Ya I gotcha, pretty interesting story behind that as well they sent him to prison for it
You could get one online, I just go to Barnes and noble, they have all types of books about coins in their collectibles and antiques section
Any doubled dies?
Everyone starts somewhere, good luck, I suggest buying a red book and glossing it over, informational books are essential to know what to look for
I have the opposite problem out here, S wheats are like a needle in a haystack
If you're referring to hennigs nickel, he forgot to put the MM above the dome, so they're easy to distinguish
I'm giving nickels another shot today... Wish me luck, I need it
SMH, they should have called the history teacher to the cafeteria (s)he would have known it was legit.... hopefully
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Here's a site that shows melt values of silver coins for reference purposes... http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/coin_calculator.aspx
Keep searching, their is silver out there. Its highly doubtful you'll find anything worth big money in everyday travels though. Silver nickels...
The 41s are pretty common, great thing about collecting coins is that you can enjoy the hobby in a multitude of diff ways though. You could always...
Only nickels dated 42-45 with a mint mark above dome of Monticello contain silver
You find a 54 Wheat yet?
Nice! Ya 54s a tough one, low mintage relative to the other Elizabeth cents. I've still yet to find a 2012, I feel like lots of them have been...
I've been thinking of buying a blank cent album and putting errors, counterstamps, foreign coin of similar size and anything else I find in circ...
I would only take them out if I were to sell them now, otherwise I'd leave them encased, they can be taken out anytime, but if you take them out...
Their all common dates, you could start a set of 1959-2008 pennies, those are the years they had memorial reverses. Keep an eye out for wheat...
Ya first one I've personally come across, figure their not worth anything, I'll hold onto it regardless though, pretty neat coin.
Those were my initial thoughts too. I'm curious what the G signifies, if anything. Here's a reverse shot [ATTACH]
Separate names with a comma.
