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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stefy, post: 1586204, member: 42593&quot;]Hi. I&#039;m new in this forum. I&#039;m a coin collector from Italy and collect mostly euros and old European coins but also some world coins.</p><p>Few days ago I bough in a coin shop a bag with 35 mixed old American coins for the equivalent of 15$.</p><p>Inside there were the following coins (4 of them weren&#039;t American):</p><p>- Quarter dollars (silver): 1936, 1943, 1945S, 1949D, 1950 and 1964</p><p>- Dime (silver): 1950</p><p>- Nickels: 1946, 1948, 1953 and 1964</p><p>- Pennies (old style with wheat): 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 (made by iron and not copper), 1944, 1944S, 1945, 1945S, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956D, 1957 and 1957D</p><p>- Pennies (new style with Lincoln monument): 1959D, 1963D and 1969</p><p>- 10 cents Netherlands 1943 (German occupation)</p><p>- 1/4D South Africa 1942</p><p>- 10 piastres Syria 1929 (silver, size similar to a dime)</p><p>- 5 cents New Zealand 1975</p><p><br /></p><p>I realized that the coins I bough are worth much more what I paid for them, because there are some made of silver, so I did a good business. I guess that is because that Italian coin dealer didn&#039;t know much about American coins and ignored that dimes and quarters were made of silver until 1964.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not very expert about American coins. Are my coins common or there are some rare and more valuable?</p><p>Are those 50-70 years old pennies and nickel still in use in America or don&#039;t circulate anymore?</p><p>Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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