The 1892, being the first year of issue for Barber's, had the highest proof mintage of a whopping 1245! Not exactly huge. And yet, in Proof 65 and above, there may be only 65 coins left. Most having been scrubbed, and mishandled through the years.
I have a few. Once is a Grant w/star that I posted recently, mintage 4,256
The 1794 Half dime is a cool coin with a mintage of 7,756. Maybe 550 survive in all grades. This example isn't perfect, but imagine where it has been.
The 1797 Small Eagle dollar was made to the tune of 7,776 examples. This is the 9x7 star, large letters variety:
One final coin is the 1928 Hawaiian commemorative. Total mintage is 9,958. Many were saved, but most aren't all that attractive. It's fun to find an exception:
The 1796 and 1797 draped bust small eagle half dollars had three US Mint deliveries totaling 3918 coins, all in 1797. Any mintage figures for each dated year are just estimates, although survivors are split 50/50 each year per Amato's census book. Bowers calls this rarity the "Holy Grail" of US silver type. Here is a VLDS 1797 T-1 with a shattered reverse die:
Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver
The 1861-S Paquet Reverse had 19,250 struck although per Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth only 200-300 are known to be existent. Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth include it as one of the 100 Greatest U.S. Coins in their book of same name. Interestingly not a single mint state example is known to exist.
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This from a "Coin World" reporting:
"The Paquet Reverse double eagle is so-named as the work of U.S. Mint Assistant Engraver Anthony Paquet.
In his work, Paquet was known to have a penchant for a particular font style. The style was characterized by tall, thick verticals and diagonals on the letters, with thin horizontals and serifs.
Paquet adopted this font for use on his 1860 patterns. The font style was subsequently approved in late 1860 for use on the regular issue Coronet double eagles.
After the Philadelphia Mint produced examples, U.S. Mint Director James Ross Snowden quickly determined the Paquet Reverse unsuitable for high-speed production and ordered the entire Philadelphia Mint emission melted.
Only two examples from the Philadelphia Mint are known to remain, although a third is rumored to exist.
Dies with the Paquet design were delivered to the Branch Mints in New Orleans and San Francisco before the decision to stop production was made.
The New Orleans Mint did not strike any 1861-O Coronet, Paquet double eagles, having received a telegraph message to halt production before it began.
Because no transcontinental telegraph wires extended to San Francisco from the East, by the time Snowden’s edict reached the West Coast facility, it had already struck 19,250 of the coins, all of which are reported to have entered circulation. Today, approximately 100 examples of the 1861-S Coronet, Paquet Reverse double eagle are extant, with no examples certified in Mint State. "
I don't have any idea of what the mintage is for the token (I am certain that it is far less than 10K)....but I can just about guarantee that the die population is no more than one or two.
Here, I got one actually at 100 Mintage! Sure, it's not a business Gov. Mint coin but a very low mintage coin. I love it!
Mine has a 18 /100 engraved on the coin. 2-Ounce Mule
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Proofs should not count because I would have...13, and proofs in my series are relatively cheap.
I would go up to 100K BS mintage with no proofs allowed, I would than have only one coin that would count.
Temporarily leaving coins, and going to bullion, I recently got this, 100 total minted, 50 regular strike and 50 antique finish it’s an interesting reminder of these times with a cool design:
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To the best of my knowledge, I only have these two:
1868 $3, mintage 4,850:
And 1858 Charlotte $2.50, mintage 9,056:
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I do not have any that low. I guess I am a widget collector.
Not business strikes, but the mintage figures are famously tiny @ 380 for the 1914, and 450 for the 1915
Nice! Old proofs work too.
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The 1892, being the first year of issue for Barber's, had the highest proof mintage of a whopping 1245! Not exactly huge. And yet, in Proof 65 and above, there may be only 65 coins left. Most having been scrubbed, and mishandled through the years.
Cool thread idea:
I have a few. Once is a Grant w/star that I posted recently, mintage 4,256
The 1794 Half dime is a cool coin with a mintage of 7,756. Maybe 550 survive in all grades. This example isn't perfect, but imagine where it has been.
The 1797 Small Eagle dollar was made to the tune of 7,776 examples. This is the 9x7 star, large letters variety:
One final coin is the 1928 Hawaiian commemorative. Total mintage is 9,958. Many were saved, but most aren't all that attractive. It's fun to find an exception:
1885 quarter eagle. Mintage 800.
Mintage 20 Proof 66+ DCAM
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This ummm.. beauty, mintage 1,824.
1887 - Mintage 6,160
1890 - Mintage 8,720
Mintage 600
Mintage 400 business strikes
1913 VAR 1 MATTE PROOF-1520
1913 VAR 2 MATTE PROOF-1514
1916 MATTE PROOF-600
Pretty clever thread!
Here's mine. With a low mintage of only 960,000! 1915s/s Barber Dime
A Reprive; I always was bad in math! I thought the OP said,"1,000,000 Mintage" Lol Sorry!
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"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.1968-P US Mint medal, Mintage 4,000. The Philadelphia mint mark is under Mickey's shoe. Disneyland sure isn't what it used to be.
National Commemorative Medals of the U.S. Mint:
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Survivability is just an important factor as mintage. It's very high for these proofs tho many of the matte proofs were spent.
Real nice coins here.
The 1796 and 1797 draped bust small eagle half dollars had three US Mint deliveries totaling 3918 coins, all in 1797. Any mintage figures for each dated year are just estimates, although survivors are split 50/50 each year per Amato's census book. Bowers calls this rarity the "Holy Grail" of US silver type. Here is a VLDS 1797 T-1 with a shattered reverse die:
The 1861-S Paquet Reverse had 19,250 struck although per Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth only 200-300 are known to be existent. Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth include it as one of the 100 Greatest U.S. Coins in their book of same name. Interestingly not a single mint state example is known to exist.
Here is mine:
This from a "Coin World" reporting:
"The Paquet Reverse double eagle is so-named as the work of U.S. Mint Assistant Engraver Anthony Paquet.
In his work, Paquet was known to have a penchant for a particular font style. The style was characterized by tall, thick verticals and diagonals on the letters, with thin horizontals and serifs.
Paquet adopted this font for use on his 1860 patterns. The font style was subsequently approved in late 1860 for use on the regular issue Coronet double eagles.
After the Philadelphia Mint produced examples, U.S. Mint Director James Ross Snowden quickly determined the Paquet Reverse unsuitable for high-speed production and ordered the entire Philadelphia Mint emission melted.
Only two examples from the Philadelphia Mint are known to remain, although a third is rumored to exist.
Dies with the Paquet design were delivered to the Branch Mints in New Orleans and San Francisco before the decision to stop production was made.
The New Orleans Mint did not strike any 1861-O Coronet, Paquet double eagles, having received a telegraph message to halt production before it began.
Because no transcontinental telegraph wires extended to San Francisco from the East, by the time Snowden’s edict reached the West Coast facility, it had already struck 19,250 of the coins, all of which are reported to have entered circulation. Today, approximately 100 examples of the 1861-S Coronet, Paquet Reverse double eagle are extant, with no examples certified in Mint State. "
https://coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/1861-s-paquet-reverse-double-eagle-tops-stacks-bowers-sale.html
Mintage: 600
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1869 Pattern 3 Cent Nickel
1848 French Essai Bronze 10 Centimes
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I don't have any idea of what the mintage is for the token (I am certain that it is far less than 10K)....but I can just about guarantee that the die population is no more than one or two.
2001 restrike from 1855 dies. Total mintage was seven.
That's cool!
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Here, I got one actually at 100 Mintage! Sure, it's not a business Gov. Mint coin but a very low mintage coin. I love it!
Mine has a 18 /100 engraved on the coin. 2-Ounce Mule
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Does it count if they minted a whole bunch & told us we couldn't have any?
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I am kinda surprised that Daniel Carr pieces have not been mentioned.
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Proofs should not count because I would have...13, and proofs in my series are relatively cheap.
I would go up to 100K BS mintage with no proofs allowed, I would than have only one coin that would count.
Mintage 1660
1866 $2.5 PCGS 50 with mintage of 3100
Mintage 4000
Got to admit, some nice stuff here.
I love the quarter eagles!
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1870-CC mintage 8,340
1886 mintage 5,000
Mintage 1,376
Complete Set of Chopmarked Trade Dollars
Carson City Silver Dollars Complete 1870-1893http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=2722"
Mintage 3,150
Complete Set of Chopmarked Trade Dollars
Carson City Silver Dollars Complete 1870-1893http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=2722"
Mintage 2,300
Complete Set of Chopmarked Trade Dollars
Carson City Silver Dollars Complete 1870-1893http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=2722"
I believe there where six minted
This one was 1500
I believe 400 minted on this set
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
I don’t know the exact mintage on this one, but less than 10,000 is a safe bet.
10,000 exactly.
Mintage 9,500
Don't really collect gold but I felt that this was too good to pass up.
Great coins everybody!
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Temporarily leaving coins, and going to bullion, I recently got this, 100 total minted, 50 regular strike and 50 antique finish it’s an interesting reminder of these times with a cool design:
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Circ proof cherry-pick graded by NGC now
Mintage 15
Mintage 2,062
1884 - 1,950
1890 - 4,240
1879-O - 2,325
I love the low mintage quarter eagles!
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1872 PR65 2c, mintage of about 950.
Bumping with my lowest mintage business strike to date: 3,533
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