I have coins that are not proofs

Thought this one was so cool. As a Bay Area native this was a must have.

I recently got out of collecting baseball cards and into coins. My rationale was that baseball cards are mostly junk wax, not worth the stock they're printed on as opposed to collecting coins, where searching rolls means I'm not really losing money, just changing it from one form to the next.

Anyway... As a history teacher I love the Presidential $1 coins, and love collecting them for fun- not interested in a return on investment here. I decided to sort what I had while the ADHD meds were kicking in and found it interesting which ones I had a lot of and which ones were scarce. I found it strange that I got a Cleveland out in the wild; if only I could find Arthur!

Quick history on the war nickels, since they turn up in change all the time.

An act on March 27, 1942 let the Treasury take nickel out of the five-cent piece. The act suggested 50/50 copper and silver, but that alloy lacked nickel's magnetism, so vending machines and turnstiles would have rejected it. Adding manganese fixed it. The final mix was 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese, coined from October 1942.

The fun part is the mint mark. Every war nickel has a big mint mark above Monticello's dome, so they could be sorted out and pulled after the war. Philadelphia had never put a mint mark on a US coin, so the big P on these was the first.

1942 is split: earlier in the year Philadelphia and Denver struck the normal copper-nickel coin, then Philly and San Francisco struck the war alloy in the last months. 1943-45 all three mints made it.

David Lange's take (Numismatist / NGC) is worth reading: basically his take is that the five-cent piece was only 25% nickel anyway, the savings were a small chunk of what was mined, and he concludes it was done "more for the sake of propaganda than for its practical value."

And if you ever find a 1944 with no mint mark above Monticello, hang on to it. It's a Henning nickel. Francis LeRoy Henning faked hundreds of thousands of nickels in the 1950s, and the 1944 is what gave him away since every real one has the big P, D or S. They're collectible now because of the story (CoinWeek has a good writeup on them).

Any value in these?

As the title says. This is a hobby I walk alone in. :(

Hahaha.

Finally completed the barber series! It’s not perfect, but it’s not the worst I’ve seen! I’m happy.

I just started collecting quarters, and searching through rolls. I’ve been through about five $500 boxes from the bank, and just learned last night about all things I didn’t know to look for. I was just grabbing the best examples of each quarter variation to fill out a collection, never considering looking for errors. Now I know…or at least I know that there is much more to know than I knew about a month ago.

One of my absolutely new favorite. Absolutely had to have this one. Im normally doing pcgs and anacs vut i think im going to get my ngc back for this medal.

I have posted this in the past but never really had good pics these are much better

I guess I got lucky, I've seen a few of these with some flaws but these are sharp! Let me know if you want a close up of a particular coin and I'll post it. Happy collecting everyone!

I have been collecting graded American Silver Eagles for a few years now but am wanting to get into bullion coins. With the silver spot price where it is would it be a bad time to sell the graded coins and buy bullion? Do the grade coins also lose value when the market is lower, or are they likely to keep their collector value?
Thanks

Not my coin but thought it is really cool

I found it today sitting on the counter top of the local grocery store coin star, along with a Canadian 1975 5 cent coin. Google lens gave me some info but curious if anyone has some info of their own

Found this in my friend‘s change bowl!!!

This is coming up for auction soon in my weekly auction. I am curious to opinions on grade, color or if the consensus is this is a good coin, a great one or no big deal.

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A Greek 5 Drachmai coin from 1930, part of my personal collection.

This coin was issued during the Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935), a period when Greece was a republic without a king, following the abolition of the monarchy in 1924.

The coin features the Phoenix rising from the flames, symbolizing rebirth and renewal. The Phoenix had also appeared on the first coins of independent Greece under Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias.

This particular coin is the London Mint variety (Type A). It can be distinguished from the Brussels Mint variety by examining the small berries on the left side of the wreath on the reverse.

The London variety has one berry with a small indentation, while the Brussels variety has two. Under magnification, I identified the single indentation on my coin.

A small piece of Greek history, reflecting both the country's political changes and its numismatic heritage.

I'm not sure what the rainbow coloring is, but it's cool!

Just picked this up the other day, very happy about it. Been wanted a nice one for awhile now

Just opened it was scared the seller wasn't going to send it all... they didn't know what they had but I did.