detz Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Are there years to look for, certain designs. I have lots and lots of change and I will thinking there must be some cool coins in there but I don't know what to look for. Any tips? Same will bills, do "special" bills get circulated(star, ect)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 That is one reason why you should pick up a numistatic book to check out what years are "rare" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Get a current Redbook and go through your change. I spent almost four hours going through what I had. Found a few silver coins and a few of the "rarer" years. The Redbook is one of the best investments and tools a collector could ever have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbycoin Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Type II Rev... DDO & DDRs... Silver... War coins... Im sure we can tell you all day what to look for, but you will probably want a Redbook so you know what we are talking about -Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 As far as notes, yes, star notes do circulate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Gotta agree on the Redbook for the major ones. Then there are variety books if you really want to teeter on the brink of insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grifter Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 My Redbook was the first thing I bought when I started collecting. It has turned out to be one of my best investments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladking Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Trying searching message boards and get a hold of the few books available. The best bet really is to get the blue folders and put the nicest one of each coin you can find in them. Watch for anything that's different and start learn- ing about the varieties and errors. You'll find there's a pretty big challenge here and a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detz Posted September 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Is there a certain date(s) that I should just keep...like I was reading what people found in circulation and people say 1960< they keep, I was sorting change last night and noticed a lot of old nickles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grifter Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Well... you don't HAVE to keep anything. Just keep whatever interests you. That's what collecting is about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detz Posted September 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 but are older ones more rare...like dimes in the 40's, nickels in the 50's, something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediccoin Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Get the Redbook Detz. Knowledge is where it is at in Numismatic's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 but are older ones more rare...like dimes in the 40's, nickels in the 50's, something like that? The older coins, especially silver, are getting harder to find. I know people are keeping them back hoping silver prices will sky-rocket again. Normally there may be one or two silver coins in my change every month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 The older coins, especially silver, are getting harder to find. I know people are keeping them back hoping silver prices will sky-rocket again. Normally there may be one or two silver coins in my change every month. That's highly abnormal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladking Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 There is not much of a real probability of finding any older coins that have much of a premium or ever will. This was true in 1960 and it is far more true today. If you enjoy collecting these then go for it or go to a coin shop and many of them will be available cheaply. (obviously this doesn't apply to key dates from the first few decades of the last century). There is a much higher probability of finding later date coins which are worth a premium. The chance is still not great but there are varieties, errors, special issues and high grade coins issued in the last couple generation which can be found. Perhaps more importantly from a collector standpoint is that there are many many scarce and rare coins which might someday have a premium if collectors ever demand these coins. There aren't really any "key dates" as such in circulation. All the coins have been made in substabntial numbers. However there are numerous "keys" which are very difficult to find and are rarely seen in higher grades like XF or AU. '69 and '71 dimes, '68-D, '69, '69-D and '71 quarters come to mind. Most of the clad '82 and '83 issues can be sold for a substantial premium in AU condition. An AU '83-P 25c can bring $20 or more. As far as the special coins, there are just too many to list. There have been such lists generated and they are findable. It would be much easier to help with more specific questions which would arise if assembling a collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrelNuts Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 An AU '83-P 25c can bring $20 or more. What is special about that coin? The mintage seems normal conpared to neighboring dates. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladking Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 What is special about that coin? The mintage seems normal conpared to neighboring dates. -Robert They didn't appear in mint sets. Collectors got in the habit of getting all their coins from the mint sets since the quality was better in the sets. Since the coins didn't appear in the sets people had to go out and look for rolls but very few of any of the quarter rolls have been saved since '65. By the time everyone realized the uncs were tough the AU's had worn down to XF. This is the most common of the clads in AU but there is such a shortage of uncs, a really nice one can wholesale as high as $20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster110 Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Bills- stars, repeaters (25982598), and radars (47511574). Coins- Redbook is essential to a Coin Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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