can some one help me guage value

I am really new to coin collecting and really dont know how to guage the wear and value of coins at all. here are two coins with images, any heklp would be greatly appreciated

1934 d mercury head dime
obverse

converse


also a 1889 morgan? silver dollar
obverse

converse


thanks for any help

 

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I feel compelled to mention I have not paid over face value for any coin I have so far, almost every one of them has come out of cash registers either bought at face value or as change for a purchase. dont know why I feel I should mention that but....

thanks again for any help

 

by researching online says the 34 d should be worth about $200 in worn condition

and the 1889 about 10$

whats your thoughts on this?

(If I am way off feel free to tell me so) like I said I am a noob at this.

 

Sorry The 39-d is only worth about $2 dollars not $200. It has $.92 worth of silver in it and that may be about right

 

34-d not 39-d but thanks for the input.

 

:rolling: oops 34 d is the same value in ag3/g4 as a 39d still worth about 2 bucks and/or .92 silver.

 

The 34-D is only worth a few dollars - now if it was MS65 FB then maybe 200. Price is about right. I recommend using http://coins.ha.com- heritage coin auctions. You can try to match the quality of the coin - in this case a 1934-D sold for $6 in XF40. Your coin grades AG to G-4.

And I wish I could get coins at face value like those - even in worn shape. Nice coins for face value.

 

nice finds, AG on the merc, close to G but the rim has been worn into the rest of the design. The front is better than the back (obverse and reverse). I gotta ask, how did you get that dollar in a register? I have found a lot of coins in change but never one of those!

 

both my girlfriend and I work at cash registers in convinience stores, she keeps an eye out for potentially cool coins for me and I do the same. in this economy people are spending everything when they are broke when they cant get a quick sell elsewhere.

 

I would lke to add that I find it sad that in this economy people resort to selling something that might be precious for mundane items because even though it may be worth more you cant eat potential worth...... you can eat bread......

 

works for me, thanks, I wasnt sure if the year made a difference that much but I guess sometimes a year newer may be worth 20X a year older, even though one is older... like I said I'm new so I dont want to cross any wires yet I am still way too unfamiliar with grading and values.

 

all of these mercury heads I got in one snag at face value, I left more in the register because I only had that much cash in my pocket at the time, I grabbed one of each year and in the best shape I could find for the year, I passed overt about 3$ worth (face) of other dimes for these, that were in the best shape of non-repeating years (at the time I had no idea what a mint mark was) so I may well have passed on more valuable coins for a different year... such is life, in hindsight I would have maxed my credit card for them but at the time I figured another coin savvy person will find them in the future and wont ever deny some one a shot at something I already have. now I wish I had them all and could make sure I had different mint marks too, but would still freely pass on the extras. yeah I would resell them at face value, because thats what I paid.

 

more pics of those mercury's

 

Ha, neat! Makes me wish I was still tending bar. What you ought to look out for too is any 1964 or before dime quarter or half dollar, they are 90% silver and are worth about 10-11x face value right now even in the worst condition because of the silver content. Also keep an eye out for nickels from the 40's that have the mint mark over the dome of the building in the back they have silver content too. Glad you are having fun with it, pick up a coinworld magazine or a redbook and read more on what you find. It will help you identify coins too. And go back and get those other coins!

 

I can't tell if that is a 21 but if it is you have a valuable coin, also, check tha 1916 for a mint mark, if it is a D you have the key to the set!

 

my collection

as it stands this is my collection of bought at face value coins (ok the foreign ones I may have paid more than the conversion rate but if it looks like a dime I paid a dime)




no I dont smoke phillies I work in a convinience store and its a box thats good for other things



I think in total its around 70+ coins I havent counted. now that the weather is warming up I am going to build A nice display case for them, since I can once again approach my workshop.

 

the 1916 has a mint mark but I cannot tell if its a d or s it is so worn I think its an s but I could be wrong let me see if I can get a good pic and let you all be the judges.. never mind even worn when I compare it to another coin with an S mint mark it is definatly an s the rounded top left edge gives it away even though I cant make out much more than a blot

 

New Poster shows up and accidently drops a G-8 Mercury 1916-D on the table...who would have thunk it...

 

huh? can you please elaborate? please?!

 

the 1916-D is probably the most commonly sought after coin in the business, except for maybe a 1909 VDB S Lincoln.

Ruben