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Most Valuable Coins By Denomination – Want to know the real value of your coins? You’ve come to the right place! Here, our coin experts are sharing current coin values for common coins and rare coins — including wheat pennies, Indian head pennies, state quarters, silver coins, gold coins, bicentennial coins, commemorative coins, and much more. See the most valuable U.S. pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollar coins.

The first silver dollars were struck in 1794.But there is a good chance the silver dollar you have and are curious about is dated from about 1878 through 1935. These silver dollars are called Morgan dollars (also Liberty Head dollars) and Peace dollars.

The Mercury Dime is a coin that is popular among collectors. It also has a following among coin investors. The scarce Mercury dimes have seen very handsome price increases over the past 15 years.

The Peace dollar is a coin that has seen steady investor activity over the years and also has great popularity among coin collectors.

In 1793, among the very first coins the United States Mint ever struck was a one-cent coin. But the 'pennies' of yesterday were not like the pennies of today. Large cent coins are quite valuable.

Washington quarters are a fairly easy series of coins to collect, especially in the lower grades (for the older dates). Yet, there are several scarce dates in the Washington quarters series that have posed challenges for collectors. Let's look at how some Washington quarters have performed over 15 years.

Buffalo nickels are a coin collector favorite, and they certainly have done well for investors who entered the market years ago and today still hold the coins they bought back then. See how Buffalo nickels have performed over 15 years.

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Let's look at how some Morgan Dollar coins have performed over 15 years, comparing prices from 1994 to prices for the same coin in 2009.

When it comes to collecting coins, one of the easiest and least-expensive obsolete coin series to complete is a set of Franklin half dollars -- that's because there are just 35 coins in the entire series. (This includes all date-and-mintmark combinations.)

The U.S. Mint releases the first Native American dollar coin in the series on January 2, 2009. The Native American dollar coin is a regularly circulating dollar coin that is drawing some attention among commemorative coin collectors.