Do coin values and past trends predict where the price of your coin is headed?

It didn’t take much to get me hooked on studying U.S. coin values as a youngster. When I was an 8-year old, I naturally idolized my older brother. He and his buddies spent countless hours with their Lincoln Cent coin albums. That was all it took to ignite my passion for U.S. coins. As I grew older, I also became fascinated with their place in history.

This early love of coins led to my singular mission: to record and analyze price trends to determine if coin values from the past foretell future performance…

…which eventually led me to develop this website.

Now I can share with you the information I’ve gathered over the past 40-plus years that has made coin collecting a thrilling and fulfilling pursuit for me.

I’m pretty much just like many of you – I've always wanted to know what a coin is worth and, more importantly, why. At the same time, I've maintained a natural curiosity in how strongly it might rise in value in the years ahead.

I've discovered that long term price trends of a coin ARE INDEED a fairly reliable indicator of where its value could be headed in the future.

For a very long time, I've been gathering lots of data supporting this observation. I created a series of Coin Value Tables (see a sample table below) to report my findings.

The tables have been painstakingly researched and compiled by me. They make it easy for you to find out the past and current values of your coins AND…

…yield clues as to which coins are most likely heading a lot higher in price

AND

…you won’t find these tables anywhere else.

If selecting coins with a good chance of increasing nicely in price is your goal, you'll find the tables to be an indispensable tool. You may access the tables by selecting the U.S. Coin Values (historic) link in the Nav Bar to the left. You can also get there by clicking HERE.

Coins are so steeped in U.S. history that I’ve included for you some historical context for each coin. This helps explain the origin and differences between coins. Because of my love affair with U.S. coins and history, I've done my best throughout this site to interject historical connotations while analyzing coin values and other subjects related to numismatics.

What's more, I include a brief snippet of information at the beginning of some pages called:

The idea of the MINT HINT is give you a chance to quickly absorb a factoid about the featured coin or whatever the numismatic topic might be for that page. You can quickly decide if you want to continue reading for more in depth information or keep moving on.

I guess I have never lost the respect and adulation of certain coins I developed as a kid trying to be like my older brother. I have spent many years preparing the tables, charts, data and recommendations you will find on this site because I believe you should have access to the best and most complete coin value information possible all in one place.

Are you looking for a life-long hobby you can master? Have you inherited a coin collection and need to know what it is worth? Are you a collector pursuing an elusive coin? If so, you're bound to unearth useful information somewhere on this site.

A coin that has long enthralled me is the 1796 Draped Bust Quarter. A beautiful example of this incredible rarity is pictured to the right. You see, I have a keen interest in very early United States coinage. I get goose bumps owning coins that once upon a time might have been held by one of our Founding Fathers.

Although I may never be able to afford a 1796 Draped Bust Quarter (the one in the picture is now worth over $100,000 -- but it's a real screamer!), I have found the pursuit of that coin (or at least its not-quite-as-valuable cousin) a thrilling chase. Maybe someday my dream will come true.

Coin values are constantly changing. With this site, I pledge:

Thank you for your readership and enjoy!


A Coin Value Table Sample:

1889-CC		Morgan Silver Dollars	US-Coin-Values-Advisor.com
Mintage:	350,000	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	8.50	12.50	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1955	5.50	7.50	17.50	30.00	47.50	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1960	10.00	15.00	30.00	85.00	150	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1965	90.00	125	175	350	700	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1970	65.00	85.00	160	325	1000	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1975	100	135	325	500	3100	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1980	135	225	650	1250	8000	14500	---	---	---	27500	32500	---
1985	140	225	500	1750	4500	7500	10000	11500	---	22500	30000	---
1990	125	275	750	2250	6000	15000	22500	50000	---	125K	225K	---
1995	225	325	1000	3000	6000	12500	14500	22500	50000	75000	125K	200K
2000	300	550	1250	2750	7000	15000	20000	32500	60000	175K	250K	500K
2002	300	550	1250	2750	7500	17500	20000	40000	60000	175K	250K	500K
2005	1000	1750	3000	5750	15000	25000	27500	50000	67500	225K	325K	500K
2007	1250	2000	4000	8000	25000	42500	45000	65000	75000	275K	350K	500K
2009	1250	2000	4000	8000	25000	42500	45000	65000	75000	350K	400K	515K
2011	1050	1500	3000	5650	25000	42500	45000	60000	75000	350K	400K	540K
2013	950	1250	3000	6125	25000	40250	45000	67000	75000	325K	400K	575K
2015	895	1200	3000	7300	25000	45000	45000	77500	80000	325K	350K	575K
2017	840	1000	2750	6350	27500	45000	45000	82500	100K	290K	350K	600K
2019	840	1000	2750	6350	22500	45000	49500	82500	100K	290K	350K	600K
Compounded Annual % Return Rate Since…
Computed from year indicated in left-most column to the year 2019
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	9.15	9.07	9.58	10.06	11.48	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1980	4.80	3.90	3.77	4.26	2.69	2.95	---	---	---	6.23	6.28	---
1995	5.64	4.79	4.31	3.17	5.66	5.48	5.25	5.56	2.93	5.80	4.38	4.68
2009	-3.90	-6.70	-3.68	-2.28	-1.05	0.57	0.96	2.41	2.92	-1.86	-1.33	1.54

As we can see from the sample table, the 1889-CC Morgan silver dollar has displayed solid, if not spectacular, value growth over a very long period of time (although things of not gone so well since 2007 for some grades -- a great buying opportunity!). 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 1889-CC dollar is a good choice for continued appreciation in the future.

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