Do I have any rare coins?

[Kevlardini]

So I've accumulated a lot of coins over the years, and these are some of the better ones. I think all the nickels have silver, but not positive. Then there is that wheat penny with a circular mark on it that is like in it, is that a error?
Then another penny has an indent in the middle, while another has a slash in it that appears on both sides.
Sorry if the pictures aren't the best, but one day I was exploring this old bridge which collapsed into a river and I was precariously trying to get on an embankment next to it, so i set my camera on a rock, and swoooosh! it flew of the rock into the river I was sad.
Then i was stuck with my Ipod, which as some of you know is really bad at taking pictures! Don't even get me started on it! Anyways, now I'm left with this old canon camera which isn't much better. So yeah, but anyways, if someone knows something about these coins, that would be great.

 

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[BigWaveDave]

The good news is, you have some keepers, alas, none are rare or silver. The afflicted coin are not errors, post mint damage, but they sure have character! Keep your eyes open for other treasures going forward, sure to find more keepers..there are plenty out there for sure!

And sorry about your camera.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

You can tell the silver content nickels as they have a large mint mark over Montecello on the reverse.

The Indian Head Cent may be worth $2.50 Hard to tell from a computer image. Can you read any of the "LIBERTY" in her headband or see the four diamonds in the ribbon?

 

[Nitric]

Looks like a great start! So much history, and wonder of where they could have been!

I'm not much help on value.Don't see anything rare. They are rare, in the way you don't find them everyday! But not rare in the coin world! Sry about your camera! That's the way things seem to work sometimes! Turn around and ooops! Or you have that favorite camera that you try soooo hard to take care of and something crazy happens. But the one you don't care about you throw at the wall and bounce off the floor still works!

 

[Kevlardini]

You can tell the silver content nickels as they have a large mint mark over Montecello on the reverse.

The Indian Head Cent may be worth $2.50 Hard to tell from a computer image. Can you read any of the "LIBERTY" in her headband or see the four diamonds in the ribbon?

I can read some of "liberty" on the IH, and the feathers have some detail, but it looks like there is a lot of grime covering up the rest of it. Would it be a good idea to clean it?

 

[Captain Caveman]

The only nickels that have silver in them are war nickels (OD nickels on this forum). Here is a little info on them:

World War II prompted the rationing of many commodities. Nickel was highly valued for use in armor plating, and Congress ordered the removal of this metal from the five-cent piece, effective October 8, 1942. From that date, and lasting through the end of 1945, five-cent pieces bore the regular design but were minted from an alloy of copper, silver and manganese. It was anticipated that these emergency coins would be withdrawn from circulation after the war, so a prominent distinguishing feature was added. Coins from all three mints bore very large mintmarks above the dome of Monticello, and the letter 'P' was used as a mintmark for the first time on a U. S. coin.

Year Mintage
1942 P 57,873,000
1942 S 32,900,000
1943 P 271,165,000
1943 D 15,294,000
1943 S 104,060,000
1944 P 119,150,000
1944 D 32,309,000
1944 S 21,640,000
1945 P 119,408,100
1945 D 37,158,000
1945 S 58,939,000

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Yoiks. I would not encourage you to clean a coin - because if it is a rarity any little, microscopic sctatch will be used against you in a transaction with a dealer or collector.

Personally, I clean SOME of mine. Soak copper cents in olive oil and blot (don't rub) with a Kleenex.

When I do want to clean a dug coin I use water with a little Ivory soap, pick out the bigger chinks with a toothpick and buff between my fingers with waxed paper. Silver coins I use aluminum foil. But then I just accumulate for my own satisfaction and don't sell coins so I don't care. I have had one dealer make ugly faces at a nice Barber I cleaned that way - which is no surprise as he considers any dug coin two steps lower on the desirable scale than a fresh dog turd.

 

[goldnugget]

Your 1907 Indian Cent has a lot of Variations available. From Double Die Reverse to Misplaced Date-Re-punched Date.
So be careful if you decide to clean it, Olive oil takes along time and on my Old Coins I use a toothpick. Reference Book- Treasure Hunting in the Flying Eagle and Indian Cent Series by Kevin Flynn--Look to see if you see The Top of 1 protruding in the Denticles below the date-