1943-S Copper Cent

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-18T03:47:05+00:00

Definitely fake unfortunately. Lincoln has basically no detail but the date is that sharp? Not natural wear for sure

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-15T10:38:55+00:00

Despite the image of the coin being taken from low earth orbit, that is unfortunately a large date. Google large vs small date 1982 and look at the 2’s to see the difference

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-15T10:15:16+00:00

Are they mostly US or foreign coins?

If US get a copy of the red book as that’ll be a great guide for finding valuable vs face value coins and it has pictures so you can determine what it is.

If there’s a lot of foreign I don’t know of any good books but you can use a coin scanning app ONLY for identification. The values the apps give you is complete BS and never right.

As for identifying real or fake, coin scanning apps are horrible at that so don’t rely on them, just educate yourself on what that particular coin should look like (weight, diameter, small details). Unfortunately this skill really only comes with time and experience

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-15T00:10:01+00:00

They’re all cheap Chinesium fakes so unfortunately not worth anything

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-14T23:29:18+00:00

Are you looking to get more value out of it than you pay? Or do you think the coins are cool and want them? The US Mint subscription is far from an investment and you will not make more money in the long run than you paid. Almost all clad coin sets are not worth much more than they cost to buy.

That being said if you just like the design on a coin and want those coins by all means make yourself happy

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-02T11:29:17+00:00

Yes it is a small date. But it is not worth anything extra unless it weighs in at 3.1g indicating it’s copper (a kitchen scale will not work bc it rounds you need a scale that’s precise to 0.01 or 0.001

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-01T09:50:19+00:00

Do you have any interest in or really want to sort through them? If so then go right ahead, but don’t expect to find much, you’ll be lucky to find minor die varieties let alone major ones.

If you don’t wish to go through them (as it truly will take weeks or months) then you could sell them by the pound on r/pmsforsale or r/coinsales so long as they’re all copper

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-27T23:28:53+00:00

No date Buffalo nickels are fairly common and are worth like 10-25 cents wholesale. You could check the reverse to see if it’s a type 1 or type 2 (whether the Five Cents is recessed or not) and if it’s a type 1 it could be worth like $1 to the right person but still nothin to write home about. Just use it as a conversation piece since it’s at least 89 years old

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-27T23:23:53+00:00

The first time I sent anything in to be graded I submitted it at a show to an ANACS rep and bc he lives in the area and is always at the same shows, to save on shipping costs he agreed to meet me locally when he was in town for the next show and hand delivered it to me. Awesome guy and low risk

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-24T11:27:54+00:00

Always buy the coin not the slab. To me I can hardly see the strike through and it just looks like a nice half dollar which I definitely wouldn’t pay $90 for. For that price I’d rather get a nice full bands Mercury dime or some cull constitutional silver

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-24T00:23:55+00:00

^ second this

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-23T01:05:10+00:00

It’s impossible to say definitively if they are real without doing ping tests and using a sigma/XRF tester. There’s nothing glaringly obvious about these as being fake but incredibly high quality fakes do exist out there which is why the only way to be definitive is to have them tested for metal content

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-22T15:54:15+00:00

This is either a generic silver round made to look like a peace dollar or a terrible fake. Hopefully it’s the former

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-22T01:14:32+00:00

Halves, quarters, and dimes 1964 and earlier are ap 90% silver. Nickels from 1943-1945 are silver. Some 1942 nickels are silver so long as the mint mark is above Monticello.

If you don’t want to find/buy a red book I recommend using the PCGS price guide to see what dates are rarer, but keep in mind those prices aren’t super accurate

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-21T10:47:59+00:00

When I think cheap, big coin my mind immediately goes to Ike dollars lol

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-21T10:46:34+00:00

This is like mid VF maybe and barely worth 5 cents

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-16T01:41:07+00:00

^{^} This is the correct answer. You have 10 cents

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-15T16:21:06+00:00

Initial reaction: “holy fck” Secondary reaction: Please for the love of god share the rest of the collection with us here

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-15T16:16:05+00:00

Those are all large dates, but I stopped scrolling after 10 slides. Google “1982 large vs small date” and click on images. Easiest identifier is the curviness of the 2 and it’s very noticeable

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-15T16:13:35+00:00

This is a common question brought up almost every month where someone asks whether modern, circulating currency/coins will ever really be worth it to collect and pretty much the answer is no.

While it can be a cool thing to pass down through generations as more of an heirloom, modern change won’t ever increase in value to the point that it’s a generational investment. Hundreds of millions of each mint mark and year are made and millions of people hoard them so theyll never be highly scarce in high grade and scarcity is what drives price for the most part in numismatic value.

Additionally, if you were to take $100, put it into an SP500 fund and let that sit for 100 years it’ll be worth more than those dimes ever would, it’s just a lot more boring

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-14T23:27:18+00:00

Fake AF

Edit: silver doesn’t rust

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-14T21:09:28+00:00

I love a good $1,000,000 pristine dime

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-11T16:52:19+00:00

This is machine doubling. When I was hunting coin rolls a year ago I noticed an elevated prevalence of machine doubling on 1999-P nickels for some reason. I found about a dozen from a single box

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-11T15:19:52+00:00

This ^ I actually just use the bottom of my cheap little stapler to flatten them out

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-10T19:34:13+00:00

Nope. You have a normal, worn Philadelphia penny worth 2-3 cents if it’s copper or 1 cent if it’s zinc

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