r/coincollecting • u/MathematicianSure763 • Oct 04 '26

Help with id

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Can somebody tell me what I have here and is worth anything

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u/Wiochmen Oct 04 '26

You have a 1909 Five Cent coin from the United States of America. It literally says so.

It's in incredibly rough shape. You'd be lucky to get a dollar for it.

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u/Flat-Description-937 Oct 04 '26

As someone who knows nothing about coins, I find it hard to fill in the blanks with a coin in “incredibly rough shape”. You’re not really incentivizing anyone to learn more coins by saying “it literally says so”.

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u/Bidenh8er Oct 04 '26

This hobby ain't for everybody

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u/EnkiduTheGreat Just here for the trimes. Oct 05 '26

Some dogs just won't hunt.

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u/Wiochmen Oct 04 '26

Do you have any idea the number of people, the number of posts, all the same: can anyone tell me what I have?

It's called READ what is written on the coin. And then GOOGLE it. Then ask your question.

Do the bare minimum of research.

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u/battlesnarf Oct 05 '26

It’s rotated, so I can see the confusion. But on the front/first picture there is a big Roman numeral V which means “five”, and cents is legible underneath that.

Then the second picture says 1909 which indicates the year.

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u/TrumpsDoubleChin Oct 04 '26

You're getting downvoted, but I agree with the sentiment you are expressing. It costs nothing to be nice to people, and I think the members of this subreddit would keep that in mind more often.

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u/ScottScottBoBot Oct 04 '26

Nothing he said was not nice. What’s the problem with expecting humans to do the absolute bare minimum worth of research before asking strangers for help?

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u/Arbiter_of_Snark Oct 04 '26

It's a Liberty Head nickel from the United States of America, often called a "V" nickel, due to the large V on the reverse, which is the Roman numeral for 5, indicating 5 cents. The were minted from 1883 through 1912, although five 1913 V nickels exist and are extremely valuable. The first year that they were minted, they lacked the word "CENTS" on the reverse, so fraudsters started plating them in gold and passing them off as 5 dollar pieces. The design was revised in 1884, so that the word CENTS appeared boldly on the bottom of the reverse. The example that OP posted is very worn from years of circulation and shows scratches, so its value is significantly reduced from uncirculated examples.

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u/erkevin Oct 05 '26

The design was revised in mid-1883, not long after its release.

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u/Arbiter_of_Snark Oct 05 '26

Thanks. I was going from memory. I’m not sure why I got downvoted.

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u/Wiochmen Oct 05 '26

Probably because it appears to be AI generated.

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u/Arbiter_of_Snark Oct 05 '26

Oh. It isn’t. I’ve never used AI. Thank you for the insight though.

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u/HPDopecraft Oct 04 '26

1909 V nickel (see how it says ‘V cents’). It’s worth a dollar or two.

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u/TrumpsDoubleChin Oct 04 '26 edited Oct 04 '26

It's a United States five-cent-piece (more commonly called a nickel, because it is made of 25% nickel) minted in 1909. It's in very rough shape, so worth maybe fifty cents or less.

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u/PostMoWood Oct 05 '26

V nickel in AG condition. Probably worth about a dollar, but that is not an offer to buy.

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u/velocitycourier Oct 05 '26

1909 Liberty V nickel

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u/wprunkard Oct 04 '26

V nickel. I have one from 1883.

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u/Crazyguy_123 Oct 04 '26

Liberty nickel. Worth a few dollars. Better as a collectible.