The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
RAHE AMERICAN COINS.
Tho PricNs Which Collectors Have to Pay
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| The Prices Which Collectors Have to Pay
for Some of TheEn.
OF tho silver dollars nearly all the
earlier issues are in demand ut slight
premium, and that of 1904, in which
the Goddess of Liberty is depicted with
flowing hair, is worth 500 As for the
dollar of 1904, of which few are known,
any copy in good condition will bring
5000. The flying eagle of 1888 and 1889
and the coins of 1851, 1852. and 1858
with the liberty-loving lady seated arc
worth ut least $15 each. The one time
despised trade dollars, issued 1879 to
1883 inclusive, are at q premium of 10
cents each. or half dollars those of
1896 and 1897, with fifteen or sixteen
stars, bring $15 each. Others of value
are dated 1894, 1901, and 1902, and there
are many more, such as 1886 with u
liberty cap, 1888 with an 20" mark
under the head. and coin of 1853
with Liberty seated, which are worth
from 81 to So each. The scarce quar-
ters are those of 1928 and 1927 with
the head TO the left, each valued at SO,
while the 1886 tillet head is to be had
for 81 and that of 1904 for 81. Twenty
cent silver pieces of 1876 bring 80
cents; those of the succeeding year are
cheap at $l.50. The dimes of tho
grandlathcrs are mostly worth from
five TO twenty times their face value,
while half-dimes in silver bring from
fifty cents to 50 each, and a special
brand of the vintage of 1902 will COM
mand $25. Silver three-cent pieces
run from 20 to 80 cents; nickel fves 10
to so cents EACH and nickel threes 15
to %.
There is a great demand for old cop
per cents, the first ambition of every
collector being to start even with the
procession in 1898 or so and bring it
down to date with coin for each year.
1t will cost him from 81 to s3 for the
various kinds issued in 1898, $3 for
1899 and So so for 1904. With the ex-
ception of a cent of 1909 with the head
to the left. the rest are reasonable in
price. Half cents are in demand, and
readily command from 81 to Sc for
those of certain years between 1881
and 1S49. But in these il must not be
understood that those of all years are
equally in request. Those issued 1910
4S inclusive, with the head TO the left,
average about So each. Washington
medals, old-fashioned cents. and the
copper issues of New York. Vermont,
Massachusetts, and u foreign country
known as New Jersey bring, provided
they have the necessary earmarks,
sums ranging from 81 to $40. I
There is not much call for gold coins,
but trial pieces are valuable, and good
proofs of double eagles of some years,
as 1858 and 1856, bring small pre-
MUM. Scarce half eagles are those of
1915 and 1929, and worth fully $40
each. On other dates from 1895 to
1884 some 90 to 80 per cent. premium
is paid. Three-dollar gold pieces of
1865 and 1876 with the figure of an In
dian Princess, brings Sc and S., re-
spectively. Quarter eagles of early
dates run from SO up to 50, and there
are many gold dollars for which slight
advance on their face value must be
paid.
Intending collectors need not dis
tress themselves in looking for dollars
of the years 1805-'35, inclusive. for Un-
Gle Sam was either short of metal or
otherwise busy those thirty years and |
none were coined. There were no |
cents rushed on the market in 1915, |
and no eagles from 1906 to 1887, inclu-
sive. The Confederate States made Il
die for silver dollar and struck Off q
few, but ran out of silver. An authcn-
tic coin of that issue would bring
81 200. AS contrast to this it may be
noted that you can get a penny of the
Caesars for 80 cents. Chicago Tribune.