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Happy Sat. Gents. still jittering from the 4 shot latte this morning early.

MS-67+ Ex. Benton Emory, Duckor, Eldo

@Twobitcollector said:

It is interesting how that holder allows for five different State quarters yet doesn't offer room for both the Type 1 & Type 2 Standing Liberty quarters (or both types of Buffalo nickels...).

@Inspired70 said:
Good morning everyone! Saturday morning, my favorite time of the week!

Playing with some old early gold in old holders this morning and marveling simply at how these coins exist in 2026. Some really smart caretakers over the centuries!

These are worth a second and third look. Love um.

These coins are increasingly just too expensive from the metal content alone to be competitive with other similarly priced (never mind much cheaper) coins except to those prioritizing liquidity and speculation. In other words, someone with very limited interest in recreational collecting which is what drives long-term price appreciation.

I keep reading NCLT threads started mostly by the OP about low mintage NCLT. When it's a trend as it is, it's primarily a lack of interest.

Now, I also keep hearing that in the future it's going to (radically) change, and the inference is presumably the same thinking included in Jordan's two NCLT books I bought. I've read both, and the (implied) assumptions disproportionately aren't accurate, starting with comparing collectors to financially motivated buyers, and implying equivalence between NCLT and circulating coinage which doesn't exist.

No, those mintages aren't actually low for a non-circulating coin, and the mintage difference isn't large enough to create an actual "key" date either which is something else persistently misrepresented in these threads. Practically every US proof coin prior to 1936 has a mintage less than 5000. No, not gold but still lower.

It's not an accident the premiums are low. It isn't interesting enough as a collectible.

Good morning and Happy Saturday Everyone!

I finally have something to share...
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Love it @Dave99B

Great to see you are still making progress here, a coin or two at a time.

Somebody help find this man a 19-D and a 24-S that match those other middle dates he has!!