get this Denver version of the Gettysburg coin in my change and still it is worth just a quarter.

Gettysburg is more than a great speech it is the site that saw the pro-slavery south meet their defeat at the hands of the pro-land north. General Lee, not the cool car, started strong but July 4th was running away after a huge loss of cavalry.

The statue is that of the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument found on High Water Mark at Cemetery Ridge. The High Water Mark is the deepest the Confederate forces went that day of the battle.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 25 Cents-Gettysburg / United States
Year: 2011-D
Mintage: 30,400,000
Metal: 91.67% Copper 8.33% Nickel
Value: $0.25 in F-12

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2013 Austria 2 Euro Cent

Austrian euros follow the same trend as other European euros, which is little to no extra value.

Austria has typical European issues like extremism versus radical groups causing instability. That said they are not seriously thinking of dropping the euro so this currency will be around for a while keeping collectors value low.

Here are the stats...
Type/Country: 2 Euro Cents/Austria
Year: 2013
Mintage: 121,500,000
Metal: Copper Plated Steel
Value: $0.05 in XF

Exchange rate value is about $0.02 which is good for the U.S.

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2014 Spain 5 Euro Cent

Spanish euro cents are common and there are plenty of tourism between are countries so they are easy to find.

Newer coin but kind of dull since it is copper plated and if used a lot it begins to lose the luster.

Here are the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Euro Cent /Spain
Year: 2014
Mintage: 119,900,000
Metal: Copper Plated Steel
Value: $0.10 in VF

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