The 1796 draped bust cents are a lot tougher than their reported mintage would indicate. I suspect that the figures are wrong. By mintage they should show up about twice as often as the 96 liberty caps but in my experience I see about four or five caps for every draped bust. I own about .5% of the estimated surviving population.
I also have a thing for 1791 Hampshire 89 Conder tokens. I own 8 pieces including 2 uncs and 2 proofs.
There was a story at my local coin shop (don't remember if it was the dealer or a customer telling it) that went something like this...
A gentleman came into a coin shop to sell some coins he inherited from his grandfather. The grandfather was born in 1916 and starting from childhood, liked to collect coins from his birth year from circulation.
Included in the collection for sale was an entire roll of 1916-P Standing Liberty Quarters and a roll of 1916-D Dimes.
If anyone else has heard this story and knows the details better, I'd love to hear them (for example, I'm not sure if it was grandfather or great-grandfather, and don't know if 1916 was the man's birth year, the year he was married, or the birth year of his first born son, but you still get the point of the story).
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I also have a thing for 1791 Hampshire 89 Conder tokens. I own 8 pieces including 2 uncs and 2 proofs.
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A gentleman came into a coin shop to sell some coins he inherited from his grandfather. The grandfather was born in 1916 and starting from childhood, liked to collect coins from his birth year from circulation.
Included in the collection for sale was an entire roll of 1916-P Standing Liberty Quarters and a roll of 1916-D Dimes.
If anyone else has heard this story and knows the details better, I'd love to hear them (for example, I'm not sure if it was grandfather or great-grandfather, and don't know if 1916 was the man's birth year, the year he was married, or the birth year of his first born son, but you still get the point of the story).