The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-08
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for Some Of Them.
OF the silver dollars nearly all the
earlier issues are in demand at a slight
premium, and that OF 1894. in which
the Goddess OF Liberty is depicted with
flowing hair. is worth go. As for the
dollar OF 1904, Of which few are known.
any copy in good condition will bring
600. The flying eagle OF 1888 and 1889
and the coins OF 1851. 1852. and 1858
with the liberty-loving lady seated arc
worth at least SIS each. The one time
despised trade dollars. issued 1879 TO
1883 inclusive. are at q premium OF 10
cents each. OF half dollars those Of
1896 and 1897. with fifteen or sixteen
stars. bring els each. Others OF value
are dated 1894. 1901. and 1902. and there
are many mOre, such As 1856 with a
liberty cap. 1888 with an 90 mark
under the head. and a coin OF 1853
with Liberty seated. which are worth
from 81 to s each. The scarce quar-
ters are those OF 1928 and 1927 with
the head I O the left. each valued at fl5.
while the 1896 fillet head is to be had
for g. and that OF 1904 for 81. Twenty
cent silver pieces of 1876 bring 30
cents; those OF the succeeding year are
cheap at $50. The dimes Of the
grandfathers are mostly worth from
five 10 twenty times their face value.
while half-dimes in silver bring from
fifty cents to e each. and "a special
brand Of the vintage of 1902 will COM
mand $25. Silver three-cent pieces
run from 90 to 50 cents: nickel fives Is
70 30 cents each, and nickel threes 10
to 81.
There is a great demand for old cop
per cents. the first ambition OF every
collector being to start even with the
procession in 1893 or so and bring it
down to date with a coin for each year.
1t will cost him from 81 to S3 for the
various kinds issued in 1898, 8 for
1879 and &. 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 - to IS for
those OF certain years between 1881
and 1S4g. But in these il must not he
understood that those Of all years are
equally in request. Those issued 1870
~ inclusive. with the head to the left,
average about & each. Washington
medals. Old-fashiOned cents. and the
copper issues of New York. Vermont.
Massachusetts. and n foreign country
known as New Jersey bring. provided
they have the necessary carmarks,
sums ranging from 81 10 so.
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 a small pre-
MUM. Scarce half eagles are those Of
1915 and 1872. and worth fully go
each. On other dates from 1895 TO
1884 some 20 TO 30 per cent. premium
is paid. Three-dollar gold pieces OF
1865 and 1876. with the figure of an In
dian Princess. brings IS and 8. re-
spcctively. Quarter eagles OF early
dates run from s. up to s.. and there
are many gold dollars for which a slight
advance on their face value must be
paid.
Intending collectors need not dis
tress themselves in looking for dollars
of the years lS0j-'35. inclusive. for I'm
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 i'm 1915.
and no eagles from 1906 to 1857. inclu-
sive. The Confederate States made u
die for a silver dollar and struck OF n
few. but ran out of silver. An anthem
tic coin Of hat issue would bring
$1,000. As a contrast To this il may be
noted that you "A get a penny of the
CAESARS for 30 cents. Chicago Tribune.
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