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opportunity to own the "ultimate". price value of old coins i recently sold a 1954 ngc cameo pf 66 lincoln cent, ultra-heavily contrasted, to a client leroy neiman value of painting for $400. no other series in u.s. numismatics today offer the collector so much quality, eye-appeal, and rarity, for so little money. if there is any doubt as to the rarity of a 1954 ultra-heavy cameo lincoln cent, go out and try to find another! attend the next local coin show. attend the next ana show, the next fun show of (one of the two or three largest shows of the year). good luck! you will find other u.s. old coins of far lower quality, with coins far less appeal, that are far more common, for the same amount of money! you won''t find that price of video games 1954 cameo cent!there are many other dates and denominations in the cameo proof series as undervalued as the 1954 cameo lincoln. the series is loaded with "sleepers". the special mint set coinage value of the 1965 to 1967 period are sleepers, as is the 1950 ultra-heavy cameo pf 65 franklin (yes, even at $6500 - it is one of the great rarities of twentieth of century coinage), 1951 ultra-heavy cameo pf 65 franklin, 1952 old ultra-heavy cameo pf 65 franklin the most popular single market in coins u.s. numismatics today is unquestionably the silver dollar market. yet, uncirculated roll of 20 1890 philadelphia (no mint mark) morgan dollars price uncirculated roll of 20 1889 philadelphia (no mint mark) morgan dollars uncirculated roll of 20 1898 philadelphia (no mint mark) morgan dollars. a roll of uncirculated clad washington quarters from the 1970s (our value choice of dates - roll will be all same date). ten rolls of 38 year old 1963 d lincolns, uncirculated uncirculated bank roll (25) sacagawea 2000p dollars "special purchase of - 5 unopened proof sets (1956,58,59,60,64). rare in this condition. (return policy applies only if still unopened, as that''s the rarity old of these items). 1960s may be large or small date-who knows??" certified (slabbed) 1956 franklin half dollar, certified (slabbed) 1962 franklin half dollar certified (slabbed) 1963 franklin half dollar morgan dollars were minted from 1878 until 1904. during world war i, many silver dollars were melted, and congress ordered the supply to be replenished after the coins war. there''s a modern rarity which you may find in the change in your pocket. many people may remember the hearing about the 1943 copper penny, which is worth many thousands of dollars, but the chances of finding one are about the same as winning of bu franklins i acquired, 100 rolls of 1963-d''s, a total of 2,000 coins, resulted in financial disaster for me and my price partner. oh, the bag quantity was original all right. all the rolls were in their value original bank-wrappings, and had obviously never been unwrapped. the coins in these of and old rolls were beautiful, bright blazers. we submitted the 125+ nicest coins to pcgs and ngc for grading, figuring if we got 40 or 50 ms 65''s we''d make a profit. the result? 5 ms 65''s!! the rest graded either ms 64 or ms 63. why? the majority had a couple too many bag marks (a common problem with bu franklins), or had a bit too much pitting on the high-points of the devices (another common problem with bu franklins), or were too softly struck to grade ms 65 (another common problem with bu franklins, coins or finally, had some very light hairline price scratches, the result of having passed through value a coin counter! by comparison, a single roll of late date walking liberty half dollars would likely have more gems among the 20 coins than the 1963-d franklins did among the 2,000. despite having populations a fraction of the walking liberty halves of in gem condition, gem franklins are currently old priced well below the levels walkers are currently coins selling at. additionally, if one wishes to compare the populations of untoned, brilliant ms 65 walkers to untoned, brilliant ms 65 franklins, the population differences are even more striking in favor of the franklins!
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