1860 Coin Price Guide

DeusExMachina

Has anyone seen this?

I found it very interesting and I was surprised that collectors in the 1860s did not collect by mintmark.

pennyannie

Not a big choice of mints back them. 1 capped bust half, a few here there and yonder.

mumu

are any of the coins listed in that book no longer available today?

pb2y

No 1804 dollar--one just sold for over 4 million

ziggy29

Anyone want to pony up $20 or so for a 1796 half dollar?

MrHalfDime

Collectors did not generally collect by mint mark until Augustus Heaton published "Coinage of the United States Branch Mints" in 1893. Prior to that, most collectors were satisfied to simply have an example of the date, from any mint.

GFourDriver

What a great post, I love the historical aspect of coin collecting.

EagleEye

Buzzard Cents! LOL!

Notice how 1856 cents fell in price in 1859. This is due to the Mint selling them.

lcoopie

This is great and should be in the master list stone

Greeniejr

<< <i>Buzzard Cents! LOL! >>



Buzzardeye... doesnt have the same ring Rick

DeusExMachina

<< <i>Not a big choice of mints back them. 1 capped bust half, a few here there and yonder. >>



I disagree. In 1860, a collector could have nearly completed a Charlotte and Dahlonega set - dollars, quarter eagles, and half eagles. The New Orleans mint was also up and running producing both silver and gold.

SilverEagles92

VG Fugio Cent - $0.75. That's 75 times face value.

I paid 75,000 times face value for mine!

ziggy29

<< <i>I disagree. In 1860, a collector could have nearly completed a Charlotte and Dahlonega set - dollars, quarter eagles, and half eagles. The New Orleans mint was also up and running producing both silver and gold. >>

True, but there wasn't really much mintmark collecting at the time so there was little or no premium for them. I guess it wasn't until Heaton's 1893 work that a lot more attention was paid to them.

I'm having a cool vision of a few people collecting by mintmark in 1860, at a time when few people cared -- getting the scarce mint marks for the same price as the commons. Were they the first "cherrypickers"?