Tons of US coins. Please help. *UPDATED* coins added Greetings all. I am new to coins. I recently found a ton and i mean a ton of coins. I have Indian head pennies dating back to mid 1800 i believe through whenever they were discontinued. I would like to know what years i should be looking for. I have placed them all into coin "savers" or sleeves if you will. To protect them from rubbing up against one another. I found a solid gold .9999 troy oz coin with the statue of liberty on it. Her face on the front and the flame on the back. I have no idea what it is. I would love some help in finding out what i have. Thank you all very much.
Even some of the latter dates are worth some extra dough$. the 1885, 1894 are lower mintage dates that don't get the attention they should. All Indians from 1859-1878 are great dates to keep and are woth good money. Hope this helps you some.
Howdy PA-Sale - Welcome to the Forum !! The gold you describe sounds like a private mint issue not a real coin. It's value would be that of the gold content.
Only US issues that come to mind are the $5 gold commemorative from 1986 that has the Statue of Liberty on the front... however it does not have a flame on the back, it has an eagle, and it is not .9999 gold I don't think (and smaller than a troy ounce). The 1988 $5 gold Olympic commemorative has a picture of Liberty on the front (not the Statue of Liberty though) and a flame on the back. Both of these would be worth about $140 or so now (maybe a bit more as gold is going up). Otherwise you probably have a privately issued medal or bullion piece, which is pretty much worth whatever the amount of gold it has in it is worth. Picture would help... but these are the only US Mint issues that come to mind.
I can post pictures up tomorrow. I have a few gold coins i know nothing about. i was told my a novice collector that it had great value.. not sure what that means. Pics to come along with a list of all my coins... Sorry newb question.. but where can i go to find the value of my goins? this way i wont have to both you guys/girls. thanks
The best way is to check realized auction prices. But you go right ahead and bother us - I won't mind a bit But if you want to ask about values, please post your questions in the What's It Worth forum.
to CoinTalk. Really? With a weight range of 2.27g (dimes) to 26.73g (silver dollars) you've got somewhere between 68- and 800-thousand coins. How long did it take you to catalog them, and where on earth do you store them?
What I would recommend is that you get yourself a copy of the latest edition of the Red Book (A Guide Book of United States Coins). It's a great way to find out more about what U.S. coins there are and their relative worth. I wouldn't use it as a way to definitively find out how much your coins are worth, but it's pretty good for finding out, say, that the 1876-1878 Indian Head cents are worth more than the 1879-1881 Indian Heads.
Welcome to the forum :hug: looks like you have a bit of a project ahead of you so good luck and good hunting De Orc
alright maybe not that many.. but at least 8000 pennies(indian) 1000 nickels... 1000 silver dollars and some other odds and ends. i will be posting pics of the gold coins today.. and some of my older indian heads.
Best to do as already mentioned. Buy a Red Book. If you don't want to spend to much money on a new Red book, check out used book stores, garage/yard sales for a used edition. It will not be as up to date but will give you an ideal of how many minted, what it is, what to look for, grading information and although oudated an idea of value.
One more thing is that there are numerous web sites where you can find out the approximate value of your coins. There is a listing of such on the PCGS web site. None of the on site web sites, Red Book, grey sheet, etc are always completely up to date but unless your planning on selling your coins, it should be of interest just to know approximate values.
Heck, I don't know...that sounds pretty close to a ton! :rolling: As others have said, get a Redbook for sure. I also recommend checking realized auction prices for monetary values, but this may be hard to do until you know how to grade the coins for yourself a little bit. If you have an unslabbed coin that grades VF 25, and you're looking at realized auction prices for MS 61 coins, you'll most likely be way off trying to figure out prices, which won't help your situation. So, you may also want to pick up a copy of the official ANA Grading Guide to help give you some rough estimates of grades. Good luck and nice to have you here!
heavy coins! It may not be a ton, but it sure would be fun to search all those coins. It makes me want to go out and buy a big bag of mixed coins.:goofer: :whistle:
http://www.cointalk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12493 there is a list of the coins that i had time to put ... if you can help in anyway that would be great
