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Finding old coin price guides and coin value guides has gotten easier in recent years thanks to auction web sites like eBay. But yard sales, garage sales, and flea markets also make for great places to locate old coin books, magazines, and publications. There is a fairly significant market for old coin publications.
In general, most wheat pennies are worth just a few cents (perhaps 10 cents). However, if worn and of a highly common date and mint mark combination, many wheat cents are quite valuable. In fact, some of the scarcest wheat cents are downright expensive -- costing into the hundreds of dollars in the most worn condition. Here's the scoop.
There really is a lot of diversity in U.S. coins. In the United States' more than 200 years of coin production, our nation has seen many types of interesting coins. However, if you're a coin collector and you find yourself a little bored with 'typical' modern U.S. coins, then consider these 5 unique types of coins worth collecting.
Many gold coins minted in the U.S during the second half of the 19th century and into the first decades of the 20th century have values which have long fluctuated with the prevailing gold prices. The best time to buy a gold coin is usually when gold prices are lower. The best time to sell is when gold coin are higher. The value of your gold coins will be largely dependent upon the current price of gold. Here's more.
It's surprising what ends up in your pocket as change received from a simple purchase. I've managed to complete a very informal coin collection strictly from pocket change. Every morning when I stop to pick up a newspaper, I check to see if the 2 quarters in change are the next coins for my collection. Other unique coins made their way from pocket change to my coin collection as well.
