Funny Error in CoinFacts.
DpvReno
Posts: 23 ✭
Not sure how to bring this to their attention or if they read this but, I have been looking to get my hands on an affordable 1937S Half dollar (High AU - low MS) with little luck, but I was looking in Coin Facts and saw this:
David Hall: The 1937-S is a scarce coin in mint state and Gem condition, but it is available. It is about as rare as the 1937-S.
This is an Undeniably true statement.
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Yes, that is completely correct.
I wionder...how rear are typos...?
Very comparable......
But more seriously....I was having the same issue as you. My "sweet spot" as far as price called for a nice AU. But I finally gave up and stretched on an MS-64. You just have to wait for the day you "feel rich".
Doing the same now on 1934-D and 1935-D. Searching for a nice AU, but I'll probably eventually give up and buy MS coins. It's not easy being cheap! LOL.
For sure, If I can't track one down before December, I am thinking I will ask 'santa' for one
Picky, picky, picky........
Hmm...must have been fixed already. I see:
"The 1937-S is a scarce coin in mint state and Gem condition, but it is available. As far as S-Mints go, it is the second most common S-Mint of the 1930s after the 1939-S. The strike is usually sharp for an S-Mint and luster is often frosty white and outstanding."
Lance.
I pointed out a Coin Facts error awhile back....(something about Type 2 Shield nickels having the stars removed, but leaving the rays
).....and they changed that VERY quickly as well. Someone obviously reads all the crap we produce. 
I think the 1937-S is much rarer.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
It doesn't always work this way. Sometimes a coin is deemed rare when you are buying but common when you are trying to sell.
It is as rare as it is.
BHNC #203
If I decide I would like to add a coin to my collection, it immediately becomes scarce... True story, I was looking at a coin on ebay that appeared to fit what I was looking for in condition and price - as I was considering it, POOF - it disappeared.... was pulled or BIN'd or something.... Still looking for that coin...Cheers, RickO
My favorite CoinFacts error is on the 1927 Vermont Commemorative Half Dollar. The mountain lion or catamount on the reverse is described as a Canada lynx, a very different looking feline. I sent PCGS an e-mail about this some time ago but they haven't fixed it yet.