Now let’s be honest: nobody gets excited about reading up on million-dollar ancient coins, but at the same time, how exciting it is to find a real treasure in your pocket. Here’s the list of the most valuable coins around that’ll help you out quite a lot while sorting through change before feeding it into the vending machines. All of these recent, real, and pretty much more than their face value coins. Six Valuable Coins in Circulation Right Now Many very valuable coins circulate. That does not mean, however, that you’re likely to encounter them. But the coins on this list exist in quantities sufficient to mean that you may actually find one. Valuable Coin in Circulation Price Range in Good Condition 1995 Doubled die Lincoln penny … Read more

This is a coin that stretches across two World Wars, the Great Depression, and over three decades of American history, so it’s an iconic early 20th century piece. And it could be very valuable. Some of the rarer Mercury dimes sell for six figures, particularly the more sought after years and coins in finer condition. If you have some of these dimes sitting in your coin collection, you might just be sitting on a treasure. Need to Know The Mercury dime has a picture of the goddess Liberty, though her winged helmet confused her identity as the god Mercury with many people. It was a very … Read more

Unlike stamps and sports cards or artworks, coins contain value that is at least partly based on their raw material. Even if the penny is worth only a penny on the collectibles market, the metal it is made of might have enough value to recycle beyond its face value. The same is true for quarters, but especially those minted before 1965. It was a milestone year because until 1965, quarters were made from 90 percent silver, Wired noted. That makes the intrinsic value of silver in one quarter alone potentially worth a few dollars. Because each pre-1965 quarter weighs 6.25 grams, that one contains roughly 5.6 grams of silver. Starting in 1965, the U.S. mint began churning out copper-nickel clad quarters to … Read more

Before you even go to the laundromat, take time to sort through your quarters. You may just have a rare coin that is better off going up for auction or as a piece of art in a glass case rather than using it to wash the clothes. That extra minute could make you rich. 50 State Quarters From 1999 through 2008, one new state quarter was issued each ten weeks. Every state’s quarter contained an image of something that represents that state, plus the year that state joined the United States Union or ratified the federal constitution. In 2000, designs of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia were minted. By the … Read more

Travel to France today, and you will be trading in European currency rather than French currency. That has been the case since 2000, when the country adopted the euro as its official currency. While the franc remains the official currency of 25 states or autonomous territories, according to the American Numismatic Society, the switch to the euro effectively ended a centuries-long era of French coins and … Read more

There are millions of coins and bills circulating in the United States every day. While most of them generally hold their face value, some specimens can be sold for thousands of dollars to collectors. As per the US First Exchange portal, the value of a coin or bill is essentially determined by its catalog value based on three major factors: rarity, the condition/grade of the coin or bill, and market … Read more

The combination of “copper” and “penny” doesn’t seem to be the best formula for precious coins considering that higher denominations are found in gold and silver. But finding the right copper coin could make you a millionaire. With few exceptions, copper pennies in the United States mean one-cent pennies  often those of Abraham Lincoln. The most valuable Lincoln penny is worth $2 million on the collectibles market, and many more are worth five or six figures. Scarcity and … Read more

Once, actual silver dollar coins filled cash registers across America, and some of those old coins still exist in coin collections and change jars. The rarest silver dollars are worth more than a buck (way more). Some from decades ago can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s all about knowing how to spot silver dollars worth money. … Read more

A rare dime that sat in a bank vault in Ohio for 46 years was sold for over $500,000 last weekend, according to a California auctioneer overseeing the sale. The 1975 Proof Dime, minted in San Francisco, features the profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In that year, the United States Mint produced approximately 2.84 million … Read more