Coins increase in value?

Strange answer. Kindda off base

 

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Im going to say a 2018 p penny. Hav'nt seen one yet

 

I bought a lincoln coin book for my grandbabies to put cent in. Next to the 09s vdb was written the value being 35 bucks. My goodness. In what year was 09s vdb's only worth 35 bucks

 

$35 was a lot of scratch at one time!

I can't give an exact date, but it's certainly well into multiple decades past.

 

In the 1960s you could get one for about $100, if you go back into the 1940s they dropped down to just a couple dollars apiece. So I would imagine a price of $35 would be sometime in the 1950s.

 

Thank you and books too

 

1950 is about right. In 1927 they were under $5.

 

Let us not forget that supply and demand controls prices as well as condition and grade.

 

I started collecting buffalo nickels and mercury dimes in 1962. Those have shown significant appreciation but pre-'65 silver anything seems to be the real winner on this question...Spark

 

This actually goes for all denominations today. I find 4 or 5 coins a week from regular pocket change that have survived circulation damage. Most are AU58. This excludes CRHing.

You all know the 2016-D LSC, only 2 years young, looking like it came out of a rice paddy in Vietnam. What's hard is not keeping good coins because you already have one that's better...Spark

 

The value of a dollar doubles every ten years when earning compounded 6% interest. You would be hard-pressed to find a coin that did better than that, regardless of when it was purchased. Collecting coins are just a hobby and to expect a huge return is pie-in-the-sky.

 

On the other hand, dependable 6% interest isn't as easy to come by as it used to be, either.

 

Good mutual funds will easily earn you 10% over any ten year period going back to their inceptions.

 

You don't say?