My Oldest Find

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My oldest change find ever happened on February 11 2006 it was this not so pretty 1907 Indian Head Cent. I received in my change from a store or supermarket, I can't quite recall because it was mixed in all my change.

Now this beats a 1913 penny I found back in the early '80s. That one was in circulation for about 70 years before I found it. This 1907 coin had been in circulation for almost 100 years.

This gives me some hope of my goal of finding a gold coin in circulation but as of late I have found very few coins that are interesting or valuable.

Here's the stats for this Indian Head coin....
Type: 1 cent--Variety 3-Bronze
Year: 1907
Mintage: 108,137,143
Metal: 95% Copper 5% Tin & Zinc
Value: $2.00 in G-4

How could this coin still be in circulation? Well it could be another collector placed it there. It could be a kid used it from his parents collection or some one needed to buy something and accidentally used it. What really kept it in circulation was the ugly stain over the date, in hand it is difficult to read and looks like 1987, which would confuse non-collectors.

Either way it was a cool find and I hope that you find something as old.

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You Asked For It

I made a fairly accurate Wheat Penny Price/Value Guide here
WHEAT PENNIES.

I hope to do it for all coins but it might take a while tomorrow I'll put a permanaent link in the sidebar.

An Error Penny

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On May 22 of this year I was searching through my change at the end of the day and found a 1956 wheat cent, which was ok they are worth about 2¢ in that condition.

I left the coin on my desk because I was too busy to catalog my newest find. Then a few days later I noticed some crud on the coin then I looked closer and saw it was actually excess copper between the B and E in LIBERTY.

Immediately I recognized it was a "BIE" error and sure enough I got my error book out and there it was as clear as day.

Here's this coin stats...
II-F-4 BIE Die Variety (W) = a die break or crack between the B and the E.
Fairly common in the years 1955-1958 and value at $1.00 to $20.00.
I figure due to all the green spots and circulation wear that mine is closer to $1.00.

For a while BIE pennies became very popular and the BIE Guild was formed. Soon so many of these errors were found that the value went down and the collectors stopped tracking these coins. The BIE Guild dissolved and now unless the coin is proof or in excellent shape the premium for this error is low.

Here is a better picture of this type of error from LeeG(an expert collector) he also found a 1956 BIE but as you see in a higher grade.Do you have an error penny 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.

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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