i have a 1925 5 centavos coin from el salvador i wonder what it could be worth, i also have a 1956 5 centavo from el salvadoras would anyone be able to enlighten me about any of these coins? 1947 1/4 quetzal from guatemala 1957 5 centavos from guatemala 1958 10 centavos from guatemala 1952 25 centavos from nicaragua 1943 25 centavos from nicaragua 1956 5 centavos from nicaragua 1925 canadain penny the last time i saw my nephew he told me he was collecting old Penny's so i started to look in my change for king george pennys to keep for him. that was 10 years ago and unfortunately i havent seen him sence then. i have a bunch of canadain pennys from the 1940's, a few from the 1930's,and one 1925 canadian penny for him, as well as these coins from central america. i know the condition is important, but i would really appreciate a ballpark estimate if possible. thanks for the help chas cyr
Coin values are affected by rarity and demand, but "condition. condition, condition" is king. Ranges from Fine to Uncirculated according to a fairly recent issue of the Standard Catalog of World Coins are not necessarily what a dealer would charge, but they do provide a ballpark: $1.25-55 10¢-$1 $4-30 (BU) 66¢-$2.50 $1.20-5 $3.47-25 (BU) $3-55 (BU) 66¢-$3 $18-550 (MS63)
thanks for the information, i am pleased to find some of the coins i collected for my nephew are worth more than face value. i wonder if you could educate me a little more, are these coins silver? i have some central american coins that are definitely copper, could you ballpark these coins? 1959 cincuenta centavos from mexicanos 1962 un peso from mexicanos 1954 2 centavos from honduras 1957 un centavo from hondoras 1955 3 mils from cyprus 1944 dos centavos de quetzal from guatemala 1954 un centavo from guatemala i would appreciate any jnput you can give me on these coins, also i have a bunch of canadian pennys 2-1938, a 39, and several from each year from 1940 through 1950, is there any value in canadian pennys from the 40's? i have 2-1943 american steel pennys, and a 1944 american copper penny that i am wondering about. once again thank you for the help, this is the only site that i found that actually delevers usefull information about coins, and i tried more than a fue. chas cyr
Your guatemala 1957 5 centavos, guatemala 1958 10 centavos, nicaragua 1952 25 centavos, and nicaragua 1956 5 centavo are silver. 50¢ VF-$2.75 Brilliant Uncirculated Low grade silver, 90¢ XF or lower to $2.25 Brilliant Uncirculated 10¢ F-$3 Uncirculated 10¢ VF-30¢ Uncirculated 10¢XF, 25¢ Uncirculated 60¢ F to $25 Uncircluated Brass (22mm) -15¢ VF-$2.25 Uncirculated or Nickel-Brass (21mm) 15¢ XF-$3 Uncirculated 15¢ F-20.00 MS63 15¢ VG-$5 MS63 Generally 10-15¢ VG/F to $5-75 MS63 25¢ G (No mintmark) to $13.50 MS65 (S mintmark) 40¢ XF to $1,700 MS65, depending on mintmark and variety.
could you explain breafly about the mint mark, and variety i should be looking for to increase the value of a 1944 american penny? thanks chas cyr
"Penny" is a British denomination. 1/100 of dollar is a "cent". A "D/S" mintmark results from a Denver mark being punched over a pre-existing San Francisco mark. These are quite rare. The Standard Catalog does not explain what it is referring to as "Type I" and "Type II". Only the Type I coins are listed at more than $1,000, and my assumption has always been that they are the extremely rare - virtually never seen - steel cents with the 1944 date and the repunched mintmark, but as I am not a collector of US coins, I can give no assurance about the accuracy of that assumption. There is no reference to such a valuable coin in my old edition of the US Redbook.