The United States Mint

U.S. Coin Pricing Guide

The Bureau of Engraving & Printing


Glossary U.S. Currency FAQ and Values Grading

Coin Type
Click each Headline for detailed Pricing
Dates Average
Circulated
Typical
Uncirculated
Half Cents : Liberty Cap, Head Facing Left
(All are rare)
1793 $500.00-$5,000.00  
Half Cents : Liberty Cap, Head Facing Right
(Rare date: 1796)
1794-1797 $100.00-$1,500.00  
Half Cents : Draped Bust
(Rare date: 1802)
1800-1808 $15.00-$150.00 $500.00-$2,000.00
Half Cents : Classic Head
(Rare dates: 1831, 1836)
1809-1836 $15.00-$50.00 $125.00-$300.00
Half Cents : Coronet Type
(Rare dates: 1840-1848)
1840-1857 $15.00-$50.00 $125.00-$300.00
Large Cents : Flowing Hair, Chain Reverse
(All are rare)
1793 $1,000.00-$10,000.00  
Large Cents : Flowing Hair, Wreath Reverse
(All are rare)
1793 $400.00-$4,000.00  
Large Cents : Liberty Cap
(Rare date: 1793)
1793-1796 $75.00-$750.00  
Large Cents : Draped Bust
(Rare dates: 1799, 1804)
1796-1807 $15.00-$250.00 $1,000.00-$3,500.00
Large Cents : Classic Head
(No rare dates)
1808-1814 $15.00-$400.00 $2,000.00-$5,000.00
Large Cents : Matron Head
(Scarce date: 1823)
1816-1835 $5.00-$50.00 $150.00-$300.00
Large Cents : Young Head
(No rare dates)
1835-1857 $5.00-$25.00 $100.00-$200.00
Flying Eagle Cents : Flying Eagle
(Rare date: 1856)
1856-1858 $5.00-$25.00 $100.00-$200.00
Indian Cents
(Rare dates: 1877, 1909-S; Scarce dates: All 1859-1879, 1908-S)
1859-1909 $0.50-$3.00 $15.00-$50.00
Lincoln Cents : Wheat Ear Reverse
(Rare dates: 1909-S, 1909-S V.D.B., 1914-D, 1922, 1931-S, 1955 Doubled Date; Scarce dates: 1910-S, 1911-S, 1912-S, 1913-S, 1914-S, 1915-S, 1922-D, 1922-D, 1924-D)
1909-1958 $0.02-$0.05 $0.05-$0.50
Lincoln Cents : Steel w/Zinc Plating
(Very common -- sticks to a magnet)
1943 $0.05-$0.10 $0.50-$1.00
Lincoln Cents : 1943 Copper
(All are rare -- won't stick to a magnet)
1943 $20,000.00-$40,000.00 $60,000.00-$95,000.00
Lincoln Cents : Lincoln Memorial Reverse
(Rare date: 1972 Doubled Date)
1959-Present Face Value Face Value
Two Cent Pieces
(Rare date: 1873; Scarce date: 1872)
1864-1873 $5.00-$25.00 $50.00-$125.00
Three Cent Silver
(Rare dates: 1863-1873)
1851-1873 $8.00-$35.00 $100.00-$100.00
Three Cent Nickels
(Rare dates: 1877, 1878, 1883-1887; Scarce dates: 1879, 1880, 1882, 1888, 1889)
1865-1889 $5.00-$15.00 $50.00-$125.00
Shield Nickels
(Rare dates: 1877-1881)
1866-1883 $5.00-$20.00 $60.00-$150.00
Liberty Nickels
(Rare dates: 1885,1886,1912-S)
1883-1912 $0.50-$5.00 $40.00-$100.00
Buffalo Nickels
(Rare dates: 1913-S, 1916 Doubled Date, 1937-D 3-Leg Buffalo; Scarce dates: 1913-1921, 1924-D, 1924-S, 1925-D, 1925-S, 1926-D, 1926-S, 1931-S)
1913-1938 $0.30-$1.00 $10.00-$25.00
Jefferson Nickels : War Time Alloy
 
1942-1945 $0.15-$0.25 $2.00-$5.00
Jefferson Nickels
(Scarce dates: 1938-D, 1938-S, 1939-D, 1939-S, 1950-D)
1938-1964 Face Value Face Value
Jefferson Nickels 1964-Present Face Value Face Value
Early Half Dimes : Flowing Hair
(All are rare)
1794-1795 $250.00-$1,500.00  
Bust Half Dimes : Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse
(All are rare)
1796-1797 $300.00-$2,000.00  
Bust Half Dimes : Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse
(Rare date: 1802)
1800-1805 $150.00-$1,250.00  
Bust Half Dimes : Capped Bust
(No rare dates)
1829-1837 $8.00-$75.00 $200.00-$500.00
Seated Half Dimes
(Rare dates: 1846, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867; Many scarce dates)
1837-1873 $4.00-$20.00 $100.00-$200.00
Bust Dimes : Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse
(All are rare)
1796-1797 $400.00-$3,000.00  
Bust Dimes : Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse
(All are rare)
1798-1807 $125.00-$1,000.00  
Bust Dimes : Capped Bust
(Rare date: 1822)
1809-1837 $8.00-$75.00 $400.00-$1,250.00
Seated Dimes
(Rare dates: 1844, 1860-O, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1870-S, 1871-CC, 1872-CC, 1873-CC, 1874-CC, 1879-1881, 1885-S; Many scarce dates)
1837-1891 $4.00-$15.00 $100.00-$175.00
Barber Dimes
(Rare dates: 1894-S, 1895-O; Scarce dates: 1892-S, 1893-O, 1894-O, 1895, 1895-S, 1896-O, 1896-S, 1897-O, 1901-S, 1903-S, 1904-S, 1913-S)
1892-1916 $0.50-$5.00 $60.00-$125.00
Mercury Dimes
(Rare dates: 1916-D; Scarce dates: 1921, 1921-D, 1926-S, 1931-D,1931-S)
1916-1945 $0.30-$1.00 $3.00-$6.00
Roosevelt Dimes : Silver
(No rare dates)
1946-1964 $0.30-$0.50 $0.35-$0.50
Roosevelt Dimes : Clad
(No rare dates)
1965-Present Face Value Face Value
Twenty Cent Pieces
(Rare dates: 1876-CC,1877,1878)
1875-1878 $30.00-$100.00 $300.00-$1,000.00
Bust Quarters : Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse
(All are rare)
1796 $1,750.00-$10,000.00  
Bust Quarters : Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse
(Rare date: 1804)
1804-1807 $75.00-$750.00  
Bust Quarters : Capped Bust
(Rare dates: 1823,1827)
1815-1838 $20.00-$100.00 $500.00-$2,500.00
Seated Quarters
(Rare dates: 1849-O, 1860-S, 1864-S, 1866-1869, 1870-CC, 1871-CC, 1871-S, 1872-CC, 1872-S, 1873-CC, 1879-1889; Many scarce dates)
1838-1891 $5.00-$40.00 $150.00-$400.00
Barber Quarters
(Rare dates: 1896-S, 1901-S, 1913-S; Scarce dates: 1892-S, 1897-O, 1899-S, 1901-O, 1902-S, 1903-S, 1908-S, 1909-O, 1913, 1914-S)
1892-1916 $1.00-$15.00 $100.00-$200.00
Standing Liberty Quarters
(Rare dates: 1916, 1923-S; Scarce dates: 1917-1924)
1916-1930 $1.00-$10.00 $75.00-$175.00
Washington Quarters : Silver
(Scarce dates: 1932-D, 1932-S)
1932-1964 $0.75-$1.50 $0.75-$1.50
Washington Quarters : Clad
(No rare dates)
1965-1998 Face Value Face Value
Washington Quarters : Bicentennial (Dated 1776-1976)
(Common date)
1975-1976 Face Value Face Value
State Quarters (Dated 1999-2008) 1999-2008 Face Value Face Value
Early Half Dollars : Flowing Hair
(All are rare)
1794-1795 $250.00-$2,000.00  
Bust Half Dollars : Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse
(All are rare)
1796-1797 $7,500.00-$25,000.00  
Bust Half Dollars : Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse
(All are scarce)
1801-1807 $75.00-$300.00  
Bust Half Dollars : Capped Bust
(Rare dates: 1815; Scarce dates: 1807-1817)
1807-1836 $20.00-$50.00 $300.00-$1,000.00
Reeded Edge Half Dollars : Reeded Edge
(Rare dates: 1836, 1839-O)
1836-1839 $20.00-$75.00 $500.00-$2,000.00
Seated Half Dollars
(Rare dates: 1850, 1851, 1852, 1855-S, 1870-CC, 1871-CC, 1874-CC, 1878-CC, 1878-S, 1879-1890; Many scarce dates)
1839-1891 $8.00-$50.00 $250.00-$500.00
Barber Half Dollars
(Rare dates: 1892-O, 1892-S, 1893-S, 1896-S, 1897-O, 1897-S; Scarce dates: 1892-1899, 1901-S, 1904-S, 1913, 1914, 1915)
1892-1915 $3.00-$25.00 $250.00-$500.00
Walking Liberty Half Dollars
(Rare dates: 1916-S, 1921, 1921-D; Scarce dates: 1916-1933, 1938-D)
1916-1947 $1.50-$2.50 $15.00-$30.00
Franklin Half Dollars
(No rare dates)
1948-1963 $1.50-$2.00 $2.00-$3.00
Kennedy Half Dollars : Silver
(Common date)
1964 $1.50-$2.00 $1.50-$2.00
Kennedy Half Dollars : Silver Clad
(No rare dates)
1965-1969 $0.60-$0.70 $0.70-$1.00
Kennedy Half Dollars : Bicentennial (Dated 1776-1976)
(Common date)
1975-1976 Face Value Face Value
Kennedy Half Dollars 1971-Present Face Value Face Value
Early Dollars : Flowing Hair
(All are rare)
1794-1795 $500.00-$2,500.00  
Bust Dollars : Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse
(All are rare)
1795-1798 $500.00-$1,500.00  
Bust Dollars : Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse
(All are rare)
1798-1803 $300.00-$2,000.00  
Bust Dollars : 1804 Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse
(Extremely rare; Many modern copies exist)
1804 $500,000.00
$500,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
Gobrecht Dollars
(All are rare)
1836-1839 $3,000.00-$5,000.00  
Seated Dollars
(Rare dates: 1851, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1858, 1870-S, 1871-CC, 1872-CC, 1873-CC; Scarce dates: 1848, 1850, 1861, 1862, 1872-S)
1840-1873 $75.00-$250.00 $650.00-$2,500.00
Trade Dollars
(Rare dates: 1878-1885; Scarce dates: 1873-CC, 1875, 1877-CC, 1878-CC)
1873-1885 $50.00-$125.00 $300.00-$1,000.00
Morgan Dollars
(Rare dates: 1885-CC, 1889-CC, 1893-S, 1894, 1895, 1895-S, 1903-O; Scarce dates: Any "CC" mint coin, 1893, 1893-O, 1895-O)
1878-1921 $5.00-$10.00 $15.00-$30.00
Peace Dollars
(Rare date: 1928; Scarce date: 1921)
1921-1935 $5.00-$6.00 $8.00-$15.00
Eisenhower Dollars
(No rare dates)
1971-1978 Face Value $1.25-$2.50
Susan B. Anthony Dollars
(No rare dates)
1979-1999 Face Value Face Value
Sacagawea Dollars
(No rare dates)
2000-Present Face Value Face Value
Gold Dollars : Liberty Head w/stars on front
(Rare Dates: Any "C" mint, Any "D" mint; Scarce Dates: 1850-O, 1854-S)
1849-1854 $95.00-$130.00 $200.00-$500.00
Gold Dollars : Small Liberty Head w/motto on front
(Rare dates: 1855-C, 1855-D; Scarce dates: 1855-O, 1855-S)
1854-1856 $200.00-$400.00 $2,000.00-$10,000.00
Gold Dollars : Large Liberty Head w/motto on front
(Rare dates: Any "C" mint, Any "D" mint, 1875; Scarce dates: 1857-S, 1858-S, 1859-S, 1860-S, 1863-1870, 1876)
1856-1889 $100.00-$135.00 $175.00-$500.00
Early Quarter Eagles : Capped Bust Facing Right
(All dates are rare)
1796-1807 $2,000.00-$5,000.00  
Early Quarter Eagles : Capped Bust Facing Left
(All are rare)
1808 $7,500.00-$20,000.00  
Early Quarter Eagles : Capped Head Facing Left
(All are rare)
1821-1834 $2,000.00-$5,000.00  
Classic Quarter Eagles
(Rare dates: 1838-C, 1839-C, 1839-D, 1839-O)
1834-1839 $175.00-$400.00 $1,000.00-$5,000.00
Liberty Quarter Eagles : Coronet
(Rare Dates: Any "C" or "D" mint coins, 1841, 1848 with "CAL" punched on reverse, 1854-S, 1864, 1865, 1875, 1881; Scarce Dates: 1842, 1845-O, 1848, 1862-S, 1863-S, 1866, 1867, 1872, 1877, 1885)
1840-1907 $115.00-$150.00 $175.00-$500.00
Indian Quarter Eagles
(Rare dates: 1854-D, 1881-1886; Scarce dates: 1854-O, 1855-S, 1857-S, 1858, 1860-S, 1861-1869, 1877)
1908-1929 $120.00-$175.00 $200.00-$300.00
Three Dollar Gold Pieces
(All are rare)
1854-1889 $400.00-$650.00 $1,000.00-$3,000.00
Four Dollar Gold Pieces
(All are rare)
1879-1880 $10,000.00-$25,000.00  
Early Half Eagles : Capped Bust Right, Small Eagle
(All are rare)
1795-1798 $4,000.00-$10,000.00  
Early Half Eagles : Capped Bust Right, Heraldic Eagle
(All are rare)
1795-1807 $1,000.00-$2,500.00  
Early Half Eagles : Capped Bust Left
(All are rare)
1807-1812 $1,000.00-$2,500.00  
Early Half Eagles : Capped Head Left
(All are rare)
1813-1834 $1,000.00-$2,500.00  
Classic Half Eagles
(Rare dates: 1838-C,1838-D)
1834-1838 $175.00-$500.00  
Liberty Half Eagles : Coronet
(Rare dates: Any "C" mint, Any "D" mint, 1847-O, 1859-S, 1861-S, 1862-1872, 1873-CC, 1875, 1875-CC, 1876, 1876-CC, 1876-S, 1877, 1877-CC, 1878-CC; Scarce dates: Any "CC" mint not mentioned above, many other dates 1839-1879)
1839-1908 $100.00-$125.00 $175.00-$500.00
Indian Half Eagles
(Rare dates: 1909-O,1929)
1908-1929 $145.00-$170.00 $250.00-$750.00
Early Eagles : Capped Bust Right, Small Eagle
(All are rare)
1795-1797 $5,000.00-$15,000.00  
Early Eagles : Capped Bust Right, Heraldic Eagle
(All are rare)
1797-1804 $1,750.00-$5,000.00  
Liberty Eagles : Coronet
(Rare dates: 1838, 1839, 1841-O, 1855-S, 1858, 1858-S, 1859-O, 1859-S, 1860-S, 1861-S, 1862-1873, 1875-1877, 1878-CC, 1879-CC, 1879-O, 1883-O; Scarace dates: Any "CC" mint not mentioned above, many other dates 1838-1879)
1838-1907 $140.00-$175.00 $175.00-$500.00
Indian Head Eagles:
(rare dates: 1920-S, 1930-S, and 1933; Scarce dates: 1908-S, 1911-D, 1911-S, 1913-S)
1907-1933 $250.00-$275.00 $300.00-$500.00
Liberty Double Eagles
(Rare dates: 1854-O, 1855-O, 1856-O, 1859-O, 1860-O, 1861-O, 1861-S, 1866-S, 1870-CC, 1871-CC, 1879-O, 1881, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1891, 1891-CC; Scarce dates: Any "CC" mint not mentioned above, many other dates 1849-1876)
1850-1907 $275.00-$315.00 $325.00-$500.00
Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles
(Rare dates: 1907 High Relief, 1920-S, 1921, 1925-D, 1925-S, 1926-D, 1927-D, 1927-S, 1929, 1930-S, 1931, 1931-D, 1932; Scarce dates: 1908-S, 1909-D, 1913-S, 1922-S, 1924-D, 1924-S, 1926-S)
1907-1933 $285.00-$315.00 $325.00-$500.00
Silver Commemoratives
(Many different types exist, many are scarce)
1892-1954 $5.00-$200.00 $10.00-$300.00
Gold Commemoratives
(All are scarce)
1903-1926 $200.00-$800.00 $300.00-$2,500.00
Modern Commemorative:
(Many different types, both gold and silver. Scarce dates: 1996 Olympic Dollars (four varieties), National Community Service Dollar, Jackie Robinson $5, all uncirculated only; 2000-W Library of Congress $10, uncirculated or proof)
1982-Present   $5.00-$200.00
Silver American Eagle:
(scarce dates:1986, 1996 uncirculated; 1988-S, 1993-P, 1994-P, 1995-P, 1997-P Proof. Rare date: 1995-W Proof)
1986-   $6.00-$10.00
Gold American Eagle:
(1 oz, 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/10 oz. Generally worth their bullion value)
1986-    
Platinum American Eagles:
(1 oz, 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/10 oz. Generally worth their bullion value)
1997-    
United States Proof Sets 1936-    
Unites States Mint Sets 1947-    

Common Coins


1943 Steel Cent

Nowadays, while these coins are an interesting change from the brown cents that we commonly see, none of the 1943 Steel Cents are considered rare. Values for all three varieties in average circulated condition is not more than 10-20 cents, at most. In uncirculated conditions, such as might be found on a coin fresh out of a bank roll, the coins have a value of 10 to 20 dollars. Near perfect specimens (MS-66 and up) will have a value from 30 to 70 dollars.

Wheat Pennies
Most Wheat cents are very common, and were produced by the millions.

2 Headed Coin
A trick coin used as a novelty. Usually made in one of two ways; by shaving two coins and bonding them together; or by machining the interior of one coin out and shaving another coin on one face and the edge and bonded together. The minting process makes it impossible to mint a coin with two faces or tails!

Silver Dollars
Most Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars were produced by the millions. Currently, common date Morgan and Peace dollars retail for between $6 and $30+ each, depending on the condition, year, mint mark and price of silver.


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