A penny, with Abraham Lincoln's likeness, is worth one cent, or .01 of a dollar.
A nickel, with Thomas Jefferson's likeness, is worth five cents, or .05 of a dollar.
A dime, with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's likeness, is worth ten cents, or .10 of a dollar.
A quarter, with George Washington's likeness, is worth twenty-five cents, or .25 of a dollar.
Coins with a likeness of King Edward VII were issued from 1902 to 1910 inclusive.
There were no British coins issued with a likeness of Edward VIII on them. The Royal Mint had set about designing them and a few pattern coins were produced. All of these coins are supposedly accounted for. Some coins were produced and issued for some of the colonies including British East Africa and British West Africa, Fiji and New Guinea, but these coins did not feature his likeness, only his name.
Please check your coin. Edward VI died in 1553. There were no British 1937 Edward VIII coins issued with his name or likeness on them.
The U.S. never struck any silver coins with a face value of more than $1. What you have is almost certainly a privately-made piece. Its value would depend on how much silver it actually contains.
Queen Victoria is on the obverse of all British coins from 1838 to 1901 inclusive.
No, for silver coins as the value of silver changes the value of the coin changes. The same is true for gold coins.
These coins are very common and are worth face value.
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The value of gold coins can be determined in two different ways--the melt-down value and the coin value. The melt-down value is the value of the pure gold in the coins, which is determined by the weight. The face value of the coins can be found on a collector's website.
Many people before Ceasar put their names on coins. Ceasar was the first Roman to have coins minted with his likeness while he was still alive.
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One can learn about value of old coins on the website Coins About. Most coin value guides give you retail prices; that is, they tell you how much coin dealers are selling the coins for.