Well, I just read an article about the Lincoln pennies that have value in our pocket change. So, please read this article.

You can find valuable cents in your pocket change.

Birth and Early Childhood in Kentucky

Birth Place-Log Cabin

The Formative Years

The Formative Years

Professional Life

Lincoln Professional Life

Presidential Life

2009 Lincoln Penny-4

So if you find any in good condition add to your collection.

• If the coin looks funny-put it aside

• If the coin is really old, early 60’s- put it aside

• If the coin is really, really old like something you seldom see in pocket change-put it aside

and

• If the coin is shiny and brand new-put it aside.

Grab one of the books featured on this site and read about the coins you just put aside. Ok?

Coin errors are not easy.I usually refer to a few error books like the Cherrypickers’ Guide This book comes in two volumes and extensive guide on errors.
I also simply love Strike It Rich with Pocket Change

Be sure to get a magnifier with at least 7x up to see some of this errors.  It can be relaxing to look at each coin. So come along with me on this journey of learning. Remember, I am using this site to share some of the things I am learning. I hope it is helpful.
Now get out those new Lincoln pennies. If you don’t have any yet you can get them at your local coin dealer, Ebay or directly from the mint. As of this writing some of the rolls are sold out but you can get them in the 2009 Proof set.

The Mint News Blog has an insightful article about possible double die errors on the 2009 Lincoln Formative years cent. The Lincoln Formative Years cent is the second in the four new coins released this year. Be sure to read the engaging comments at the end of the post.

A bootstrap error has been reported on the Lincoln Formative Years Series. This was featured on a CoinLink. It appears that you may not need a high magnification to see this error.

I will revisit this later I am sure. Meanwhile, I will keep learning so if I see one in pocket change I will know what I am looking at. Please share anything you might know with this babyboomer. Thanks

I wish I could get a part time job counting that change. I would find a way to purchase all the old quarters and dimes that contain silver. The only point I want to make is to look through your coins before you dump them into those machines.

Ok, here is a very quick short list of coins to look for before you dump that are worth the value of silver. Of course how much you get is based on the value of silver that day. I have a page tabbed on this site that will give you the price.

• Nickels-1942-1945 (They have 35% silver
• Dimes 1946-1964 have 90% silver
• Quarters 1032-1964 have 90% silver.

I heard about someone who had 290 dimes  with silver in them.They were planning to dump them into the coin machine and did not feel fooling around with rolling or looking at them. A friend convinced them to go to a local coin dealer.  They were able to get  $320 dollars that day based on the price of silver. You do the math.

Enjoy this article posted on the Eyewitness News site on error coins.

Read the article about 10 coin errors to be on the lookout for in your pocket change.

Please let me know if you are successful.

Here is an article I just read about 10 Valuable Error Coins that just might be in your pocket change. So read the article and start looking.