No Date Nickel

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Back in January I got this Shield from an eBay lot. This wasn't the coin I was after but it came with the lot.
It's a No Ray Shield Nickel. There are 2 types of Shield nickels, one has rays surrounding the 5 and the other doesn't. The one with rays were minted in 1866-1867, the no-rays were minted from 1867-1883.

All Shield nickel have an initial value of $18.00 in G-4(all letters in motto readable).
The 1880 nickel has a G-4 value of $450.00.

Notice that this nickel is in very bad shape. It is still identifiable but no date can be read and the motto is almost gone. I'll estimate it would barely grade PO-1(poor). If it had a date it would be a AG-3(almost good).

Here's the stats for this coin...
Type: 5 cents
Year: 18??-Unknown
Mintages: Unknown
Metal: 75% Copper 25% Nickel
Value: $1.50-$3.00 in PO-1 or PO-2

It only has value because it is identified as a shield nickel if it was this bad and a Morgan dollar it would on be worth it's metal value.

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Somewhat Recent Finds

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In January these are all the coins I found in my change.

1. 1942 Canadian 1 Cent valued at $0.10 in VG-8
   
2. 1998 Canadian 5 Cents valued at $0.15 in MS-60
3. 2002P(ND) Canadian 10 Cents valued at $1.00 in MS-63
4. 1989 Singapore 50 Cents valued at $0.45 in XF
5. 1946 Canadian 1 Cent valued at $0.10 in VG-8

Mostly Canadians, also the oldest Candian coin I ever found was at that 1942 and it was at Starbucks.

The strange one was the fifty cents piece from Singapore
Here's a shot of the edge with some writing. It says REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE (lion's head).

Here's the stats for this coin...
Type/Country: 50 cents / Singapore
Year: 1989
Mintage: 20,046,000
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: $0.45 in XF

A note to all you New Yorkers Scott A. Travers will spend two valuable pennies this weekend. He already spent a 1914D cent valued at $350.00 buying a pretzel from a clueless vendor in Time Square . He will spend this weekend a 1908 cent and a 1909S VDB cent valued at $200.00 and $1000.00 respectively. This is why I always check my change.

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1964 Proof Set

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This is a 1964 proof set in the original government packaging sent to me by Iwog.

A good way to tell the original packaging is intact is by the yellowing marks on the inner papers. They all have the same pattern.

It still is possible to find these sets and others in original packages for cheap about $20.

Here's the stats for this set...
Type: Proof Set
Year: 1964
Mintage: 3,950,762
Metal: 3 silver coins, 1 nickel, 1 copper penny
Value: In original package $20.00($7.00 increase since 2008)

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Last Year's Last Finds

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The lack of updates has to do with a busy college schedule but I have been answering any questions.

Towards the end of last year(2005) I got this final trio of coins in my change. I can't recall where exactly I got them but here they go. 1 Canadian Cent 1986, 1 Phillipine Piso 1995 and 250 Lebanon Livres 2003.


Here's the stats for all the coins...
Type/Country: 1 Cent / Canada
Year: 1986
Mintage: 788,285,000
Metal: Bronze
Value: MS-60 $0.10 (the above example is worth less)

Type/Country: 1 Piso / Philippines
Year: 1995
Mintage: Unknown.
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: UNC $1.00 (the above example is worth less)

Type/Country: 250 Livres / Lebanon
Year: 2003
Mintage: Unknown.
Metal: Brass
Value: UNC $1.85

For 2006 I've been tracking all my finds by date and place found. I haven't scanned many of them because they have been lower end coins.

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Die Crack On Dime

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Generally I look over all my coins but recently I've been really eyeing them like a collector. I here of so many types of coins that at first I ignored them and just collected by year. Now though I'm checking for any little variance.

Towards the end of December I found this dime in my piggy-bank(not actually in the shape of a pig).Notice the arrows are pointing at some raised metal that forms a crack or lightning bolt shape.Upon closer inspection there are actually two cracks.

This is an authentic error.

It is called a die crack because the die used to press the coin cracked and transfered the results on this and probably thousands of others before a mint inspector noticed.

The error coin book classifies this as II-D-1 Die Crack (W), the W stand for "wear" meaning that is how the mistake was formed. This classification is for three or less cracks that don't span the coin.

This particular error is not rare so the value is only twice the face value with only these minor cracks.

Here's the stats...
Type: 10 Cents / II-D-1 Die Crack /2 "light" cracks(1 from rim to center)
Year: 1983-P
Mintage: 647,025,000
Metal: 75% copper 25% nickel(Outer Layers), 100% copper(Inner Core)
Value: EF-40 $0.50

Because the coin is in quite a nice state it may be worth $0.25 and double it for the die crack for a grand total of $0.50. Not much but the first error of this type I recognized and kept.

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Old Dollar Find

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After Christmas I went to do some post-holiday shopping and received this bill in my change.

I found a 1935H dollar also known as a silver certificate. Notice the seal is blue instead of green.

The H in 1935H means the design was modified from the original 1935 bill, probably to add a new signature of a treasurer.

Here's a sample of what I found in my change over the last ten years.
$1.00 bills
1935E value in very good(VG) = $1.50
1935H value in VG = $2.00
1957-star note value in VG = $2.00
1957A value in VG = $1.25
1969B value in VG = $1.25

$2.00
1928G value in VG = $7.50
1953A value in VG = $4.00

$20.00
1950C value in VG = $25.00

Of course some are higher grades but most are very good.

Prices updated to 2008.

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