Archive for the ‘United States Coin Help’ Category

The end of WWI signaled the idea for the US Mint to produce a new silver starting in 1921, replacing the Morgan Dollar last minted in 1921. The Pittman Act of 1918 called for the melting of 35 million silver dollars (most where Morgan Dollars) and allowed for an ample amount of silver dollars to be produced. So, in later half of 1921, the Peace Dollar was born thus creating a low mintage year; only 1,006,437 examples of the 1921 Peace Dollar where produced. The 1921 was struck in high relief and often struck with “smashed” like design elements, and well struck examples trade for a premium. In 1922 the die was redesigned to a more normal relief, however, some 1922 high relief examples where minted and are very rare.

The mintage years encompass 1921-1928, then again, from 1934-1935, however, in 1964 316,076 Peace Dollars where minted at the Denver Mint, but all are believed to have been melted as no examples have surfaced to date. Since, the beginning, the Peace Dollar languished in even more obscurity than the Morgan Dollar and sat in the mint’s vaults and bank safes for years, until the release of the GSA Morgan Dollars. It was then that collecting the large silver dollars became popular and their popularity has increased every since.

Although, the Peace Dollar has yet to reach the lofty premiums of the Morgan Dollar, they have still come of their own over the years. Increases in premiums have dramatically risen over the years, for most dates, and thanks to the advent of grading services and collecting the high end grades, plus varieity collecting referred to as VAMs, the Peace Dollar is a much more respectible numismatic series.

If your interested in collecting Peace Dollars or want to learn more about this important historical coin series visit our Peace Dollar Facts Page. Here you will discover links for Peace Mintages and Values with links to images of every date and mint produced. Plus, a Photograde page to learn more about grading Peace Dollars and comparing your coins to discover their grade.

We are pound to offer a great coin collecting tool for smart phone users. If you frequent coin shows, flea markets or garage sales looking for coins, then this is a much needed app, and invaluable when buying coins on the go. It took us years to amass the information included in this coin collecting app.

Every coin collector will want this app dowloaded on their mobile phone. The first version is a Coin Identifier with specifications, coin nicknames, prescious metal values, and a complete Morgan Silver Dollar app with Morgan grading guide, images of every date and mint, facts, mintages and values. Check it out here Coin Identifier Mobile App For Droid.  Iphone version click here

Comprehensive database of Hi-Resolution Images & Specs for every U.S. Coin Series minted from inception to date including all major Types, Gold & Silver Coins/Bullion complete with Spot Value Charts for Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium. Charts will show current spot prices as well as weekly, monthly & yearly graphs for each metal.

 U.S Coin Identifier is incredibly useful and complete in its content providing high quality images and the information necessary for anyone to accurately identify any U.S. coin. However Coin Identification is only one small part of numismatics. Available this summer CoinHelp! Mobile Suite will include a complete set of numismatic apps. intended to allow anyone of any skill level to have all the information they need to make the smartest decisions when Collecting or Buying/Selling Coins & Spot Metals.

We’ve used the Morgan Silver Dollar as example to showcase just some of these incredible features. Follow the Morgan though and see the amazing wealth of information CoinHelp! Mobile Suite will provide!!

This includes:

* In addition to high resolution images and general coin specs U.S Coin Identifier provides CoinHelp! Mobile Suite will include additional detailed Info & Facts on every U.S. coin series.

* Include even Higher Resolution Coin Series photo examples and updates will be made until there is a photo of every key Date & Mint Mark for each U.S. coin series.

* Hi-Res PhotoGrading examples for every coin series.

* Detailed Mintage’s & Value Charts for every coin series.

* Information to assist in identifying fake or altered coins. Wondering if your coin’s been cleaned or tooled … or if it’s even real? Have the information at hand to answer your questions and keep you best informed.

* Automatically find current eBay listing for any coin series by individual Date/MM.

* Cherrypickers listings for every coin series.

* Detailed explanations and examples of Die Errors & Varieties (with ability to submit photos to be included in application).

* Comprehensive listing of nearly all known Third Party Graders with the ability to enter Bar Code # from slabs to view the coin’s certification and details direct from the TPGs (currently only available for PGCS, NGS and NCS. Note that NGC & NCS require you be registered with them (free for both) in order to use this feature).

* Coin Guides and Related Numismatic Links.

* In addition to all the U.S. Coin Series CoinHelp! Mobile Suite will also provide information and photographic examples of; Pre-Colonial, Colonial, U.S. Pattern Coins, and Tokens.

Creating this as a web app reduces the space the application will consume on the phone dramatically as well as allows us to make changes and updates on the fly without the need for a user to update the application locally. Please let us know your thoughts, comments, complaints, suggestions, etc.. We would love to hear from you and let us know of any additional features you’d like to see included in future releases.

Iphone version click here