9 Rare Coins That Can Make You Rich

If you have ever developed an interest in coin collecting, you most certainly have searched for uncommon values still in circulation. Coin aficionados can buy and sell rare coins on a market where, should one locate one in demand, you could earn some respectable money.

Professional Coin Grading Services has highlighted some coins worth a fairly penny here.

Kennedy Half Dollar Auction record: $6,995 1967

This uncommon coin is unique since the U.S. Mint purposefully omitted mint markings on pieces made between 1965 and 1967 in order to control coin hoarding. Beginning in 1964, the Mint started producing these half-dollars in remembrance of slain President John F. Kennedy.

Lincoln Penny Auction Record: $54, 525 1925

Coin collectors value the 1925-S pennies as a valuable date and mint in the series, hence this San Francisco wheat cent is rather popular among them.

Washington Quarter Auction Record: $143,750 1932

Designed to commemorate George Washington’s birthday bicentennial, the U.S. Mint unveiled this commemorative quarter This design became rather well-known globally and persisted until the Mint began the 50 state quarters series in 1999.

1943-S Jefferson Nickel Auction Record: $9,000

This nickel is from the run of war-time silver nickels struck from 1942 to 1945. The Mint had more than 100 million pieces in circulation; collectors had saved countless copies.

VDB Penny Record 1909: $168,000

Lincoln pennies with this unusual tale are among the most often used ones. As many coin designers in those days did, Victor David Brenner, who designed this coin, inscribed his complete name in small letters. Mint engraver Charles Barber changed the name to only the initials (VDB), but media writers noted the designer was exploiting the penny for free advertising. When the next batch was struck at the Mint, staff members there removed the initials off the coin. Just 484,000 VDB coins were minted.

1983, 1C Doubled The Reverse Penny Auction record is $7,050.

Since the coin lacks a mint mark, it has become a collectible object and sold for more than $7,000 at an auction in 2017. Without a mint mark, the face side of the coin lacks a marker indicating its manufacture location.

Because the stamping machine landed on the incorrect position and produced a duplicate image, coin aficioners have labeled this the “doubled die reverse.” Just 5,000 of the 7.7 billion pennies generated in 1983 have this unusual flaw.

1967 No S Roosevelt Dime Auction record: $40,250

In 2008 this elusive coin sold for about $40,000. This dime is particularly uncommon that it was the first proof coin the Mint made without inadvertently include the S mint mark. It is thought that early in the process the San Francisco Mint spotted the error.

1916 Two-fold Die Buffalo Nickel Auction record: $281,750

The collector community values this very uncommon coin because of its unusual error—a doubled 1916 date. If discovered in any condition, it supposedly is worth thousands of dollars. Designed by James Earle Fraser, the series was struck between 1913 and 1938.

Lincoln Penny Auction Record 1944: $115,000

Since only one of two dates with zinc-coated steel show six figures, this extremely rare penny sold for that. One should note that the 1944 edition is more rare than the 1943 one. Steel versions of copper are rare since 1944 saw the return of copper to the Lincoln Wheat Penny coins. But it is thought that a mistake happened whereby some 1944 coins were still made of steel and 1943 steel Planchets were left in the machine.

Given just 30 1944 steel cents are thought to exist, this would help to explain their auction selling value.