Low mintage date show and tell!

Vbowling299 · February 9, 2017 12:27PM

This was an example I purchased back in roughly 2010 from JJ Teaparty which I passed on about 6 months prior at a Baltimore show. It was an amazing coin with significant reflectivity, but I had already spent all my money and I wasn't sure I really wanted to put out that much on one coin (it's still the most expensive coin I own). I happened to check their site and discovered that it was still there 6 months later and the photos were terrible! Finally I had talked myself into pulling the trigger.

I haven't done one of these in quite some time so lets see some of your BUSINESS STRIKE examples with a mintage of less than 25,000 from pre-1900 times!!

TomB · February 9, 2017 12:30PM

I'd expect you might find a whole mess of proof coins and classic commems listed in a thread like this.

dpoole · February 9, 2017 12:32PM

Only 500 of these were minted:

Vbowling299 · February 9, 2017 12:32PM

edited to add business strike...thanks tom!

dpoole · February 9, 2017 12:34PM

Oops. Posted proof.

Vbowling299 · February 9, 2017 12:35PM

that's okay for now, it is a pretty nice proof!

although I'll admit I'm not much of a proof guy

1630Boston · February 9, 2017 2:51PM

I really do not think that I have one to post but I will double check

CharlotteDude · February 9, 2017 3:58PM

How about one that's pre-1800?

liefgold · February 9, 2017 4:08PM

Prooflike but not a proof. Mintage 400 business strikes.

UltraHighRelief · February 9, 2017 4:13PM

Vbowling299 · February 9, 2017 4:44PM

I'm loving those!

coinlieutenant · February 9, 2017 5:37PM

A liteside and darkside selection.

Vbowling299 · February 9, 2017 8:01PM

They are both cool too!! Love the 79-cc

10000lakes · February 9, 2017 8:38PM

Mintage 5,000

RichieURich · February 9, 2017 8:53PM

Unknown mintage, but there are currently only 4 known of this variety (Small Date with Small Letters Reverse). This variety was discovered in 1998, which was over 150 years after the 1842 halves were minted.

dbldie55 · February 9, 2017 9:05PM

Mintage: 29,100

AmazonX · February 9, 2017 9:36PM

PL 3,000 mintage

Overdate · February 9, 2017 10:13PM

One of 5000 business strikes for the year.

ricko · February 10, 2017 7:23AM

Some nice coins here... really like the gold coins... Cheers, RickO

Walkerguy21D · February 10, 2017 7:54AM

Not many of these made or survived....I no longer own it, but still retain the photos:

boyernumismatics · February 10, 2017 9:17AM

Here's a unique one that I'm sure will make someone's jammies pull in a ball:

My 1847- O PO01 Seated Quarter that I cherry picked from a local shop. Estimated survival is about 250 in any grade- That makes it more scarce than the 1792 Half Disme. This is the only one graded by any company PO01 for the date and mint. Enjoy!

1630Boston · February 10, 2017 11:06AM

@boyernumismatics
You are a pro at finding PO1's

boyernumismatics · February 10, 2017 11:08AM

@1630Boston said:
@boyernumismatics
You are a pro at finding PO1's

To be even more ridiculous, I have a sub of 30 solid poors headed to PCGS

1630Boston · February 10, 2017 11:09AM

I guess I will send mine in soon.

Overdate · February 10, 2017 11:46AM

I submitted this one last year.

1630Boston · February 10, 2017 1:16PM

Soon the PO 01 pops will be exploding

Barndog · February 10, 2017 1:42PM

@boyernumismatics said:
Here's a unique one that I'm sure will make someone's jammies pull in a ball:

My 1847- O PO01 Seated Quarter that I cherry picked from a local shop. Estimated survival is about 250 in any grade- That makes it more scarce than the 1792 Half Disme. This is the only one graded by any company PO01 for the date and mint. Enjoy!

mintage 368,000?

TomB · February 10, 2017 1:50PM

This thread certainly took a left turn...

Vbowling299 · February 10, 2017 1:52PM

yeah I'm a bit disappointed with the result...there were a lot of potential examples with under 25,000! saw some nice gold but expected to see more!

TomB · February 10, 2017 1:55PM

Unknown mintage, but certainly more than the 1,200 that Walter Breen guesstimated years ago and that the Red Book incorporated as fact for decades. Thankfully, our work has started to remove this erroneous number.

Walkerguy21D · February 10, 2017 2:07PM

Ok, let me help get it back on track a little more:

Walkerguy21D · February 10, 2017 2:18PM

Thick planchet, lettered edge - far scarcer than the thin, plain edge variety.
The mint converted over to the thin planchets due to high copper costs.
Estimated mintage of 37,000, Breen estimates 24,000 were coined of this S-75 variety: