Post your lowest mintage coin, here is mine:

1984worldcoins

TwoKopeiki

That's cool. I have never even seen this design before!

1984worldcoins

@TwoKopeiki , I was very lucky to get this one from ebay, with box and COA, could be Leslie Lindsay design, but I am not sure.

asheland

Cool find!

1984worldcoins

@asheland Thank you!

asheland

Mine is liteside:
4,850 mintage but it’s a normal issue for commerce in that context, that’s minuscule!

1984worldcoins

@asheland This is a lovely coin, with that mintage only a few hundred collectors have it I guess.

asheland

Indeed!

jgenn

Sardinia 1860 5 Lire, mintage: 5,044

1984worldcoins

@jgenn those big silver coins were minted in lots of countries in those years, feel so good in hand!

YQQ

Coins below are extremely hard to find. To own one in any grade/condition s just being very lucky.

Newfoundland $ 2 gold, Mintage 2500

newfoundland 1946 5 cents , mintage 2041

Canada 1921 5 cents, struck 2,582,495 and melted. ONLY about 400 survived the melting pot!

1984worldcoins

@YQQ great coins!

7Jaguars

That sov was a GREAT score!!! PM me if you like with price paid as I am curious....

WCC

I own a 1936 South Africa proof half crown, mintage 40.

For a circulation strike, a 1752 Peru 2R NGC XF-40. The mintage is reported as 206 but I believe it might be up to a small multiple of it. I have seen too many where it is likely to be accurate.

Boosibri

Believed to be unique today

1984worldcoins

@Boosibri well, who can go lower than this mintage, great coin!

Boosibri

@1984worldcoins said:
@Boosibri well, who can go lower than this mintage, great coin!

In fairness, the mintage which was your question is unknown.

coinkat

Not sure... I tend to focus more on surviving population.

Cocoinut

I could be wrong, but I think this has the lowest mintage of any of my coins, 841.

Jim

Abuelo

Mintage? FOUR.

1984worldcoins

@Cocoinut nice marlin from Bahamas, the Franklin Mint issues between 1982-1984 are mostly low mintage, some rare and very rare.

1984worldcoins

@Abuelo Impressive!

1984worldcoins

@Abuelo It would be interesting to know who are the other three people who have this coin (if all 4 coins survived) and to compare them.

SYRACUSIAN

Happy to see real rarities, as opposed to made up rarities (gold and silver Una 2019, Niue islands and the likes, various Royal Mnt products etc). Here’s my contribution, Greece 1876 50 drs gold, 1/2 oz NGC AU58, 176 examples, circulation piece, unknown survivors, probably not exceeding 100, with several of them holed or disfigured, hence its rarity and price.

1984worldcoins

@SYRACUSIAN nice one!

Abuelo

@1984worldcoins according to Carlos Jara (Mexican Coin Company Newsletter September/October 2014): “On October 31, (1822), the mayor of Guatemala City indicated that the amount of coins (medals) to be minted for that purpose (proclamation of Agustin I) should be of 400 pesos (or 3200 medals of 1 Real). On November 21, the ceremony for distributing the medals was fixed for December 26, and on December 14, it was reported that: “striking of medals would start the following day, including 4 gold pieces – two for the Emperor, and one each for the Archbishop and General Captain Gabino Gainza”. Surviving specimens in gold (a single specimen) and silver (scarce) are known. Additionally, a few specimens of a mule striking in gold using the obverse of the Leon de Nicaragua medal and the reverse of this one are also known (two ex-Eliasberg, one recently sold by Heritage).”

7Jaguars

Wow! Nice there Abuelo and Syracusan!

A few of us are a bit budget limited, but here goes a special coin whose mintage is ONE with a second one being possible, NOT evidently in the Royal Collection, BM, or Royal Mint. 1920 Satin Proof Halfcrown:

Abuelo

Impressive @7Jaguars

7Jaguars

Thanks. Somehow by fortune I got the 1920 florin and shilling as well...These type of coins are now out of my budget range unless I plan WAY ahead. LOL. I can not believe the market these days!

1984worldcoins

@Abuelo thats an interesting and well documented story. Thank you! And what a nice and extremely rare coin @7Jaguars !

TwoKopeiki

Only 1 reverse die with HJ assayer initials was used in 1814 by Mexico City Mint and it appears for only a short time. While there were 6.9MM pesos of silver coined that year across all the denominations, only a handful of of 1814-HJ coins survived to this day. I have 11 documented as making an appearance since the 80's. And as these seen circulation and use in trade the highest surviving grade (at least based on what has been discovered so far) is an XF40.

Here's my example. PCGS VF35. Ex: Jose Leunda.

1984worldcoins

@TwoKopeiki thats a great coin + story + provenience . I think I will send some of my coins to PCGS to see what happens.

bosox

1881-H Canada cent in PCGS SP-66RB. In my recent book on Canada specimen large cents, I make the case, based upon the dies that struck it, that this cent was a trial cent struck by the Royal Mint before sending the punches to Heaton, who were contracted to strike the 1881-H cents. It is probably unique. The Heaton specimens from that year were struck by different dies.

Photos from Heritage.

YQQ

Rob,
can you please explain the difference compared to the circulation 81's.
thank you
H

bosox

The short answer is the dies are different. The specific die markers for the trial are described in the book.

atom

Italy 100 Lire 1936R Yr. XIV Mintage 812

jt88

I could be wrong, it said only 5 minted. Cuba 1993 Gold Medal.

Stork

Ooooo, a chance to post this one. In 1926 there were three varieties of the 20 FrA Albanian coin minted. One, with the bust of Zog has not, to my knowledge, been seen or sold.

The other two varieties feature the bust of Prince Skanderbeg and the Lion of St. Marks. Of the latter two there was a combined mintage of 6000. However, one type has, in addition to the R mintmark a fasces mark as well.

The fasces version has a mintage of 100, and of them 90 were reported melted. So, with a reported population of 10:

The prong placement is unfortunate.

Eddi

Only 224 examples of this Chilean 2 Escudos coin were minted dated 1833. This is my example from the recent S&B Auction. I have been collecting Chilean coin for over 40 years, and this is only the second example I have seen in all that time.

Eddi

The mintage for this Doppelgulden dated 1848 from Hessen, Germany is not known. However, it must have been extremely small, probably only a handful, as this is only the second example of 2-3 known of this issue. Exactly two auction records are recorded for this coin, the first in 1895, then after a 120 year hiatus, a second auction in 2016.

The rarity of this coin is probably best explained by its historical context: 1848, the year this coin was minted in Darmstadt, Hessen was a troubled and momentous year in Germany, and Hessen in particular. It was the year of the Revolution with nearby Frankfurt as one of the epicenters of the revolt to achieve a measure of democracy in the German States ruled by autocratic rulers. This fledgling first attempt at democracy in Germany was quickly and brutally put down by Prussian troops.

jt88

Nice with good history

astrorat

@Boosibri said:
Believed to be unique today

What was the mintage?

Boosibri

@astrorat said:

@Boosibri said:
Believed to be unique today

What was the mintage?

Not reported

astrorat

@Boosibri said:

@astrorat said:

@Boosibri said:
Believed to be unique today

What was the mintage?

Not reported

Okay ... well, it must be at least 1.

Edited to add ... neat coin and a neat provenance.

Boosibri

@astrorat said:

@Boosibri said:

@astrorat said:

@Boosibri said:
Believed to be unique today

What was the mintage?

Not reported

Okay ... well, it must be at least 1.

Edited to add ... neat coin and a neat provenance.

Thanks, it is plated in Medinas 1919 work on Colonial coins of Hispanic America and in Norweb. I love the long provenance!