What is the rarest coin you own? R-4? R-7? R-1?! (Post a pic if you got 'em!)
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I was wondering because we all read that most of us collect coins that are not "rare" in the true sense of the word. How many of you have truly rare coins in your collection? (This is not a bragging thread for you high rollers either! 
If you got 'em though, post em'! I'm just curious how many of us actually own a RARE coin.)
Me, I don't have a single rare coin. My closest thing is my newman 15-y fugio which is an r-4 and that is classified as "very scarce." Does anyone own a r-5 to a r-8? If so, what is it and could you post a pic?!
This shoud be fun!
If you got 'em though, post em'! I'm just curious how many of us actually own a RARE coin.) Me, I don't have a single rare coin. My closest thing is my newman 15-y fugio which is an r-4 and that is classified as "very scarce." Does anyone own a r-5 to a r-8? If so, what is it and could you post a pic?!
This shoud be fun!
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My best is this R4...
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<< <i>well my OLD cherrypickers goes from URS-1-URS-20 with 1 being the rarest. Please post the R1-R8 scale. >>
Maybe it's different for other series... but at least for Bust Coins, it goes like this...
R1 - Common - Over 1,000
R2 - Fairly Common - 501-1000
R3 - Scarce - 201-500
R4 - Very Scarce - 76-200
R5 - Rare - 31-75
R6 - Very Rare - 13-30
R7 - Extremely Rare - 4-12
R8 - Unique or nearly unique - 1-3
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and a 1796 quarter (also fairly worn), I don't know the R# for it, but it's not an easy one to get (at least not for someone like me).
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C-3 variety, small 5. Rarity: 4
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I also have a 1786 5.2-L Connecticut that's R6, but I don't have a pic handy.
Not to High a grade, but great cuds
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I actually don't believe I own any coins that are rarer than R-1, but I do have some seated coins that I haven't attributted so I might have a rarer variety floating around in there somewhere????
1794 S-27 R-5
1794 S-68 R-5
1795 S-76a R-5
1796 S-82 R-5
1796 S-85 R-5+
1796 S-94 R-5+
1796 S-95 R-5+
1796 S-98 R-5
1796 S-99 R-5
1796 S-100 R-5
1796 S-101 R-5-
1796 S-105 R-5+
1796 S-106 R-5-
1796 S-107 R-5
1796 S-111 R-5-
1796 S-113 R-5
1796 S-114 R-5
1796 S-116 R-5
1796 S-117 R-5+
1796 S-118 R-5+
1797 S-121a R-6
1797 S-122 R-5+
1797 S-124 R-5+
1797 S-125 R-5
1797 S-129 R-5+
1797 S-132 R-5+
1797 S-133 R-5
1797 S-142 R-5+
1798 S-146 R-5
1798 S-147 R-5+
1798 S-149 R-5+
1798 S-156 R-5+
1798 S-177 R-5
1798 S-178 R-5+
1798 S-180 R-5+
1798 S-183 R-5+
1800 S-195 R-5+
1800 S-198 R-5+
1800 S-210 R-5+
1802 NC-1 R-5+
1802 NC-2 R-6+
(That's 41 pieces R-5 or better, 23 R-5+ or better. The + and - indicate that it is in the top or bottom range of the rarity level. A 5+ is 31-45, 5 is 46-60 and 5- is 60-75 pieces.)
And I have about a dozen Conder tokens that would rate R-6 including two where there are only 2 known of each and I own the finer specimen of each.
and Choice--- R5 just 60 Struck and Very RARE---
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Not sure how rare a 1934-D VAM4 is in regards to the rarity scale -- but here's a nice MS one.
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(Might have a few condition census FE/IHC patterns - but I think your question goes to the total number available - not the number available in a particular grade)
I probably have an R-8 toned coin or 2 - but those are in the eye of the beholder
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Conder!! Wholey Sheep Dip! That's a nice run of large cents you have there.
I once owned 2 1805 B-5 bust quarters in Fine condition. That is significant because at the time, the Breen Encyclopedia stated "only 2 known. Extremely rare". So apparently I owned the entire population of 1805 B-5, right? Wrong. I sold both coins, but as it turns out, B-5 is a rare die marriage and I should have kept at lease one of them.
As for coins that we own for inventory, we have a St. Patrick Farthing, Breen-212, Griffee G31-5/3e that is one of only 4 known. We also have another St. Patrick Farthing that is one of only 10 known, but the only one known a large obverse die cud, making it unique by die state. Then we have a decent run of R.6 colonials (Connecticuts, Fugios, etc.).
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As far as patterns, I have about a dozen patterns in which they are pop 1 and R-7 and half are PCGS graded and the other half are NGC graded from the mid 1990's including one from the Eliasberg collection. They all should be upgrade candidates but so what? they stay where they are!
Some of them are still pop 1 for all grades for both PCGS and NGC despite still being called high R-7. Yet, I call them the poor mans way to collect 19th century proof gold coins (made of aluminum) !
A few of my other coins of various denominations have mintages of less than 2000, and/or surviving populations of less than 200 in any grade, and these I'm fond of as well, but not as much as the 1807, for obvious reasons
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<< <i>I've got a George Washington R-3 Civil War token. But i've got a friend with a whole collection of R-9's and R-10 which I haven't seen anyone in here mention. R-10 is unique and R-9 is 1 to 2 believed to exist. >>
There are different scales of "R value" depending of what type of coin one is talking about. In Colonials, I believe R-8 is the rarest, with 1-3 specimens existing.
Someone help me out here.
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<< <i>I've got a George Washington R-3 Civil War token. But i've got a friend with a whole collection of R-9's and R-10 which I haven't seen anyone in here mention. R-10 is unique and R-9 is 1 to 2 believed to exist. >>
There are different scales of "R value" depending of what type of coin one is talking about. In Colonials, I believe R-8 is the rarest, with 1-3 specimens existing.
Someone help me out here. >>
Yes sorry for not clariying, the R-9's and the R-10's are for Civil War tokens.
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The name is LEE!
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<< <i>Leave it to boiler78 to throw up a coin that makes me want to sell my house to purchase!!!!! >>
ditto. Boiler absolutely has the most stunning material I have ever seen.
First of all, NO ONE IS A NOBODY when it comes to collecting coins! Well beanie babies maybe
Why not start a nice thread discussing the various 1924 Saint issues of which you are a full fledged member. That is certainly an interesting disussion in itself. You would be amazed how many coin collectors who do not own or can afford any gold coins let alone a $20 Saint that has been rapidly appreciating in valueof late.
Imagine how they might feel with your post? Remember we were all there once!
Sorry, but I felt I had to comment.
The name is LEE!
Please remember, I only wanted the coin
It was either this one or a 1799 that was so corroded you needed a loupe and an imagination to read the date!
The name is LEE!