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Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 09/22/2017 10:58 pm Mel's question was what makes a coin worth so much as compared to others of like kind! Mainly it is the rarity of that date/mint mark, condition and special variety. The 1909S-VDB, had less than 500,000 made, making it a rarity when compared to a 1909-P which had over 72 Million made. A 09S-VDB in pristine mint condition list for $1,700, the lowly 09P in the same mint condition lists 1000 times LESS at $17. Population, rarity are the biggest, but some varieties command top dollar as well. There's much you need to learn about rare coins. May take some effort on your part to read and learn, best way is post a pic of a coin in question here(both sides). The folks here can tell you if it is a rarity or common coin, give an estimated grade and value too. Look forward to some of these! to the forum! Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 09/23/2017 12:09 am The value depends on many different factors such as rarity (low mintage/survival), condition, mint errors and major varieties such as Doubled Dies like the 1969-S Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent. The '69-S DDO will fetch many multiples over a normal coin of the same year/mm. It's really too much to explain in one post. That's why CCF exists! I guarantee we will help as much as we can. Please do post some pics of the coins (preferably one coin per topic) in the appropriate sub-forums, e.g. U.S. Classic coins for a Mercury dime or U.S. Modern for a Roosevelt dime. I'm looking forward to seeing some of them. Start with a few that are most interesting to you. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
usdollar75 New Member 35 Posts	Posted 09/23/2017 02:22 am Awesome Report this Post to the Staff
RoyCoinBoy Pillar of the Community United States 1609 Posts	Posted 09/23/2017 08:28 am Yes, when we say something like MS62 or something like that, we are referring to the grade of the coin. Coins are graded on a 1-70 scale, 70 being the best and 1 being the worst. Only some numbers are used though, like a coin will never grade as a 59 or a 47. It would instead grade as a 58 or a 45. The things that make coins valuable is sometimes just amount. Maybe the coin originally had 2 million made, but 1.9 million got melted before they got out of the mint. Maybe there was some sort of struggle or shortage going on that year, making a certain denomination became difficult, etc. Report this Post to the Staff
MelJ29 New Member United States 0 Posts	Posted 09/23/2017 11:25 am Thanks for all of the replies! I hope I got a few photos uploaded correctly. I'm sifting through coins today. Report this Post to the Staff
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