Coins that are harder than the POP suggests?
Clackamas1
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There are some coins where the POP says one thing but are impossible to find. Some coins are so hard to find yet the POP says yeah - you should see these coins - Nope.
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There are a few dates/mintmarks where there is a BIG jump in price at the next higher grade and nice high-end examples of these coins get cracked out and are resubmitted for grading over and over again in an effort to get the next higher grade to cash in on big profits. In most cases the slab labels aren't turned in and the population reports are totally misleading as to the rarity of these coins.
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What @PerryHall said above... plus, some of those with high pops are special and are tightly held for long periods... Cheers, RickO
Red book varieties of CBH. Most are not rare but it is a popular way to collect the set and they get hoarded by collectors. When they come up at auction, they always bring strong prices.
BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.
I’d tell you but that would mean two of us would be looking.
All of the early Walker pops in mint state are badly inflated.
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My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Someone must be hoarding the Lincoln 25-S and the 26-S. Incredible to watch coins jump a couple thousand dollars in an instant and then go to a + grade that jumps nearly $40K from 26-S Red MS64 to a MS64+. Wild!
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My current Registry sets:
✓ Everyman Mint State Carson City Morgan Dollars (1878 – 1893)
✓ Everyman Mint State Lincoln Cents (1909 – 1958)
✓ Morgan Dollar GSA Hoard (1878 – 1891)
Certainly there have been coins in conditions that I have had a great deal of trouble finding, despite them not being considered to be particularly rare. Most recently, I spent months finding a 1919 WLHD in AU50 or AU53 condition.