Worth Its Weight

Found a jar of old coins, inherited a collection, or wondered whether the change in your pocket is worth keeping? Worth Its Weight gives you a practical way to identify U.S. coins, understand their condition, and decide what to do next.

Start with the first hour: handle coins safely, sort what you have, and assemble a simple tool kit. Learn to read dates and mint marks, distinguish metal compositions, recognize major coin types, and separate genuine mint errors and die varieties from …