who knows just because the red book has a mintage figure doesn't mean a coin isn't really hard to find....like the mint actually knows how many coins they actually minted
From the red book it would be a 1897 barber NGC proof 64 with just ove 700 minted.
ttown---Good points. Actually, the mintages should be meaningless to a collector. It's only the survival rate that should count. Many coins have a high mintage but a very low survival rate. Take the 1927-D Saint double eagle. The mintage was 180,000 yet only about 12 survive today. On the other hand, coins like the 1931-S Lincoln cent have a survival rate of almost 100%.
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Unless you would count a 1 OZ silver Denver mint commem, by Dcarr. You would have to ask him how many he has made. I still think it's better than the SF coin put out by the mint. Wish I could add a pic, but no cammera.
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I include several proof issue half dimes in my reference collection, with mintages of only a few hundred pieces, and a pattern 1860 J-267 Transitional half dime of which just 100 pieces were struck. But for the circulation strike half dimes, the 1867 business strike half dime was minted to a total of just 8000 pieces (plus 625 proofs), making it the smallest mintage half dime other than the estimates for the 1802.
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Probably the 1921 Pilgrim I just picked up. Total mintage 20,053. This is the variety from the absolutely beat up dies. Massive amounts of die polish, clashing all over the place...but the luster is just phenomenal. The coin actually looks wet.
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Though I recently sold it, I used to own a PCGS VG08 Barber half (124,230 mintage). I currently own, or used to own, 11 out of the 20 lowest mintage coins of the 20th century. The Barber half is # 4 on that list.
<< <i>An 1873 (large head open 3 - type 3) minted: 1,800.
I believe it's a 1$, that's from my spread sheet anyway, I'd have to pull the coin out of the bank to be sure. >>
If you are talking about a gold dollar, recheck your mintage. It's a common date.
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Mintage is not important---survival rate is all that matters. For example, look at many of the last of the classic US gold coins. Many had high mintages but were virtually all melted with only small number of survivors.
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Mintage: 2,000....1,450 melt by the mint.....hundreds more melt privately.
I also have a lower mintage Israel 1964 'Bank of Israel' 50L proof with a lower mintage. Had several much lower mintage coins that were sold too. A couple Papua-New Guinea matte proofs with mintages of 100 pieces each come to mind.
It's not really a coin, but I have several gold Alaskan Iditarod "coins". They're 1 oz solid gold with mintages of 25, 26, 27. They add one more each year.
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From the red book it would be a 1897 barber NGC proof 64 with just ove 700 minted.
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Unless you would count a 1 OZ silver Denver mint commem, by Dcarr.
You would have to ask him how many he has made.
I still think it's better than the SF coin put out by the mint. Wish I could add a pic, but no cammera.
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1859 $3 Gold 15,558
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I believe it's a 1$, that's from my spread sheet anyway, I'd have to pull the coin out of the bank to be sure.
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<< <i>An 1873 (large head open 3 - type 3) minted: 1,800.
I believe it's a 1$, that's from my spread sheet anyway, I'd have to pull the coin out of the bank to be sure. >>
If you are talking about a gold dollar, recheck your mintage. It's a common date.
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Mintage: 2,000....1,450 melt by the mint.....hundreds more melt privately.
I also have a lower mintage Israel 1964 'Bank of Israel' 50L proof with a lower mintage. Had several much lower mintage coins that were sold too. A couple Papua-New Guinea matte proofs with mintages of 100 pieces each come to mind.
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They're 1 oz solid gold with mintages of 25, 26, 27. They add one more each year.