If value goes by rarity then i just made a fortune...

BIGDAVE

The 1879-cc ms61 & up pop is 1551 coins.
The 1884-s ms61 & up pop is 172 coins.
The 1886-o ms62 & up pop is 930 coins.
The 1889-cc ms62 & up pop is 164 coins.
The 1892-s ms63 & up pop is 26 coins.
The 1893-s ms63 & up pop is 16 coins.
The 1895-o ms61 & up pop is 76 coins.
The 1901 ms62 & up pop is 237 coins.

My coin i just made is a 1880/79-o ms62 the total pop 62 & up is 58 coins ... hummmmm ...that wipes the 79-cc,84-s,86-o,89-cc,95-o, and the 1901 off the map .it appears to be the 3rd rarest coin ...any and all input welcome

Russ

Demand is a more powerful factor than supply. If you have the only two examples of something, but there is only one buyer, the item won't bring much. OTOH, you can have 20,000 of something and if 100,000 buyers want an example, it could be worth some money.

Russ, NCNE

BIGDAVE

or maybe no one knows how rare it is ...

morganbarber

If rarity were the only factor, I too, would be rich. I have a 1919-S Walker with a straight clipped planchet. I believe that if I offered to pay $10,000,000 for another, that probably none exist. One dealer told me that the clip detracts from value, the other said that it was only worth G money.(the coin is VG-F) It is nice to have a rarity, but until someone wants to buy it, its just a paperweight.

jcping

> OTOH, you can have 20,000 of something and if 100,000 buyers want an example, it could be worth some money.

Mmmmmm....... statehood quarters. Even you have 20,000 of them, someone else could have 200,000 of them

BIGDAVE

or if David H. ajusted the price on the CU guide to say $45,000 and make me and 13 others very happy i could not find but 4 ever sold on teletrade and 3 on Heritage , 13 are registered on the registry

windwhispersintrees

Well, seems the typical way to create a demand in the hobby of collecting anything is to write a book.

If I recall, the lunchbox collecting craze took off after a nicely illustrated volume on the subject was published. Now it seems everyone knows about how valuable old boxes can be.

Now you just gotta do the same with your coin! They read about it, then they want to buy it!