Coin Value Trends Over Time
Point to Future Potential

US Coin Values Advisor researches historical price trends for United States collectible coins. While past performance is no guarantee of future results, coins that have consistently risen in value over long periods of time in the past are the best bets for appreciation in the years ahead.

Value trend data is presented in a series of concise Coin Value Tables. These tables empower the coin collecting public to study the up-and-down price movements of individual US coins over the last half century and then some.

The Coin Value Tables...

• identify specific US collectible coins by type, date, mintmark, and condition.
• report retail coin prices at various intervals from 1950 to the present.
• include compounded annual % return rates to facilitate comparisons.

Coin collectors desiring to see their coins increase in price over time are advised to review the Coin Value Tables before making another purchase. Coin collecting historical value trends are the key to evaluating future growth potential.

Probably the best way to illustrate the information delivered by the Coin Value Tables is to take a look at the example table below.

A Coin Value Table Example:

1879-CC		Morgan Silver Dollars	US-Coin-Values-Advisor.com
Mintage:	756,000	Historical Value Trends

Year	F-12	VF-20	XF-40	AU-50	MS-60	MS-63	MS-63 DMPL	MS-64	MS-64 DMPL	MS-65	MS-65 DMPL	MS-67
1950	2.00	2.50	5.00	10.00	17.50	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1955	2.00	2.50	5.00	8.00	12.50	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1960	4.50	5.00	8.50	20.00	40.00	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1965	10.00	15.00	25.00	100	175	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1970	17.50	30.00	55.00	100	200	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1975	25.00	37.50	75.00	150	600	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1980	55.00	85.00	200	425	1000	2150	---	---	---	4500	5500	---
1985	35.00	65.00	175	375	1100	2000	3600	4000	---	8500	12500	---
1990	37.50	70.00	175	450	1000	3500	4500	5000	---	15000	35000	---
1995	40.00	100	300	625	1400	2250	3250	5750	6000	12500	27500	30000
2000	70.00	125	350	750	1500	3250	4250	5000	6500	17500	52500	55000
2002	80.00	150	400	925	1750	3500	4250	5250	11000	17500	70000	55000
2005	100	200	625	1250	2750	7500	8000	10500	15000	25000	70000	57500
2007	175	250	750	2500	5000	9000	15000	12500	27500	30000	60000	57500
2009	275	350	850	2500	5000	9000	15000	12500	27500	35000	60000	57500
2011	275	350	850	2000	4000	6500	14000	11500	26500	30000	50000	70000
Compounded Annual % Return Rate Since…
Computed from year indicated in left-most column to the year 2011
Year	F-12	VF-20	XF-40	AU-50	MS-60	MS-63	MS-63 DMPL	MS-64	MS-64 DMPL	MS-65	MS-65 DMPL	MS-67
1950	8.41	8.44	8.78	9.07	9.31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1980	5.33	4.67	4.78	5.12	4.57	3.63	---	---	---	6.31	7.38	---
1995	12.81	8.14	6.73	7.54	6.78	6.86	9.56	4.43	9.73	5.62	3.81	5.44
2002	14.71	9.87	8.74	8.95	9.62	7.12	14.16	9.10	10.26	6.17	-3.67	2.72

As we can see from the sample table, the 1879-CC Morgan silver dollar has displayed solid, if not spectacular, value growth over a very long period of time. In certain grades, the coin has been especially hot since the year 2000. Any coin collector fortunate enough to own one of these Carson City rarities need not worry about selling at a loss down the road. The table demonstrates that the 1879-CC dollar is a good choice for continued appreciation in the future....

But...

Few collectible US coins increase in value so steadily. The purpose of the Coin Value Tables is to help you identify United States coins having the best potential for solid value growth, based on past trend performance over a period of many years.

Some coin collectors will say... SO WHAT?

Yes, it's true; some individuals are in the coin collecting hobby without regard to the future growth potential of the coins they buy. That's fine, but many of us hope the coins we sacrifice to put in our collections will someday command coin prices far above what we paid for them... something we'll be proud to pass onto our children.

It's not greedy or shameful to seek coins for your collection that will actually show a substantial return... it's the SMART thing to do.

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What's more, we've respectfully threaded a considerable amount of history into the fabric of these pages. While browsing the Coin Value Tables, hopefully you'll spend a few minutes elsewhere on this site to explore the side-by-side development of our American nation and its coinage. Enjoy!

The first US Mint, built in Philadelphia in the year 1792, was a vision of our Founding Fathers.  It was called "Ye Olde Mint" and helped create a national identify for the fledgling US. In 1833, the original mint was abandoned, when a larger facility was opened. The original mint building survived until 1911. Public domain image.	The discovery of gold in California in 1848 ignited a massive westward migration, expanding the US from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A small quantity of California gold was minted into 1848 Quarter Eagles, indicated by the "CAL." mark on reverse, under the word "STATES". Photo courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA.	A three-time Democrat Party candidate for the US presidency, William Jennings Bryan is perhaps best remembered for his "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896. A disciple of silver-backed currency, Bryan's bitter opposition to the gold standard typified the pugnacious political climate of the 1890s.  Public domain image.	The Peace dollar was first issued in 1921, to commemorate the end of The Great War of 1914-18. which today we call World War I. Tragically, the aftermath of that war set the stage for a far worse global conflict to come a couple of decades later.  Photo courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA.

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