US Coin Values: What Your Coins Are Worth
Most coins in circulation are worth face value. The ones worth more are usually silver (dimes, quarters and halves dated 1964 and earlier), a few key dates, and a short list of famous errors. Each guide below gives a value table by grade, what to look for, how to spot fakes, and the sources for every number.
Silver coins
- 1964 Quarter Value: What Yours Is WorthEvery 1964 Washington quarter is 90% silver, so even a worn one is worth its melt value, about $10.67 at today's silver price.
- 1964 Dime Value: What Yours Is WorthEvery 1964 Roosevelt dime is 90% silver, worth about $4.27 in melt at today's silver price.
- 1964 Half Dollar Value: What Your Kennedy Half Is WorthEvery 1964 Kennedy half dollar is 90% silver, worth about $21.34 in melt at today's silver price.
- 1965 to 1970 Kennedy Half Dollar Value: Are They Silver?Yes.
- War Nickel Value: Which 1942 to 1945 Nickels Are SilverJefferson nickels with a large P, D or S above Monticello on the back are wartime nickels made of 35% silver.
- 1921 Morgan Silver Dollar Value: What Yours Is WorthA 1921 Morgan silver dollar holds 0.7734 oz of silver, worth about $45.63 at today's price.
Penny errors and varieties
- 1955 Doubled Die Penny Value: What a Real One Is WorthA genuine 1955 doubled die penny is worth about $790 even in worn Good condition and around $1,500 to $1,900 in Very Fine to About Uncirculated.
- 1969-S Doubled Die Penny Value: Is Yours the Rare One?A genuine 1969-S doubled die penny is a major rarity: fewer than 100 are believed to have been struck, and certified examples have sold for $54,625 to $601,875.
- 1972 Doubled Die Penny Value: What Yours Is WorthA real 1972 doubled die penny trades around $215 wholesale in About Uncirculated and retails around $721 in gem uncirculated.
- 1995 Doubled Die Penny Value: What Yours Is WorthA 1995 doubled die penny is worth about $5 in circulated condition, $7 to $15 in lower uncirculated grades, and about $45 to $80 in high uncirculated red grades.
- 1999 Wide AM Penny Value: How to Spot ItA 1999 Wide AM penny retails around $612 in gem uncirculated condition, and circulated ones still sell for a solid premium.
- 1982 Penny Value: Copper, Zinc, Large Date and Small DateMost 1982 pennies are worth one cent.
Wheat pennies, steel cents and key dates
- Wheat Penny Value: Which 1909 to 1958 Pennies Are Worth MoneyMost wheat pennies (1909 to 1958) are worth about 6 to 12 cents in circulated condition and under 50 cents in About Uncirculated.
- 1909-S VDB Penny Value: What the Key Date Is WorthA genuine 1909-S VDB penny is worth about $860 in worn Good condition, $1,187 in Very Fine and around $2,000 to $2,500 uncirculated.
- 1914-D Penny Value: What Yours Is WorthA genuine 1914-D penny is worth about $207 in worn Good condition, $344 in Very Fine and about $2,683 in uncirculated.
- 1922 No D Penny Value: What Yours Is WorthA genuine 1922 No D penny is worth about $556 in Good, $929 in Very Fine and over $10,000 in uncirculated.
- 1943 Steel Penny Value: What Yours Is WorthA circulated 1943 steel penny is worth about 18 to 61 cents.
- 1943 Copper Penny Value: Is Yours the Real One?A genuine 1943 copper (bronze) penny is worth six figures: about $155,000 in Extremely Fine and $438,000 in uncirculated, and the only known 1943-D sold for $840,000.
- 1944 Steel Penny Value: The Rare Flip Side of 1943A normal 1944 penny is copper and worth a few cents.
Modern varieties and other coins
- 2004-D Wisconsin Quarter Extra Leaf Value: What Yours Is WorthA 2004-D Wisconsin quarter with the Extra Leaf variety is worth about $45 to $50 in worn condition and about $160 to $270 in MS65, and a top graded Low Leaf sold for $6,000.
- July 4th Privy Quarter Value: Is Yours One of the 250,000?The 2026 July 4th privy quarter is a special Declaration of Independence quarter with a small July 4th privy mark and no mint mark.
- Bicentennial Quarter Value: Is Your 1776 to 1976 Quarter Worth Anything?A bicentennial quarter from your change is worth 25 cents.
- 2005-D Speared Bison Nickel Value: What Yours Is WorthA 2005-D speared bison nickel in MS65 has sold at auction for about $130 to $312, and Greysheet's retail guide lists MS65 at $850.
- 2000 Sacagawea Dollar Value: Is Yours a Cheerios Dollar?A 2000 Sacagawea dollar from circulation is worth $1, and uncirculated ones run about $7 to $11.
- Buffalo Nickel Value: Which 1913 to 1938 Nickels Are Worth MoneyCommon Buffalo nickels from the 1920s and 1930s are worth about $1.50 to $3 in Good condition.
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