| Want to build a valuable legacy over time? Try | | | | being minted to keep them at their highest |
| looking in old homes, under that old dresser, or up | | | | uncirculated value. |
| in the attic where great grandma kept her things | | | | In fact, if you were to have collected one freshly |
| patiently waiting for you to unearth them. It is not | | | | minted silver dollar per month since 1970, you |
| unlikely to find old coins there, a rare old coin that | | | | would have accumulated a small fortune today. |
| - at today's rate - may be worth a few dollars; | | | | Silver coins that have been graded by the three |
| probably three or four or five, even ten times | | | | major firms in the industry can be worth |
| what the coin was worth back when great | | | | significantly more than coins that are loose. Many |
| grandmother was collecting them. | | | | collectors are opting for a steady collection of |
| Pennies, Nickels, Dimes & Quarters - Not Really | | | | silver dollars each month as a hedge against |
| Chump Change If They Are Rare | | | | inflation, as the coins will just become more |
| Ever find a silver looking penny? A shortage of | | | | valuable as the paper dollar loses value. |
| copper during the year 1943 forced the | | | | Quarters, Dimes & Half Dollars |
| government to mint all pennies at that time using | | | | If you find old quarters, dimes, or half dollar coins |
| steel. Because the copper was being used for | | | | made and circulated prior to 1965, you'll find that |
| bullet casings and electrical wire, steel pennies | | | | these were usually made out of ninety percent |
| were circulated for three years, but if you find | | | | silver! Because of this, they can be worth as |
| them now, snatch them for your collection. | | | | much as today's silver (with an additional premium, |
| A few Lincoln pennies were incorrectly minted on | | | | albeit small, put on the coin's face value). |
| bronze that turned out to be blanks. A few years | | | | Miscued Means Moolah |
| - or decades later -these bronze pennies became | | | | A 1972 Lincoln penny on which the date and the |
| a rarity and are valuable. The steel ones though, | | | | letters appear to have been doubled is not a |
| because of their commonality, are worth only | | | | result of too many martinis! These rare coins are |
| between one to three dollars each. Still, three | | | | currently worth about sixty dollars in standard |
| dollars is not exactly something you should sneeze | | | | circulated condition. The reason for the miscue is |
| at. | | | | that the Philadelphia Mint accidentally misaligned the |
| As in all areas of society, coin collecting is also | | | | die used to mint the pennies, causing the portrait |
| fraught with scams and fraudsters. Be careful not | | | | of Lincoln to look like it was doubled. Because |
| to be one of those gullible coin collectors who are | | | | eighty thousand of these were circulated before |
| sold coins that are copper plated in an attempt to | | | | the error was discovered, the value of these |
| make these pennies appear to be bronze. Also, | | | | coins are incredible. Should you find one in close to |
| keep your guard up anytime someone offers you | | | | perfect condition, you could be looking at close to |
| a circa 1943 penny made out of a metallic white | | | | a million dollars, because these are so rare. |
| alloy. Your best bet is to buy coins from reputable | | | | As you can see, coin collecting is like collecting |
| dealers and have the coins appraised to ensure | | | | pieces of history and trivia from the past. The |
| you get the best value for your collection. | | | | face value of the coins is nothing compared to its |
| Coins - Age Makes Them Better | | | | worth as a storyteller - pennies, dimes, quarters, |
| Coins, specifically the silver dollars made and | | | | half dollars and silver dollars... these coins are often |
| circulated between the years 1878 and 1935, are | | | | worth more once you have the story that went |
| worth between twelve dollars and twenty five | | | | with it. As you grow a collection, you grow as the |
| dollars. Uncirculated coins are worth considerably | | | | historian for your collection, like the curator of |
| more. Often, especially today, the silver coins are | | | | your own museum, and your collection just grows |
| placed in a plexiglass covering immediately upon | | | | in value along with your legacy. |