My US Coins

Contributed By Doug West, Ph.D.
www.investmentmetalsandcoins.com

In the world of collecting coins there are a wide variety of terms and abbreviations used to represent the grade or condition of a coin. Some are very helpful and others nearly meaningless. In this guide I will present some of the more commonly used useful terms and explain them.

Contributed By Doug West, Ph.D.
www.investmentmetalsandcoins.com

The prices of US Proof sets can be analyzed to determine which set’s prices are high or low when compared to the group as a whole. The buying and selling of Proof sets is like most other markets, that is, they are always moving toward a price equilibrium. The problem is the term “price equilibrium” is a moving target. There is new information, buyers, and sellers constantly being introduced into the proof set market. As a result of these changes in the market place, some of the sets will appear to be too high relative to the group as a whole and some sets will appear to be too low. In this article, I analyze the group of proof sets from 1956 to 2007 and identify a few sets that may be over priced and a few sets that may be under priced based on mintage numbers.

Contributed By BRAD HODGES aka SILVERSTRUCK1 of cointalk.org

Coin collecting is a hobby for all age's.  It can prove to be a good investment, or just something to do in your spare time. One thing for sure is that once you start you're hooked. And the good thing is that no matter what coin "strikes your fancy" you can more than likely afford to own a few.

My market is in silver, and though I would not recommend it for the beginning collector I like to think of it as good investment. If your thinking of getting into the silver market here's a few pointer's.

MyUSCoins.com is always progressing and looking for new and better ways to provide information to you and to make it easier and more user friendly for everyone to catalog and inventory their US coins.

What I've been concentrating on lately is a format to provide information to interested visitors on the history of their coin, tips on the value, specs, where to find the mintmarks, my own perspective, and links to purchase some of these coins in case they are interested.

I've been focusing my energies on the dollar section, and I have completed many of the dollar coin templates.  Check them out, by clicking on the following links.

Main Dollar catalog page, Morgan, Peace,Ike, Susan B Anthony, Sacagawea, and Presidential.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or if you would like to volunteer to write up a profile, please contact me or write some comments in our forum.

I sincerely appreciate all of the visitors that have visited the site and especially the ones that have registered and added some coins.  I hope to hear from many more of you soon.