For which specific coins do you think the pop reports are most deceiving?

dan1ecu

I'll name two possibilities: 1885 V Nickels and 1877 Indian Cents. These coins probably get resubmitted more often than others because they are key dates.

Can you think of others?

Dan

Prethen

Yeah...MOST Early Proofs. Take a look at 1873 3CS proofs. TOTALLY goofy! There were only 600 minted and there's definitely less than that surviving but the total pop's show more than 600. There was a single collector who bought 300 of them from the Mint so there will be a higher than average surviving, but the reports are ridiculous.

The population reports for Early Proofs across the board are to be taken with a grain of salt. The only reason they're good is to tell you how many survivors exist in relation to similar coins. Otherwise they a total joke!

Shamika

1926-S Buffalo nickels. Key date. I've only seen two MS63's in the last four years and yet the pop reports say 100+ have been graded MS63.

grip

All the coins that have a substancial price jump in the next grade,to many to be specific.
Al

hughesm1

Without having access to pop reports, I think the 1880-O morgan would be deceiving, as the price jump from 63 to 64 to 65 is nearly 10x each grade. Ditto what Grip says.