Hunt For Coins isn’t a professional coin collector’s website. I’m just a regular guy who likes the idea of finding treasure in everyday coins. The concept that a single coin could be worth six figures or more is insane to me. I’m building Hunt For Coins to help people like me who are looking for coins that can make you money. I’ll be making videos of my hunts and sharing my knowledge as it grows. The coins I highlight are the most valuable coins you’re likely to find. I try to make a cap at $20 or so for MS-65 coins because I doubt most of us will just stumble upon those coins in circulation and their value is too small for perfect coins.
The coins I’m highlighting are coins that you could likely find in your grandparent’s items they left you or just regular circulated coins. Many people inherit coin collections and not knowing better, spend it as plain change. You never know what you’ll find. If a good quality coin will bring you in at least $20 or more, I’ll try and feature it. Most of the coins on this website have a feature that, when you hover over them, flip to reveal the opposite side. It might only work on desktop/laptop version of this site, so I recommend using this site on your desktop or laptop. I’m always open to learn from anyone with more knowledge than I have. I want to build Hunt For Coins into a community of amature or beginner coin hunters who all help each other. Leave comments on my website and my videos and let’s see how big we can grow our community!
Here are four coins from each category to get you started. Learn more by visiting the “Pennies”, “Nickles”, “Dimes”, and “Half Dollar” pages. On those pages, I cover more coins and give you details on each one I do highlight.
Pennies
1908 (S) Penny
This coin in good condition is worth about $90. If you find one in uncirculated condition, it is worth approximately $400.
1909 (S) Penny
This interesting penny was designed by Victor D. Brenner. He branded some pennies with his initials V.D.B. This coin was designed to commemorate what would have been Abraham Lincoln’s 100 Birthday. One of these coins in perfect condition could fetch you upwards of $8,500.
1910 (S) Penny
1911 Penny
The 1911 Penny has three dif50ferent mint marks. The different mint marks can change this coin from less than a dollar up to $500.
Nickles
1901 Nickel
1902 Nickel
1903 Nickel
This Liberty Head is very similar in value as most of the “V” series. The V is the roman numeral for 5 and used to indicate the issued value of 5 cents.
1904 Nickel
The 1904 Liberty Head “V” Nickel continues that auction value of all the Liberty Head “V” Nickels until now. Still bringing you about $125 for a certified MS-63 coin.
Dimes
1901 Dime
This coin in MS-63 condition from the San Francisco Mint will likely command upwards of $2,100 at auction. Even a VG-8 coin will be worth as much as $80. If you’re hunting for 1901 dimes, make sure to seek out Mintmarks with the (S).
1902 Dime
The most valuable 1902 dime is the New Orleans or San Francisco minted coin in MS-63 condition. If you have this coin in excellent (uncirculated) condition, you’re likely to see about $750 at auction.
1903 Dime
Keeping up with the pattern of San Francisco Barber dimes being the most valuable, the 1903 dime in no exception. A 1903 Barber dime in certified MS-63 condition will likely bring a final bid of about $1,350 at auction.
1904 Dime
With only 800,000 Barber dimes being struck at the San Francisco mint, this 1904 dime is likely get you up to $1,800 at auction. For the next five years in this series, the lease amount minted is over a million coins for each mint. This gets a little more rare when you consider Philadelphia minted less than 15,000,000 dimes.
Quarters
1901 Quarter
The Quarter offers a few chances to find value. Some of the value is in the silver content of pre-1964 coins. At 90% silver, these quarters offer a chance to buy coins with an intrinsic value of $4 (based on current spot prices for silver – Dec. 2021). The 1901 Barber Quarter has a very tiny batch of quarters minted San Francisco. With just over 72,000 stamped out in 1901, this mintmark on this quarter in MS-63 could fetch you upwards of $50,000. A few less blemishes and it could be worth as much as $550,000 based on an auction price in 1990.
1921 Quarter
1921 was the end of a financial depression in the US. Not as well known as the “Great Depression”, but it was deep enough to impact the minting of coins in 1921 and 1922.
The 1921 Standing Liberty Quarter was only minted in Philadelphia. Only 1,916,000 quarters saw their way into circulation. This helps increase the rarity of this specific coin. A MS-63 condition 1921 Standing Liberty quarter should demand a pricetag of $1,900!
1936 Quarter
The 1936 Indian Head Nickel has an odd error on the reverse. The bufallo/bison has half of one of it’s legs missing. This 3-1/2 leg variety is very valuable. Even a G-4 condition coin is worth $400, but find a MS-60 coin and you’ll get upwards of $12,500! Find a PF-63 (proof) coin and you can still make $1,000!
1943 Quarter
The 1943 Nickel saw two errors. The first is the “3 over 2” found on the 1943 Jefferson (P). This coin in MS-65 condition will likely put $700 or so in your pocket. That does down to $260 for an MS-63 coin. The second error is also on the 1943 (P) Nickel. It’s called the “Doubled Eye” error. Find this coin in MS-65 and you’re looking at soething close to $650.