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Hello all! I have a few complete books of modern coins. Washington quarters from 1965 to 1988. Roosevelt dimes from 1965 to 1988. Lincoln pennies Whitman books 1, 2 and 3.. A couple of Washington State Quarters books as well a state map folder. Also Included is a book of Jefferson nickels.1938 to 1961 including 11 silver nickels. My kids have no interest in coins at all, so I'm wondering if these have any value whatsoever or is it better to just knock the coins out of the books and take them to the bank? Thank you for any and all help or advice anyone can give. I hope this is the right forum. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Without pics, it's impossible to answer your questions accurately.  to the CCF! |
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Are you just saving pocket change? If just circulated coinage compared to BU or Proof coins then the answer would be 99.99% they are just face value coins barring any errors/varieties.
EDIT: Forgot to add "coinage from 1965 to date."
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11/24/2024 6:55 pm
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@liam, first welcome to CCF. Second, I think that we can at least begin to address your question in general without pics, but for sure there are going to be some specific coins that we will need to see pics of in order to help you. Assuming that these are largely coins that were picked out of circulation, there is an off-chance that there might be an interesting error in there, but by and large most all of these coins are spenders. With that said, anything with significant intrinsic value, such as the War Nickels should be saved and/or sold. Most circulated wheat cents are worth a few times face value, with older and those with D and S mint marks generally worth more so you could save those from exchange at the bank. Here are four cents that I'd like you to photograph and then post in separate threads for us to evaluate: 1909 S, 1909 S VBD, 1914 D, and 1931 S. Please don't do anything to "improve" your coins, such as cleaning in any way. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Bedrock of the Community
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Suggest starting with the Lincoln Cent book 1 - try to show us some of the early coins, even if you're just photographing an entire page. |
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For Jefferson nickels, you obviously save the War Nickels regardless of condition. The rare coins to check for in that age range are: 1939 doubled Monticello, 1941 Large-S, 1942 type 1 DDO (x2), 1942-D type 1 D-over-horizontal-D, 1946 DDR, 1946-S DDO, 1949-D/S, 1954-S DDR, 1954-S/S, 1954-S/D, 1955-D/S, 1956 DDR (x2). There are numerous minor repunched mint marks and doubled dies, but those are the ones that come immediately to mind. http://goccf.com/t/453307&SearchTer...Cherrypicker |
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I would donate them to a local club so kids can get their hands on them.
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Thanks everyone.
Most of the coins are just ones taken out of circulation.
I will go thru the others and post some pics of anything that may look interesting.
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Most of the coins taken out of circulation. Pretty much covers it . Most likely spending money. Except the War Nickel coins . |
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All through the '70, '80's, '90, '00's, and into the '10's dealers told people to just spend rolls of BU clads that came into the coin shops. Very few came in because BU clad rolls are very scarce but many of those that did ended up at the bank. As scarce as these are what is even scarcer are collections with XF and better coins in them. While clads have no value to most participants in today's market the fact is they are still scarce in grades over F.
If there are any nice specimens I would suggest holding onto them.
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If you have all of the Lincoln cents in book one, you have some genuine rarities. As for the others, most are worth just face value. But since they've been put in books for collectors, it seems it would be a pity for you just to take them to the bank. Most of my coins in my Whitman folders are worth only face value, but that is beside the point. They are filling up holes, which is the point, and that is what makes them fun to have! |
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