Anyone have coins that they feel are underated

Nickelchaser

For the most part I collect Buffalo Nickels and I have spent a lot of time trying to
find a 1917-S in decent condition. Seems to me this coin is hard to find in the first
place and when you do find them most times they have some sort of problem.
So to me this coin is vastly underated as to rarity or worth. I did find a nice XF-45
as of lately. Its tough to tell at this point but I think the value of the 17-S will go up
considerably in the next 5-10 years. Does anyone agree with my prediction?

Does anyone have coins in their collection that they feel are underated
as pertains to rarity(just plain tough to find) and worth?

nwcs

All of mine are under-rated. But kidding aside, I think war nickels are under-rated.

The problem with the under-rated and under-appreciated coins is that they tend to always stay that way even with attention brought to them.

Clankeye

Not by rarity, but I picked up a 46 Booker T Washington set NGC 65,65,64 seq#, matching toning... a geniune matched set. For under $80.00 dollars. Classic commems, matched set. I think that's undervalued. Under appreciated. Whatever it's under, it's under the radar right now, and I'm glad. I think they are great coins and I would buy any matched set that comes down the pike at that price if the quality of the coins is there.

dan1ecu

How about steel cents? A PCGS MS67 can be had for around $60. That’s cheap, isn’t it?

Dan

BNE

'36-'42 Cameo Proofs.

Russ

The 1976 Clad JFK in PR69DCAM. There are less than 300 in that grade, yet it sells for about the same as the silver version with a pop of over 1600. Compared to the '95 and '97 silvers in the same grade and about the same pop, it goes for about a 25% discount.

Russ, NCNE

dpoole

dan1ecu--It seems to me there're lots of the steelies to be had. The PCGS pops for the 1943-P at 67 is 939/42. the 1943D (the really common one) is 1740/97, and the 1943-S is 1078/41. They were widely hoarded, it appears, because of their uniqueness, and hold up better because of their composition. There're always gobs of them available up on Ebay, and lots of them go begging.

heavycopper

Some of you have some good ideas. Early mint marked buffalo nickels are a good bet. Not many survived in vf-xf and it is a popular series. I should buy some myself War nickels are very common unless you can fines ones with nice full steps or a double mint mark. 1936-1942 cameo proofs are a great area too if you can find any.

ursabear

I think FS War Nickels are hard to find in great shape, and 1968-1972 Jeffs in MS65+ FS are really hard to find. (A little off the subject - their prices don't really make them underrated.)

But I think some of the Ikes are underrated in 67 or better.

Also, I think Braddick coins are severely underrated. I'm still looking for a decent P01 Sacagawea and Peace.