Show Premium on Old Coins Coin Dependent on Rarity How lIow valuable are aro old coins collis A A. study of time the dealers dealers' lists will surprise surprise sur sur- prise you ou first by hy the smallness of the time premium attached to most col coins its of venerable age all amid second by hy the small number of coins ollis of modern Issue that command any rl respectably sized premium at all The Tho value of any coin of course depends not only upon Its Us rarity but upon Its lis physical condition sa says 8 Popular Popular Pop Pop- ular Mechanics l Magazine A bright coin gets gels a n topnotch price and this value lessens progressively progressively with the wear It undergoes but If It you do happ happen n to have o a rare coin of considerable ag age dont don't clean li lifer It- It for fer that automatically halves It it value As regards the small value alue of some coins of great age the tho dealers offer for example less Iss than 1 In pren premium pre for a n cent halt coined In 1701 or tho the largo large copper cent Int of 1800 And Anda a sliver silver dollar of 1701 or a n large largo copper cent of the time same year commands com corn mands a 11 premium of only a few cents The lime only common coin oln of comparatively recent Issuance IS that Is III quite valuable Is III th the 1113 Liberty Head bead II nickel I I You can exchange It for n it fine complete outfit of If clothes any allY time Another com common mUll coin lIln of great value lIlue U is the he IS 1801 1591 1 S mint lit silver till dime 1 n which Is valued at nt several hundred hundred hun hun- dred l dollars Time The 1870 CC CO mint cent 20 piece JIlce can cnn buy you OU a fair secondhand sec see hand ond car |