Coin value guides
Free guides to rare and valuable coins from the US, UK and Germany: key dates, official mintages, varieties, errors and how to check your own coins.
Every guide sticks to facts you can check: mintage figures published by the mints and central banks, design and variety descriptions, and how to spot mint marks and errors. Where we mention a price, it is tied to a dated public sale or price guide; otherwise we explain what drives value.
US coin guides
Key dates, mintages, varieties and errors of US pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars, with how to find the mint mark and what drives value.
- Lincoln wheat penny value: key dates, mintages and what to checkWheat penny value guide: Lincoln wheat cent key dates 1909-1958 with official mintages, metal changes, mint marks and what makes a common cent rare.
- 1909-S VDB penny: mintage, history and how to tell a genuine one1909-S VDB penny guide: why the VDB initials were removed, the 484,000 mintage, where the S mint mark sits and how to spot added-S and added-VDB fakes.
- Where is the mint mark? A coin-by-coin guide for US coinsWhere is the mint mark on US coins? Locations on pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, halves and dollars, what P, D, S, W, O and CC mean, and years with none.
- 1914-D penny: mintage, value factors and how to spot an altered coin1914-D penny guide: the Mint's 1,193,000 mintage, why it is a key date, and how to spot altered 1944-D cents, added D mint marks and counterfeits.
- How to tell if a coin is silver: dates, edge, weight and safe testsHow to tell if a coin is silver: which US dates are 90%, 40% or 35% silver, edge and weight checks, magnet and ring test limits, and how to work out melt value.
- 1922 No D penny: strong reverse, weak D and how to check yours1922 No D penny guide: why every 1922 cent came from Denver, how the D vanished, strong reverse vs weak D vs weak reverse, and how to spot a scraped D.
UK coin guides
Rare 50p and £2 coins with Royal Mint mintage figures, the undated 20p, and a guide to old pre-decimal coins.
- Rare 50p coins: the lowest-mintage 50ps in circulationWhich rare 50p coins should you look for? The lowest-mintage circulating 50ps by Royal Mint figures, from Atlantic Salmon and Kew Gardens to the 2011 Olympics.
- Kew Gardens 50p: the 2009 coin, the 2019 version and how to check yoursThe 2009 Kew Gardens 50p had a circulating mintage of just 210,000. How to tell it from the 2019 collector version, check for fakes and judge its value.
- Rare £2 coins: the lowest-mintage £2s and how to check yoursThe rarest £2 coins in circulation by Royal Mint mintage: 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2015 Navy and Britannia, Mary Rose, plus edge inscriptions and fakes.
- Undated 20p: how to spot the 2008 mule with no dateThe undated 20p is a 2008 mule with no date on either side. What The Royal Mint says about how many exist and how to check your 20p in seconds.
- Pre-decimal coins: a guide to old British £sd moneyA guide to old British pre-decimal coins, from farthing to crown: what each was worth, which dates contain silver, when each stopped being legal tender.
- Rare £1 coins: the lowest-mintage round pounds and the 12-sided £1Rare £1 coins by Royal Mint mintage figures: the 2011 Edinburgh round pound and other low mintages, the 2017 withdrawal and 12-sided £1 security features.
Ratgeber deutsche Münzen
Seltene 2-Euro-Münzen mit Auflagen, Fehlprägungen bei 1- und 2-Cent-Münzen und was DM-Münzen heute wert sind.
- Seltene 2-Euro-Münzen: welche wirklich knapp sind und warumWelche 2-Euro-Münzen sind selten? Auflagen von Monaco, Vatikan, San Marino und Andorra im Vergleich zu deutschen Gedenkmünzen, plus Prägezeichen A–J.
- 1- und 2-Cent-Fehlprägungen: echte Prägefehler von Schäden unterscheiden1- und 2-Cent-Fehlprägungen erkennen: Stempelbruch, Doppelschlag, dezentrierte Prägung, Zainende, falsche Ronde – und was nur Umweltschaden oder Verfärbung ist.
- DM-Münzen: Wert, seltene Jahrgänge und Umtausch bei der BundesbankDM-Münzen Wert: Umtausch bei der Bundesbank, Auflagen von 1 Pfennig bis 5 DM, seltene Jahrgänge 1997–2001, 5 DM in 625er Silber, 2 Pfennig Bronze oder Stahl.
Euro coin guides
Rare €2 commemorative coins with issue volumes, and how to recognise genuine euro cent errors.
- Rare 2 euro coins: which ones are actually scarceWhich 2 euro coins are rare? ECB mintages for Monaco, Vatican, San Marino and Andorra versus Germany's 30-million commemoratives, plus how to check yours.
- Euro cent errors: telling real mint errors from damageEuro cent errors explained: die cracks, double strikes, off-center strikes, clipped and wrong planchets, rotated dies, and why stains or damage are not errors.
Guias de moedas do Brasil
Moedas raras do Real com tiragens do Banco Central do Brasil e o que define o valor.
Guías de monedas
Cómo saber si una moneda antigua tiene valor: tiradas oficiales, estado de conservación y variantes.
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