so who is the expert here

wayneme

what books do i need to get to sort out some modern lincolns halfs and dollars
with dates and
with the best photos

hughesm1

Which series of halves? <B>Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836</B> by <B>Al Overton</B> is excellent for the early halves

presleyh

I am certainly not an expert, but in moderns if they are not almost perfect, meaning ms66 or better, they are quite plentiful and therefore not worth a lot. A real easy way to get a real value on coins is to go to ebay and see what people are paying for your particular coin. Raw modern coins are cheap on ebay. Many
modern graded coins sell for the cost of grading when they fall below pf68 and non cams. Modern collectors are seeking perfection in a particular series. pf70 and ms68 are high dollar coins in general because they are truely "scarce".

wayneme

i have every penny every half dollar and every dollar coins and every silver coin
and every not right looking coin or feeling coins every touched most collected in the year of issue many
coming from roll from the bank we are in the denver mint area but they range in mint marks
i or my wife have touched since 1979
quarters 1976 and all state quarter
proof sets mint sets 1957 1958 1961 62 63 64- 3 sets each
1986 -s 1987-s & 1988-s 20 sets each mint and proof
two statue of liberty coin 5 dollars 1986
i also have a collection of gold to long to list and platinum newer coins
so i need to start looking thur these coins

DHeath

Wayne,

The Kennedy Book, by Dr.Wiles is a great die and variety source. I would recommend it highly for information regarding the coin itself. As for values, there are better references. Perhaps the best are the archives of Heritage, Ebay, and Teletrade. Good luck.

cladking

<< <i>I am certainly not an expert, but in moderns if they are not almost perfect, meaning ms66 or better, they are quite plentiful and therefore not worth a lot. A real easy way to get a real value on coins is to go to ebay and see what people are paying for your particular coin. Raw modern coins are cheap on ebay. Many
modern graded coins sell for the cost of grading when they fall below pf68 and non cams. Modern collectors are seeking perfection in a particular series. pf70 and ms68 are high dollar coins in general because they are truely "scarce". >>



There are some scarce and rare moderns. There are also some where condition rarity extends all the way down to XF. A nice AU or better '83-P quarter, for instance, will prove quite elusive.

presleyh

There are exceptions, as you have pointed out, cladking, clad Ike dollars in ms 66 and better are expensive and very hard to find. I guess my point is simply looking at the Redbook doesn't tell you very much. It lists the 83p quarter in ms65 at $10.00. The generalities found there throw to the wind the value of the same coin in ms69, if one exists. Also the Redbook doesn't have a single Ike listed for over $27.50. However many Ike dollars have sold for multiple thousands in high grades on Ebay.

Russ

<< <i>The Kennedy Book, by Dr.Wiles is a great die and variety source. >>



Good luck finding it. I think they print about two copies a year, and Don and I bought last years batch.

Russ, NCNE

coppercoins

Barring spending a lot of time learning about die varieties, how to distinguish them from machine doubling, and spending a lot of time taking a loupe to each coin, there's really not a fail safe way of checking through all those coins for the valuable moderns....at least as far as that is concerned. Of course there are still the coins that Cladking mentioned - the conditional rarities - but as for die varieties there is no quick and simple way to handle them. I guess a list of the biggest dollar years and mints to check for doubled dies would be the mot appropriate in this case, but of course there will be a lot missed in just looking through these select dates:

For cents (my specialty):

1959P - DDO
1960 proof - LD/SD and SD/LD
1960D - SD/LD with RPM
1963 proof - DDR
1963D - 3/ low 3
1964 proof - DDR
1964P - DDR
1969S - DDO
1970S - DDO
1970S proof - LD/SD
1971P - DDO
1972P - DDO
1979S proof - type 2
1980D - D/S
1981S proof - type 2
1983 - DDR
1984 - DDO
1985D - Nice RPMs
1986D - Nice RPMs
1987D - Nice RPMs
1990P - DDO
1990S proof - no S
1995 - DDO
1995D - DDO
1997 - DDO
1998 - type 2 reverse
1999 - type 2 reverse
2000 - type 2 reverse

kranky

<< <i>

<< <i>The Kennedy Book, by Dr.Wiles is a great die and variety source. >>



Good luck finding it. I think they print about two copies a year, and Don and I bought last years batch.

Russ, NCNE >>



I just picked one up from allmancoins.com, on sale.

cladking

Get the Cherrypickers guide for all moderns and the RPM book. You might consider
Breen but there is not much about moderns in it.

For cents "The Complete Guide To Lincoln Cents" -Lange
The Standard Guide to the Lincoln Cent" -Taylor

For dollars "The Coneca Attribution Guide to Eisenhower Dolla Varieties" -Wiles
"The Authoritative Reference on Eisenhower Dollars" -Wexler, Crawford, Flynn

Also of interest are "Cameo and Brilliant Proof Coinage" -Tomaska
"The Accugrade System" Hager

There is now a book out for both the Jefferson and the Roosy also. "The US Clad
Coinage" -Rapsus is an interesting read with lots of source material.

Russ

<< <i>I just picked one up from allmancoins.com, on sale. >>



HMM...looks like they increased last years printing by 50%.

Russ, NCNE