| Old coins that is. Try looking under that | | | | Coins, specifically the silver dollars made |
| old dresser, or up the attic where grandma or | | | | and circulated between the years 1878 and |
| grandpa's things may be stashed away | | | | 1935, are worth between twelve dollars and |
| patiently waiting for you to discover them. | | | | twenty five dollars for the circulated coins. |
| Who knows, you might find a coin there, an | | | | The coins that were not in circulation are |
| old coin that - at today's rate - may be | | | | worth considerably more. |
| worth a few dollars; probably three or four | | | | |
| or five, even ten times what the coin was | | | | Meantime, those quarters, dimes, or half |
| worth back then. | | | | dollar coins made and circulated prior to |
| | | | 1965, are usually made out of ninety percent |
| A penny a day, is worth okay | | | | silver and therefore worth as much as today's |
| | | | silver (with an additional premium, albeit |
| Fortunately or unfortunately, there was a | | | | small, put on the coin's face value). |
| shortage of copper during the year 1943 and | | | | |
| all pennies made at that time were minted | | | | Wrong pennies are right |
| using steel. There were however, some Lincoln | | | | |
| pennies that were incorrectly minted on | | | | There is a Lincoln penny issued in 1972 on |
| bronze that turned out to be blanks. A few | | | | which the date and the letters on it appear |
| years - or decades later -these bronze | | | | to have been doubled. This rare coin is |
| pennies became a rarity and are valuable. | | | | currently worth about sixty dollars, assuming |
| The steel ones though, because of their | | | | the pennies are in standard condition. The |
| commonality, are worth only between one to | | | | Philadelphia Mint during that time period |
| three dollars each. | | | | accidentally misaligned the die used in |
| | | | minting the coins causing the portrait of |
| Be aware and be wary as there are schemes | | | | Lincoln to look like it was doubled. |
| where gullible coin collectors are sold coins | | | | Fortunately or unfortunately, eighty thousand |
| that are copper plated in an attempt to make | | | | of these were circulated before the error was |
| these pennies appear to be bronze. Also, | | | | discovered. |
| keep your guard up anytime someone offers you | | | | |
| a circa 1943 penny made out of a metallic | | | | In summary, coin collecting is similar to |
| white alloy. | | | | collecting bits of history and trivia from |
| | | | the past. In addition to the face value its |
| Old coins are good coins | | | | worth as a treasure - pennies, dimes and |
| | | | coins - often are worth more in the long run. |