Check Your Pocket Change.

Welcome to The Coin Relics — a friendly guide to US coins, silver, and pennies, and what your pocket change is really worth. Most coins in your change jar are worth face value, but some are worth far more, and a few are worth a small fortune. We show you exactly which dates, mint marks, and errors to look for, in plain English.

Whether you found an old wheat penny, inherited a jar of coins, or just want to know if that quarter in your pocket is silver, you are in the right place. Start with our beginner path, then dig into the value guides for the coins you actually have.

Featured Guides

• Most Valuable Pennies — the pennies still hiding in circulation that can be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.
• Morgan Dollar Value Guide — key dates from 1893-S to 1921, and what big silver dollars are worth today.
• Are My Quarters Silver? — every Washington quarter date to look for, 1932–1964.

Silver Cheat-Sheet

Dimes, quarters, and half dollars dated 1964 and earlier are 90% silver. Kennedy half dollars from 1965 to 1970 are 40% silver. If the edge of your coin shows no copper stripe, you may be holding real silver.

New here? Head to our Start Here page for the simple six-step path every beginner should follow before doing anything else with an old coin.