The staff at appraisemycoins.com have tried to make it easy for you to determine the value of your coin(s).  We have done so by dividing the U.S. coins that you are likely to have in your collection into four (4) distinct categories:

 

1. United States Circulation Coins.

These are coins minted only by the U.S. Mint and intended for business and commerce.  These are coins intended for use as money and would have been placed into circulation for monetary transactions.  These do not include proof coins, which were specially struck, have mirror-like surfaces and were intended for collectors.  These do not include foreign coins, tokens, medals, or paper money or coins struck by private mints for collectors.  If you believe you have any of these, it would be best to describe them in the comments section of your appraisal form, or talk to us directly by telephone. Please use the appraisal form and we will contact you.

2. United States Coin Sets.

These are coins that were minted only by the U.S. Mint.  They consist of Proof sets, Mint Sets, Patterns, or specially struck Presentation Pieces.  They were not intended for circulation.  These do not include business strike coins or coins intended for circulation as in #1 above.  These do not include foreign coins, tokens, medals, or paper money or coins struck by private mints for collectors.  If you have any questions about these it would be best to describe them in the comments section of your appraisal form, or talk to us directly by telephone. Please use the appraisal form and we will contact you.

3. United States Commemoratives.

These are coins that were minted only by the U.S. Mint from 1892 to date that commemorate an event or occasion.  These were generally purchased by collectors for their collections, but some may have been used in circulation as well.  We have tried to provide images of all the U.S. coins you are likely to encounter in your collection.  By entering the information, images will come up so that you can compare and identify with your coin.  These do not include foreign coins, tokens, medals, or paper money or coins struck by private mints for collectors.  If you have any questions about these it would be best to describe them in the comments section of your appraisal form, or talk to us directly by telephone. Please use the appraisal form and we will contact you.

4. Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium Bullion Coins.

These are coins that were minted by the United States mint, either as business strike coins, or as Proof coins, in individual boxes or sets.  They were sold directly by the U.S. Mint to collectors and investors.   Some bullion coins have numismatic value above and beyond their bullion value.  We tried to make it easier for you to determine the value of your coins.  We also included information on foreign coins (non-U.S.) with bullion value, however there are so many dates, mint marks, denominations, and grades, that it was not practical at this time to list all the possibilities.   If you have any questions about these it would be best to describe them in the comments section of your appraisal form, or talk to us directly by telephone. Please use the appraisal form and we will contact you.

We, at appraisemycoins.com have provided many hundreds of images, and many thousands of values in order to bring you this free website.  Naturally, there are so many different U.S. coins, that it has become a monumental task just to bring you this module on U.S. coins.  If we are missing any, please advise and we will try to add into our database.  We apologize in advance for not having varieties or various images for grading all the different types of coins, but that would take us another year or longer and a good bit more expense.  We don't expect you will become an expert grader from this website.  That's why we recommend working with a numismatic professional.  We did want to get you into the ballpark by showing a fairly clear example of grading on a relatively large sized coin. You have to use your imagination for your coin.  Do the best you can, but be conservative. There are actually 70 points to the grading scale, 10 alone for mint state!  Most novice collectors will have a hard time determining an uncirculated coin from a proof coin, or an uncirculated coins from a lower grade.

Simply follow where the pages take you by clicking the appropriate button. Your information for each coin will accumulate on a "Results Page" which you may print out for your convenience or send to us. If you find that you have too many coins to look-up, don't get frustrated, just contact us with as much information as possible and we will try to help. Home Page.