| There are many resources that can help coin | | | | If by luck you happen to get one of these as a |
| collectors, old or new, in determining the value and | | | | change, the value is more than a dollar and proof |
| worth of the coins they have. | | | | Susan B. Anthony dollars command even more. They |
| There are books out, "The Red Book" (A Guide Book | | | | are not easy to fine as they are not usually being |
| of US Coins), "The Blue Book" (A Handbook of US | | | | circulated. |
| Coins), as well as coin newsletters and catalogues | | | | Quarters, dollars and halves - the bicentennial kind |
| available at any public or private library, coin dealers | | | | There were billions of these coins made out, and |
| shops anywhere in the US. There are also online | | | | because there are so many of them, their worth is |
| guides for the prices of US coins available on the web, | | | | usually just face value. There are coin dealers |
| specifically the NumisMedia site. | | | | however who pay ten percent of the face value as |
| For a synopsis of the price of each coin, the following | | | | premium for circulated bicentennial coins, and a few |
| are the basic values of each cent, penny, or dime in | | | | dollars more for those that are uncirculated. |
| the market. | | | | A freak coin |
| The United States wheat-cent, the circulated ones | | | | Believe it or not, there are two-headed coins out there. |
| The price of these coins made prior to 1958, or those | | | | Basically, these are coins with two different designs on |
| that are dated 1940, are currently being purchased by | | | | each face. These coins were made in error and |
| coin dealers for two cents each, or less. Those made | | | | mistake was not discoverer until the year 2000. This |
| before 1940 command a much higher price - from a | | | | type of coins is usually called "mules". In 1999, it was |
| few more cents to a few dollars. | | | | found that a cent with Lincoln's face on one side and |
| The silver-dollars | | | | Roosevelt's dime image on the other existed. |
| Silver-dollars from the US, especially those made | | | | It you find a coin of this it must be taken to a legitimate |
| before 1935, have almost an ounce of silver in them. | | | | coin dealer and assessed to determine if is genuine. If |
| These coins are the favorites of coin collectors and | | | | so, this coin could be put up for auction and command |
| could be sold for more than their actual value in silver if | | | | a few dollars more. |
| they are undamaged or not worn severely. | | | | It is therefore true that a coin is basically worth more |
| The dollars of Susan B. Anthony | | | | than meets the eye. |