Discover the Fascinating World of U.S. Currency
A Treasure Trove for New Collectors
Are you intrigued by the look (and value) of certain coins and eager to delve deeper into collecting? Our comprehensive resources cater specifically to beginners — providing you with valuable insights and practical tips. Learn how to find valuable coins, manage your collection, buy & sell coins without getting ripped off, navigate coin shows and auctions, and confidently interact with coin dealers.
Find the Value of Your Coins
Perhaps you’ve stumbled upon a few interesting coins in your change or inherited a collection that sparks your curiosity. Well, you’ve definitely landed in the right place! We’ll equip you with the knowledge to answer fundamental questions about your coins — including how to determine their condition and potential value.
A Story Behind Every Coin
Join us as we explore the fascinating world of U.S. coinage — from the historical relics that have stood the test of time to the everyday coins jingling in your pocket. Learn about the most valuable and rarest coins that collectors are actively searching for, as well as scarce error coins & varieties that have unique oddities which make them super valuable. (The best part: Many of these can be found in everyday pocket change!)
What Makes Us Different
At The U.S. Coins Guide, you can find the value of your coins… FAST! We do our best to ensure that coin values remain updated to reflect current data. This makes it easy for you to find the value of any coin by year, denomination, or coin series:
- Year (from 1792 to the present)
- Denomination (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollar coins)
- Coin series (Jefferson nickels, Lincoln pennies, Washington Quarters, etc)
Can’t find an answer to your coin question? Want to know how much your coin is worth? Post a picture of your coin in the Comments section of any article here, and we’ll do our best to help!
Our Team
Meet our team who have proudly contributed:
- Over 1,000 informative coin articles
- More than 30 helpful coin videos
- Literally thousands upon thousands of answers to readers’ coin questions since 2004
Editorial Guidelines
At The Fun Times Guide, we take great pride in the quality of our content. While we cover 32 different topics, The U.S. Coins Guide is your one-stop shop for up-to-date and informative content about the world of U.S. coinage. Whether you’re a seasoned numismatic enthusiast and you need some accurate information fast OR you’re just starting to explore the history and value of coins hidden in your pocket change, we’re here to guide you every step of the way! Our writers are committed to providing high-quality, original, and accurate content, ensuring expert insights with complete ethical integrity and objectivity.
At The Fun Times Guide we provide the highest quality content produced by humans, for humans. We’ve been serious about our slogan “Real People, Real Experiences, Real Helpful” long before artificial intelligence (Generative A.I.) started attempting to create content. It is against our guidelines to publish automatically generated content using AI (artificial intelligence) writing tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude .
We ensure high-quality, accurate, and inclusive content through professional editing and rigorous standards. Our experienced journalists deliver timely, fact-checked news with clear sourcing. Independent product reviews are based on research and testing. Our user-friendly guides are created by experts and regularly updated. We value your feedback at webmaster [at] thefuntimesguide.com.
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Since 2004, The Fun Times Guide has been committed to independent, impartial, fair journalism. Our content is not influenced by our advertisers. We do not accept “Sponsored Content”, “Paid Post” or guest posts that require “no follow links”.
In line with our mission statement, we (real people) want to provide useful information (real experiences) that help people find answers (real helpful), solve problems, and get inspired Any Product Reviews that we produce are unbiased, comprehensive reviews that are based on our writers personal experiences. When readers visit “affiliate links” within our content, The Fun Times Guide may receive commissions from purchases at no additional cost to the reader. We never receive compensation or consideration for the content of our recommendations.
The Fun Times Guide writers and editors will never give preferential treatment to any outside resource (company, publication, video, affiliate, website) based on their relationship with the person or company.
We openly disclose any potential conflicts of interest. While our team may receive products or services for review, our editorial integrity remains uncompromised, and personal solicitation is prohibited.
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The Fun Times Guide is committed to transparency and honesty. When we share information about products and services, we may receive products for review, which, if we keep these products or services, we will disclose this in our articles. You can read The Fun Times Guide full disclosure policy here.
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About Squeaky Wheel
The Fun Times Guide is a wholly owned subsidiary of Squeaky Wheel Marketing, Inc. Squeaky Wheel is owned by Jim and Lynnette Walczak of Spring Hill, Tennessee. We began in 2003 to produce content and marketing support for the automotive aftermarket and racing industry. In 2004, the concept of The Fun Times Guide was born. Squeaky Wheel Marketing’s primary purpose now is to support and provide infrastructure for The Fun Times Guide.
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