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Are there any magic coin dates or numbers for sales?
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I remember a dealer who 20 or so years ago advertised in Coin World "need a date": ie. a date you or a relative was born in. Then you have old dates with American historical significance. We also have centennial years like the 1799/1800 changeover and the 1899/1900 change. Can coin sales people successfully use certain dates as evocative of something special?
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I know there was some funny business going on all around the country once back in 1976, but I forget now what the fuss was.
The Civil War era is always popular with collectors and has been used as a marketing technique over the years for any 1860s coinage.
The telemarketers were really pushing the 1900 + 1901 dates in 2000!
One of the leading rare gold dealers told me how much more attractive coins from the 1700s would appear after we got into 2000.
Columbian halves were getting heavily promoted back in 1991,leading into 1992....I remember shipping circ lots for pretty good money.
World coins that circulated in early America dated 1776. Gold rush era coins dated 1849, are a couple that come to mind.
Centennial and bi-centennial dates, along with civil war dates....personal dates such as birth, anniversary, wedding etc. are always sought,...Cheers, RickO
That's silly.
I read somewhere that the number 8 is considered a lucky number in many Asian cultures and that some Asian coin collectors look for coins dated 1888. Not sure how true this is but I thought it was interesting.
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1921 is my favorite 20th century date- a real beast to put together a year set.