| Show premium on old coins dependent on aar rarity ity now how valuable are old coins A study of the dealers I 1 ats will sur prise you first by the smallness of the premium attached to most coins of venerable age and second by the small number of coins of modern issue that command any respectably sized premium at all the value alue of any coin of course depends not only upon its rarity but upon its phi steal cond alon says popular mechanics magazine A bright coin gets a topnotch price and this value lessens with the u wear ear it undergoes but it if you do happen to have a rare coin of considerable age don dont t clean it for that automatically halves haloes its value As regards the small value of some coins of great age the dealers offer for example less than 1 in pre gium for a half cent coined in 1794 1704 or the large copper cent of 1800 and a silver dollar of 1794 or a large copper cent of the same came year corn coin mands a premium of only a few cents the only common coin of campara recent issuance that Is quite valuable Is the 1913 liberty head nickel nl cliel you can exchange it for a fine complete outfit of clothes any time another common coin of great value is the 1894 S mint silver dime which is valued at several nun bull dred dollars the 18 6 CC mint 20 cent piece can buy you a fair sec see ond hand car |
