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Historic Values of Walking Liberty Half Dollars
Considered one of the most beautiful coins of all time, the Walking Liberty half dollar was designed Adolph A. Weinman in 1916. The Walking Liberty half dollar features an obverse image of Miss Liberty...
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Lincoln Cent Varieties – Coins That Don’t Always Have a Place in the Typical...
As most Lincoln cent coin collectors know, collecting the entire series of pennies is not as easy as one may think. Certainly, the one-cent coin may be the lowliest of all currently circulating U.S....
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Short Sets – The Short Cut to Completing Coin Sets on a Budget
There is perhaps nothing more frustrating to a coin collector than wanting to complete an entire date-and-mintmark run of coins and not being able to afford the goal. For example, collecting the entire...
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Historic Values of Morgan Silver Dollars
There is probably no more popular a coin series than the Morgan dollar. United States Morgan silver dollars were first minted in 1878 and remained a regular entry in United States coinage circulation...
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Metal Detecting Coins: Rare Coins Are Just Below The Surface
Collecting coins is an exciting hobby for anyone who enjoys discovering history. It is a fact that every day people get change with their purchases, but how many of us really take a close look at each...
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Keep Your Pretty Pennies Safe in Coin Albums for Lincoln Cents
If there is one coin that I and millions of other coin collectors love putting in coin albums, it has to be the Lincoln cent, and for good reason – it is one of the first coins we ever started...
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Getting A Coin Appraisal: Tips for Finding Out the Values of Your Coins
I get many inquiries on coin appraisal from the countless readers here at The Fun Times Guide to Coins, and I am always glad to answer the many questions received every day in the comments forum....
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What’s the Value of Wheat Pennies? Find Out How Much Yours are Worth!
“What’s the value of my wheat pennies?” – that’s the main question I keep getting here at The Fun Times Guide to Coins, and I’m glad this is so, because Lincoln cents have long been my specialty. In...
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Six Fun Facts About Sixpence Coins
For many, sixpence coins are more well known as a part of cultural lore than as a once-important part of the British pre-decimal monetary system, as well as that of several other nations, including...
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5 Important Things I Learned About Buying Rare Coins
Buying rare coins isn’t monkey business! It takes a lot of money and even more guts to lay out hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a single coin, of course, unless you’re rolling in dough and have...
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The Ultimate Guide to the 1944 Steel Penny: Like 1943 Copper Cents, It’s a...
If you collect coins, you know about the 1943 steel Lincoln cent. But, what about the 1944 steel pennny? While the U.S. Mint struck more than a billion steel pennies in 1943, about 35 examples of the...
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Looking Through Penny Rolls Can Be Rewarding and Fun
Ever since I first started collecting coins, I’ve been checking penny rolls from banks and grocery stores for scarce and old coins. I don’t honestly know what prompted me to start doing that,...
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What’s the Most Expensive Coin Ever Sold?
Did you hear about the 1794 United States silver dollar that auctioned for more than $10 million in January 2013? Now the most expensive coin ever sold, the 1794 Flowing Hair dollar was the first...
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Have a Silver Penny That’s NOT a 1943 Steel Cent? Here’s How to Find Out What...
A lot of people leaving comments here at The Fun Times Guide to Coins have been asking me about their silver pennies. Of course, many of these silver one-cent coins are 1943 pennies, which really...
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What’s The Lifespan Of A Coin? Find Out How Long Coins Last
Have you wondered what the lifespan of a coin is? When I started collecting coins at the age of 11, that was one of the first things I wondered – how long does a coin last before it is too worn to use?...
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Lincoln Wheat Cents: Values Of Key Dates
If there is one coin I have loved since I was kid, it is the Lincoln penny. This versatile little coin has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909, and over the years has become one of the...
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How NOT To Clean Coins: Tips On Cleaning Coins
OK, as I always start every post I write about how to clean coins, I’m going to put this blanket statement out right now: I strongly urge anybody who wants to clean their coins to reconsider. Why?...
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What’s A Business Strike Coin?
If you have spent any time perusing coin listings on coin dealers’ websites or checking out online coin collecting forums, you have probably come across the term business strike. But what’s a business...
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The Joys Of Being A Penny Collector
Some people go head over heels for Bust halves while others sing praises for Buffalo nickels. But, I? What coin is it that I love most? It’s the penny – more specifically, the Lincoln cent. Why did I...
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Collecting Fake Coins – A New Facet Of Coin Collecting That’s Gaining Attention
It used to be that you never uttered the C word or the F word in coin collecting; of course, those words would be counterfeit and fake, as in counterfeit and fake coins. Nowadays, many coin collectors...
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