Anyone know anything about rare coins?

nah i don't mind, ti's actually fun to me, i just appraised my coin collection (it's not actually 'mine' anymore, as i sold it to my grandma for cigarettes BIG mistake, but i'll get them all back eventually.... she wants to leave me everything when she dies, house, car, you name it.) even if they're not actually mine, i still feel they are, i'm the one that put in all the work on them... just got done figuring out how much my kennedy half dollar set is worth... and i feel like an idiot now... i bought it for 200, back when i was like 13... now the collection is easily worth 850, and could even bring in a net of 1600...

7 years ago, when we were moving my grandma left it at our hold house, someone broke in and stole well over half my collection, if i still had my other half i'd probably have 5,000-10,000 worth.... that half had most of my rarest and valuable ones in it... i felt just purely devestated when i walked into the house to gather some more things and saw it... the big thing is i KNOW who stole them, as he stole a collection of football cards that would be worth thousands now probably.. (and i know he stole them cuz i'm the one that helped him move and i saw them... i just can't really do much about it, no proof and it's been along time, since both things were taken) it was my uncle....

Sorry I wasn't more clear on the coin. :o

It is a penny, worth 1cent, US coin.

Slipknot, here is a picture of front and back that I took. It is clear and close as I could get with camera, so hopefully it will be clear enough to see.

Like I said, I am going to hang onto it, I'm just curious.

The penny is from 1919 and I want to hang onto it until 2019. I see some people got confused with that part. :D

Peace.

Your 1919 Lincoln cent is a very nice find, but not overly rare. The Gov't made over 350 million of them at the Philadelphia Mint that year. My latest prices catalog lists the 1919 cent at about a $1.00/ 1.50 (US) in average condition.

As far as cleaning goes....don't. Perhaps a little water if there's something sticky on it. Pat it dry and let it come to room temp before putting it in a holder. It will get shiny if you clean it, BUT you cannot restore the wear from being passed from hand to hand. Besides, most collectors would not want it if it has been cleaned. Many collector coins have been ruined that way.

Enjoy your find. Almost everyone, including me, started out collecting Cents. After over forty years, I'm still at it.:cool:

lol i never noticed you provided a pic lol...

and it's pretty wore down so it wouldn't be worth a whole lot...

and from the guide i'm using, i'm seeing about 3$