We’ve previously written about pennies, dimes, and quarters, but some nickels are actually the most valuable of all. Before now, the most expensive coin we’d written about was a $1.9 million dime. But this will blow you away: Some nickels are worth up to $3.7 million. read more
These three types of coins were made of an equivalent amount of gold ($10 coin = $10 in gold, $5 coin = $5 in gold, etc.). Smaller coin denominations, including dollar, half-dollar, quarters, dimes and nickels, were worth their weight in silver. In America, one-cent coins weren’t introduced until 1864. read more