Coin Year Key Dates Scarce Dates
Half Cent 1793-1857 1793 1796 1802 1831, 1836 1840­1848     
Large Cent 1793-1857 1793 1793 1793 1799, 1804         1823 
Flying Eagle Cent 1856­1858  1856  
Indian Cent 1859­1909  1877, 1909­S   All 1859­1879, 1908­S
Lincolnd Cent 1909-Date 1909­S, 1909­S V.D.B., 1914­D, 1922, 1931­S, 1955 Doubled Date   1972 Doubled Date  1910­S, 1911­S, 1912­S, 1913­S, 1914­S, 1915­S, 1924­D   
Two Cent 1864­1873  1873 1872
Three Cent Silver  1851­1873  1863­1873  
Three Cent Nickels  1865­1889  1877, 1878, 1883­1887   1879, 1880, 1882, 1888, 1889
Shield Nickels  1866­1883  1877­1881  
Liberty Nickels  1883­1912  1885, 1886, 1912­S  
Buffalo Nickels  1913­1938  1913­S Type 2, 1916 Doubled Date, 1937­D 3­Leg Buffalo  1913­1921, 1924­D, 1924­S, 1925­D, 1925­S, 1926­D, 1926­S, 1931­S
Jefferson Nickels 1938­Date    1938­S, 1939­D, 1950­D 
Bust Half Dime 1794-1837 1794­1795  1796­1797  1802     
Seate Half Dime 1837­1873  1846, 1863, 1864, 1865,1866, 1867 Many scarce dates
Bust Dime 1796-1837 1796­1797  1798­1807  1822   
Seated Dime 1837­1891  1844, 1860­O, 1863-S, 1864-S, 1865-S, 1866-S, 1867-S, 1870­S, 1871­CC, 1872­CC, 1873­CC, 1874­CC, 1879­1881, 1885­S Many scarce dates
Barber Dime 1892­1916  1894­S, 1895­O 1892­S, 1893­O, 1894­O, 1895, 1895­S, 1896­O, 1896­S, 1897­O, 1901­S, 1903­S, 1904­S, 1913­S
Mercury Dime 1916­1945  1916­D   1921, 1921­D, 1926­S, 1931­D, 1931­S
Roosevelt Dime 1946­Date    
Twenty Cent Piece 1875­1878  1876­CC, 1877, 1878  
Bust Quarter 1796-1838 All are rare 1804 1823, 1827   
Seated Quarter 1838­1891  1849­O, 1860­S, 1864­S, 1866­1869, 1870­CC, 1871­CC, 1871­S, 1872­CC, 1872­S, 1873­CC, 1879­1889   Many scarce dates
Barber Quarter 1892­1916  1896­S, 1901­S, 1913­S   1892­S, 1897­O, 1899­S, 1901­O, 1902­S, 1903­S, 1908­S, 1909­O, 1913, 1914­S
Standing Liberty Quarter 1916­1930  1916 1921, 1923-S 1927-D/S
Washington Quarters: Silver 1932­Date  No rare dates  1932­D, 1932­S  
Early Half Dollar 1794­1795  All are rare  
Bust Half 1796­1839 All are rare All are scarce 1815 1836, 1839­O   1807­1817 
Seated Half Dollar 1839­1891  1850, 1851, 1852, 1855­S, 1870­CC, 1871­CC, 1874­CC, 1878­CC, 1878­S, 1879­1890  Many scarce dates
Barber Half Dollar 1892­1915  1892­O, 1892­S, 1893­S, 1896­S, 1897­O, 1897­S   1901­S, 1904­S, 1913, 1914, 1915
Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1916­1947  1916­S, 1921, 1921­D   1916­1933, 1938­D
Franklin Half Dollar 1948­1963    1955
Kennedy Half Dollar 1964-Date      1970-D  
Early Dollar 1794­1795  All are rare  
Bust Dollar 1795­1803 All are rare All are rare  
Gobrecht Dollar 1836­1839  All are rare  
Seated Dollar 1840­1873  1851, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1858, 1870­S, 1871­CC, 1872­CC, 1873­CC   1848, 1850, 1861, 1862, 1872­S
Trade Dollar 1873­1885  1878­1885  1873­CC, 1875, 1877­CC, 1878­CC
Morgan Dollar 1878­1921  1885­CC, 1889­CC, 1893­S, 1894, 1895, 1895­S, 1903­O   Any "CC" mint coin, 1893, 1893­O, 1895­O
Peace Dollar 1921­1935  1928 1921
Eisenhower Dollar 1971­1978     
Susan B. Anthony Dollar 1979­1999     
Sacagawea Dollar 2000­Date     
$1 Gold Liberty 1849­1889 Any "C" mint, Any "D" mint 1855­C, 1855­D  Any "C" mint, Any "D" mint, 1875 1850­O, 1854­S dates:1855­O, 1855­S 1857­S, 1858­S, 1859­S, 1860­S, 1863­1870, 1876
$2.50 Bust 1793-1839 All dates are rare All are rare All are rare 1838­C, 1839­C, 1839­D, 1839­O    
$2.50 Liberty 1840­1907  Any "C" or "D" mint coins, 1841, 1848 with "CAL" punched on Rev, 1854­S, 1864, 1865, 1875, 1881 1842, 1845­O, 1848, 1862­S, 1863­S, 1866, 1867, 1872, 1877, 1885
$2.50 Indian 1908­1929    1911­D
Three Dollar Gold Pieces  1854­1889  1854­D, 1881­1886  1854­O, 1855­S, 1857­S, 1858, 1860­S, 1861­1869, 1877
Four Dollar Gold Pieces  1879­1880  All are rare  
$5 Bust 1795­1838 All are rare All are rare All are rare All are rare    
$5 Liberty 1834-1908 1838­C, 1838­D Any "C" or "D" mint, 1847­O, 1859­S, 1861­S, 1862­1872, 1873­CC, 1875, 1875­CC, 1876, 1876­CC, 1876­S, 1877, 1877­CC, 1878­CC    Any "CC" mint not mentioned above, many other dates1839­1879
$5 Indian 1908­1929  1909­O, 1929  
$10 Bust 1795­1797  All are rare All are rare  
$10 Liberty 1838­1907  1838, 1839, 1841­O, 1855­S, 1858, 1858­S, 1859­O, 1859­S, 1860­S, 1861­S, 1862­1873, 1875­1877, 1878­CC, 1879­CC, 1879­O, 1883­O Any "CC" mint not mentioned above, many other dates1838­1879
$10 Indian 1907­1933  1920­S, 1930­S, and1933 1908­S, 1911­D, 1911­S, 1913­S
Liberty Double Eagles  1850­1907     
Saint Gaudens Double Eagles  1907­1933  1907 High Relief, 1920­S, 1921, 1925­D, 1925­S, 1926­D, 1927­D, 1927­S, 1929, 1930­S, 1931, 1931­D, 1932 1908­S, 1909­D, 1913­S, 1922­S, 1924­D, 1924­S, 1926­S
Silver Commemoratives 1892­1954     
Gold Commemoratives  1903­1926  All Gold Commemoratives are scarce  
Modern Commemorative 1982­Date    1996 Olympic Dollars four varieties, National Community Service Dollar, Jackie Robinson $5, all uncirculated only  2000­W Library of Congress $10, uncirculated or proof
Silver American Eagle:  1986­Date  Proof.1995­W  1986, 1996 uncirculated  Proof:1988­S, 1993­P, 1994­P, 1995­P, 1997­P
Gold American Eagle 1986­Date     
Platinum American Eagle 1997­Date